Happy CTE Month!
Career Readiness Begins With the Business Need Wait. You don’t know what CTE is? CTE is Career and Technical Education and it is the future of workforce preparation. CTE is the P-16 (that would be...
View ArticleSpring Cleaning
Dust Off Your Attitude to Improve Your Job Search Results Spring has sprung! While there are parts of the world that would definitely disagree with me, here in our Gulf Coast region the blooms are out...
View ArticleNature Break
Sometimes, springtime can be a season of mixed feelings—“I want to relax” vs. “there’s so much spring cleaning to do.” However, when the weather this time of the year is sunny and breezy, I find it...
View ArticleIt’s Not About You
If that super car salesman only concentrated on promoting the car and did not focus on you, the customer, he would never sell it. However, if he puts his attention on you and shows you just how the car...
View ArticleWorkforce Solutions
One question I frequently ask when I am conducting job skills seminars is, “Have you checked out our website?” The most common response is, “Yes, I’m registered.” That’s when I know that I need to try...
View ArticleABC’s of Job Searching
Today, I was conducting job skills workshops at a library. While I was there, the library’s story time took place. A line of little munchkins came marching by the door and filed into the room adjacent...
View ArticleIf Not Here Then Where?
Other job search blogs. I admit it… I had run out of material for this week’s blog and started looking on the Internet for some ideas. Then it hit me that you were probably doing a similar thing,...
View ArticleOMG! – What Happened to Professionalism?
Today’s world is filled with all sorts of technological advances and modern day miracles that have made life easier and more casual. The lines between personal and professional lives have become...
View ArticleAnd You Thought the Political Season Was Over
Surviving office politics. Phew, all finished, the votes are in. I am betting there were many out there that were quite glad when the national elections were over. Unless you are a politician, it can...
View ArticleSense-ational Impressions
In our Interviewing workshops, we typically recommend that job seekers go into an interview odorless (i.e. without their favorite lotion, perfume, or aftershave), so as not to trigger any allergic...
View ArticleYour Research is Gold – Part 1
You’ve probably read or heard that RESEARCH is one of the most important things you need to do in your job search. You all know this because it’s just common sense. However, I can tell you story after...
View ArticleYour Research is Gold – Part 2
In my previous blog, Your Research Is Gold – Part 1, I mentioned that job seekers tend to provide the same information in their cover letters and resumes, and then repeat this exact same information in...
View ArticleFollow Your…What?
Follow Your Passion!” Throughout the years, this advice is a well-worn one in the world of careers. The assumption is personal passion will motivate an individual to focus on a career goal and sustain...
View ArticleTake the Hint
How to know when to go. Not all employers are adept at letting people go. For the most part, firing someone is an employer’s least favorite thing to do. Plus, there is the aspect quiting vs. firing and...
View ArticleYour Research is Gold – Part 3
How have you been doing since my last blog on those examples that I suggested you use in your interviews? As promised in that blog, I will now show you where else could you find information on...
View ArticleStress Management
Lately I have been feeling a little bit overwhelmed by . . . well just about everything! I am guessing that there is at least one other person out there that can relate, so I decided to write about it...
View ArticleMoving Forward
Friday July 26, 2013 marked the 23rd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). That event was held by President George H.W. Bush on the south lawn of the White House, and...
View ArticleO*NET OnLine
I truly don’t think of myself as someone who is a tech geek. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate myself as maybe a five when it comes to being up to date with the latest technology and gadgets. But...
View ArticleThe Master Application – Express Yourself
You have completed your resume(s), and created cover and thank you letter shells. Now you are applying for jobs, awaiting replies. What else could possibly be needed for your job search? In this time...
View ArticleShop Around
Examining resume writing services. It seems like yesterday that Sondra was in my resume workshop looking forlorn. I found out that three months previous to our meeting, she had contracted a resume...
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