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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.
How to answer salary requirements question
Dear Deb, Q. Now that you have revised my résumé, I am finally getting interviews after being unemployed since 2009, but I am wondering what to say when Human Resources asks about my salary. I don’t want to overprice or underprice myself. I want to get my foot in the door even it means having…
Create a Professional Brand to Steer Your Career
I had lunch with the CFO of a major corporation in the Greater NY area last week and asked him the following question: If you were a Lexus would you be roomy and luxurious, with a modern GPS system built in to the dash, or would you simply be a Toyota in disguise? We pondered…
Resume Help - Banking and Financial Services
Today’s résumé critique focuses on a finance professional who is currently finishing up his master’s degree and has temporarily left the workplace to expedite the completion of his higher education. We will call him Jacara. The first thing Jacara should add to his résumé is a powerful headline. The headline provides readers with a clear…
Personal Brand Strategies for Professionals
Dear Debra, Q. Your team did a wonderful job on my résumé last year and I recently read an article you wrote about Professional Branding. I am happy in my new role as Vice President of Operations, but at some point would like to become a CIO or CEO. What can I do on my…
Secrets to personal branding for professionals
Brand: Noun - a particular product or a characteristic that serves to identify a particular product. Time for a fun quiz. Can you guess the brand name associated with each of these timeless slogans? "Just Do It" ______________ "Don't leave home without it" ______________ "We bring good things to life" ______________ My guess is you…
Tips for Job Search Success
Today’s Blog is part of the Career Collective. Once a month, our group of career professionals blog on a subject topical and timely for a job seeker. If you are like many, it is tempting to think that you can do an online search for a job, submit your résumé and poof, get hired! While…
Resume Help - International VP
I received a CV from a potential client who requested a free critique and I must say that this is one for the record books. I have changed the information to protect her identity, and am going to do this particular critique a bit differently than some of my others because her résumé is so…
Is Writing Results Oriented Resumes Obsolete?
Hi Deb, Q. I wanted to ask a quick question. I came across an article that was posted via LinkedIn, which contradicted some of the things you recently taught us at a webinar I attended. The author of the article said to keep the font size no smaller than 11 pt and also mentioned that…
Resume Help - Format and Layout
Today’s résumé critique is an interesting one because the candidate worked at the same firm for many years, but in very diverse roles. This résumé belongs to a woman we will call Joan. Joan began working for a firm that we will fictitiously call Munchinson Inc. in 1998 and left in 2010. She provides almost…
Job Interviews but No Job Offers
Dear Deb, Q. Ever since your team revised my résumé and LinkedIn profile I have to say I have been getting much more activity. Here is the problem: I still have not received a job offer. For some reason I keep getting passed up when it comes to the actual offers. They aren’t even calling…