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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.
Continuing Education PART I: Foreign Language
In the first part of my continuing education series to help you learn new skills and apply yourself in a different way, one of the things you can do is learn a new language! Learning a new language, though not easy, will facilitate you ability to contribute in a global environment and certainly make…
Continuing Education: Don't just sit around - learn something!
If you have recently been laid off or find yourself in a transitional period, sitting around on the couch waiting for things to happen is not a good use of time or resources. Times of transition or other breaks from full-time employment should be used as an opportunity to develop new or enhance…
Time Matters
How many of you constantly complain that there is ‘simply not enough time’ to complete your daily tasks? Does this spill over to monthly or even annual reports or projects that you should obviously have enough time to complete? Do you have planners? Online calendars? Palm Pilots? Other gadgetry to help you manage your time?…
To network or un-network
I had a very interesting experience yesterday. After receiving an unsolicited email from a networking group, I did some research and decided to attend. It was pretty close by, about a 37-minute drive from my house provided I didn’t get lost and wind up in Michigan. Any of you who know me realize…
Learn Me Right
I love Stumble Upon. It’s simply amazing the things that are available at the tip of one’s fingers! Of course, I am always looking for something interesting and informative to blog about. Well today, it did not take any hair pulling or deep introspection to come up with something that I think could…
Load your Project Management Guns
I stumbled across this very interesting site www.eventmanagerblog.com that might be an interesting resource for you to add to your career-planning arsenal. As we all know, finding a job is a job by itself and this site provides some really unique resources that will allow you to be more productive. They do talk…
The Changes, They Are Comin'
On the day of what is arguably one of the nation’s most historic events, I thought it appropriate to write a blog about change, which is also apropos for career planning and management. As we look to the future and examine our economic condition, I am excited (like most people), but also nervous…