I’m so proud to say that Blue Sky Resumes is prominently featured in the latest issue of O Magazine. I was contacted a few months ago by Adam Glassman, the magazine’s creative director, and asked if I’d like to take part in career makeovers for several women who needed a job. I was thrilled to […]
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Every now and then, the media latches on to a story about some creative job seeker and his or her strategy for getting attention. There was the guy who walked around Manhattan with a billboard around his neck. There was the guy who offered to work for charity in exchange for interviews. And the guy
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I watch American Idol religiously (What? Don’t look at me like that!). One of the things I love about it is that it’s like a really long job interview and we get to choose the person who ultimately gets the job. (Well, I must admit that I don’t actually vote, but I still feel somehow
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Is there a more maligned group of marketers than real estate agents? They’re famous – and frequently mocked – for their ability to spin straw into gold. But read through a few real estate listings and you’ll see strategies that are amazingly useful when writing a resume. 1) It’s not a house, it’s a whole
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That’s nuts right? Steve Jobs will never have to look for a job. But what if he did? Would he wait for vacancies and then apply to the ones he was most qualified for? And once he’d done that, would he wait for the phone to ring for an interview? I don’t know about you,
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If you’re looking for a job in this current climate, the bad news is that you have a lot of competition. The good news is that most of them have no idea what they’re doing. I meet a lot of job seekers during the course of my work as a professional resume writer. From executives
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Skimming through blogs this morning, I came across a startling post on Collegerecruiter.com. The whole post is worth reading but the gist is this: 34 percent said they found their last job through a job board and when asked where they expect to find their next job, almost 70 percent said a job board! I
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Imagine if employers saw you as not just another job applicant, but as an expert in your field. Think how it would feel to point recruiters to the speech you gave at a prestigious conference or your Masters thesis on your industry. If you’re not a well-known entrepreneur or senior executive, you might think that’s
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According to the US Department of Labor, the average job seeker spends 18 minutes a day looking for a new job. It would be great if I could fulfill the promise of my title and tell you how to succeed doing the same, but of course I can’t. Because 18 minutes a day IS NOT
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I’m watching 60 Minutes and they have on a really moving piece about a small town in Ohio, and they interview this guy who’s probably in his late 40s/early 50s and he’s explaining how he used to have a great job managing a hundred people, but then his company shut down and he can’t find
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