©iStockphoto.com/itakefotos4u It’s not really the last day to update your resume. It’s just the last day of International Update Your Resume Month. So I’ll pass on just a few more things I’ve learned over the past couple months of doing…
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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Last Day to Update Your Resume
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September is International Update Your Resume Month
iStockphotos.com If you’ve taken a career break and are hoping to relaunch, your resume will need work. What better time than… International Update Your Resume Month! But hurry, there are only a few days left… Who knew resume month even existed?…
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Tagged with: career break, Career Directors International, Michel Martin, relaunch, resume, Tell Me More, Update Your Resume Month
Posted in Resumes
Posted in Resumes
Learning, Earning, and Serving
Not Me/Superwoman by Benjamin Miller/freestockphotos.com As I prepare to relaunch back into the workforce, I’ve been reading from my list of resource books (see my post from August 19th) and recently finished Comeback Moms by Monica Samuels and J.C. Conklin.…
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Tagged with: Comeback Moms, J.C. Conklin, Monica Samuels, re-entering the workforce, relaunch, volunteering
Posted in Helpful Resources
Posted in Helpful Resources
Loss of Freedom
iStockphotos.com No sooner did I send off my “hire me” pitch to the author looking for a researcher/reporter, than I had what I can only call buyer’s remorse. Am I really ready to relaunch? Is this really what I want…
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Tagged with: Back on the Career Track, Carol Fishman Cohen, relaunch, Vivian Steir Rabin
Posted in Helpful Resources, My Story, Part-time vs. Full-time
Posted in Helpful Resources, My Story, Part-time vs. Full-time
Job Interview Continued Again
Waiting for call/iStockphotos.com I made it through the interview. Probably not as well as I would have liked. Still, I think I left the research assistant-seeking author with a favorable impression. But now I had work to do. I spent…
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Job Interview Continued
©iStockphoto.com/JulNichols In preparation for last week’s job interview with an established journalist and author, I googled the author and read everything I could about him. I also bought and overnight shipped the last book he wrote. In the acknowledgements of…
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Job Interview
iStockphotos.coom “Interviewing can be a humbling experience…often the test is taken before the lesson is learned.” This is the quote on one of the first pages of Don’t Blow the Interview by Ralph Ferrone. Ferrone is president of Interview Prep…
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Tagged with: Don't Blow the Interview, Interview Prep Associates, interview workshop, job interview, Ralph Ferrone, relaunch
Posted in Interviewing, My Story
Posted in Interviewing, My Story
Should I Keep the Dates Off My Resume Continued
iStockphotos.com Monica Samuels and J.C. Conklin, in their book Comeback Moms, advise women seeking to re-enter the work force after a career break to leave dates off their resumes. “We say keep the dates off your resume because dates draw…
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Tagged with: Back on the Career Track, career break, Carol Fishman Cohen, Comeback Moms, dates on resumes, J.C. Conklin, Mary Kaye, Monica Samuels, www.comebackmoms.com
Posted in Resumes
Posted in Resumes
Comeback Moms Review Continued
Comeback Moms Comeback Moms: How to Leave Work, Raise Children, and Restart Your Career Even If You Haven’t Had a Job in Years by Monica Samuels and J.C. Conklin offers useful practical tips and general advice for women who want…
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