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The Importance of Connections for Job Seekers

Posted on July 21, 2011 by LeeAnn — No Comments ↓

Master isolated images Connections are oh-so-important. Especially if you’ve been out of the work force and are looking to return. Seek them out and nurture them! Here’s how they have just helped me. Two weeks ago I got an email…

Tagged with: Betsy Fisher, C-SPAN, CNN, connections, Michel Martin, networking, re-enter the workforce, reenter the work force, return to work, Tell Me More
Posted in Interviewing, Networking

Updating Your Resume

Posted on September 29, 2010 by LeeAnn — No Comments ↓

iStockphoto.com The unemployment rate is 9.6%. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that’s just “people who are jobless, looking for jobs, and available for work.” That’s the highest it’s been in more than 20 years. Twenty years. Now add to…

Tagged with: Louis Barajas, Michel Martin, resume, returning to work, stay-at-home mom, Tell Me More, unemployment rate
Posted in Resumes

September is International Update Your Resume Month

Posted on September 28, 2010 by LeeAnn — No Comments ↓

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?…

Tagged with: career break, Career Directors International, Michel Martin, relaunch, resume, Tell Me More, Update Your Resume Month
Posted in Resumes

Feeling Confined as a Stay-at-Home Mom

Posted on August 18, 2010 by LeeAnn — No Comments ↓

Abbey Lincoln, the singer, song writer, actress, and civil rights activist, died over the weekend. I didn’t know much about her. But after listening yesterday to Michel Martin’s show “Tell Me More,” I wish I had. Martin interviewed Maggie Brown, a…

Tagged with: Abbey Lincoln, Caged Bird, Maggie Brown, Michel Martin, stay-at-home mom, Tell Me More
Posted in The Head Games