Recently, I was contacted by a job seeker through Twitter who sent me very urgent missives asking me to please help them, and they instructed me to check my email for a message that they had sent me. When I got the note, the person’s message provided a number of reasons why they couldn’t pay… Read more »
Quitting Your Job:Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Echoes of the famous Clash song have undoubtedly resonated at that painful moment of deciding whether to quit a job or not. Go ahead. It’s okay to occasionally indulge yourself in that fantasy of going out in a blaze of glory like a certain JetBlue flight attendant did last year. But then, let’s get real…. Read more »
Top Thing Most People Forget To Include In Their Résumé
Every day as a résumé writer, I work with clients and gather background materials for their projects. People fill out a worksheet plus send me their most recent version of their résumé with an updated work history. And you know what? I’ve noticed a rather startling trend. There are a whole lot of people missing the… Read more »
Mean People: Whaddyagunnadoaboudit?
Last week, I was on the road for business and on one of my flight legs between Houston and Atlanta, I boarded the plane to find someone sitting in my aisle seat. Long story short, somehow there was a glitch and they had the same seat assignment, and since they got there first, I was… Read more »