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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.
Do You Need A Professional Coach?
Have you thought about engaging a career or professional coach?How do you know when you need one?How do you go about finding one?What can a career coach do for you? These are all good questions. If you have found yourself looking for the next step in your career but are not sure how to get…
Don't be a sourcing snob!
I had an interesting conversation, if you can call tweeting back and forth in snippets of 140 characters or less a conversation, with my Twitter cohorts Stephanie Lloyd (ATLRecruiter) and Michael Long (theredrecruiter) about a blog posting. We all decided it would be great to each write up our thoughts and post - so after…
How to get the name of the hiring manager?
How does one go about getting the name of someone in human resources or the name of a hiring manager? Job listings posted all over the place simply read: No phone calls and direct résumé to BD or some other letter combination at some post office box or no-reply email address. Getting a name is…
Continuing Education Part 3: Technical Training
In the next chapter of our series on continuing education, we focus on something for the techies out thereWell, folks, it is definitely a technical world we live in – even if you don’t work in tech, it can be helpful to have some understanding so when your help-desk guy or gal says “if you…
Enhance your management skills; increase your value
Do you manage a staff? A large staff? A small staff? It doesn’t really matter how big your staff is. Good managers are really hard to come by. Many managers aren’t groomed for the job; they become managers through promotions. Some are inadequate in the area at best; others are downright tyrannical and…
Just because there aren't any jobs doesn't mean there are no jobs for you
This is a pretty timely topic given the fact that the economy is in turmoil. So are there jobs out there? Sure there are! You just need to be diligent and focused to identify and pursue them. Take for example my friend (I’ll call him Sam) for the purposes of this discussion. The…
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…