Although not widely utilized, job seekers have created and disseminated video resumes for the past twenty-five years. Developed as an attention-getting gimmick, video resumes have not made much headway in the intervening decades. With improvements in technology, however, the video resume is again receiving attention. As a strategy for securing interviews, how do video resumes […]
We’ve all heard the old adage, or perhaps call to arms, about making lemonade when life hands you lemons.  While the expression may seem nothing more than a platitude, it is actually sound, straightforward advice, particularly in terms of certain career decisions and circumstances. Downsizing initiatives, reorganizations, divestitures, jobs transitioning overseas, and smaller companies gobbled […]
When writing a resume, it is imperative that job seekers bear in mind that the sole purpose of the resume is to secure interviews. Understanding the resume’s mission, candidates must then confront the task of writing a resume that capitalizes on and balances their strengths and accomplishments against their career objectives. This undertaking determines not […]
If you are a single mother either gainfully employed or aspiring to reenter the work force, you know that the demands of daily life can be akin to scaling a mountain whose pinnacle seems well out of reach. Juggling the simultaneous and often incompatible needs of job or job search and family while stretching finances […]
Job seekers can be likened to riders of roller coasters in that they are never quite certain when a new twist or turn, high or low, will appear on the winding track of propriety and convention. This is true of statements of objective. Once a staple in virtually all resumes, their relative popularity has fallen […]
Looking out on the morning rain, I used to feel so uninspired. And when I knew I had to face another day, Lord, it made me feel so tired. Before the day I met you, life was so unkind, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â But your love was the key to my peace of mind. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Aretha Franklin – […]
