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Debra Wheatman, President of Careers Done Write, provides expert insight to the job search process that puts your career in gear with tips for interviewing, networking, job search strategies and how to create a winning resume and cover letter.
Old School Networking – It Still Works
We at Careers Done Write always talk about the importance of networking – certainly in this day and age there is a big focus on digital networking, social media, and all things kind of, well, non-personal. Here is a guy - http://tinyurl.com/3cmaapl that shows the old-fashioned way still provides benefits. Over the last 15 years, Harold…
Professional Branding Strategies: 3 Simple Steps to Brand Building
Building a brand to enhance your professional reputation and further your career goals is not a modern fad. It is a growing trend that can yield big dividends when done properly. Professional branding is a way to differentiate yourself from your competition and carve a niche that will have others flocking to you as an…
Résumé Help - Senior User Experience Engineer
Today we are going to focus on a portion of a résumé written by a senior user experience engineer. The résumé is not providing Tim with a polished image. He has numerous grammatical errors and the visual appeal is lacking. As someone involved in user experience, Tim’s résumé should reflect his ability to create an…
Graphics to Enhance Your Personal Brand
When it comes to promoting your personal brand, a picture is worth a thousand words. We recently created an infographic at Careers Done Write depicting the results of a survey we completed. It doubles as an awesome branding tool to let job seekers know, not only what we are about, but what other professionals have…
Brand Yourself ‘New and Improved’ for Career Success
By nature human beings like to experience new things; but most of us also have a need to maintain the status quo. To attract the attention of hiring managers who may already know you, but have overlooked you in the past, you will need to step up your professional brand. There is no need to…
How Effective is Your LinkedIn Profile?
Creating a winning LinkedIn Profile is becoming nearly as important as having a professional looking résumé. With over 100 million users internationally, it has become THE social media site for business networking. In fact, according to the most recent Jobvite Index which measures social media employment trends, in the six months between January 2011 and…
University Job Search Strategies
Deb, Q. I think the resume and cover look great. You did a marvelous job! Give me some advice please. I want to get this resume out to a large number of grad schools and universities that might have openings for online faculty (which are almost always part-time jobs) as well as those that might…
4 Big Reasons You Need a Résumé Overhaul
I recently completed a rush project for a client and I can tell you definitively that he regretted not having revamped his résumé sooner. My team worked a lot of overtime to create a stellar document. During the process, the client was nerve-racked; he was worried that we would run out of time for him to…
Résumé Help – Vice President of Counsel, Financial Services
Today’s Résumé Help focuses on a Vice President who provides legal counsel within the financial services sector. He has made an attempt to create a résumé that is aesthetically pleasing, but had forgotten that content is king. While visual appeal is certainly important, a lack of detailed content can be detrimental when creating a résumé.…
Align Your Career for the Best Culture Fit
As a job seeker, it is important to look not only at the role you will be playing, but where you will be playing it. You don’t want to land in the wrong sandbox. The importance of a good cultural fit and positive office environment should not be treated as the step child. Accepting a job…