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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.
Careers Done Write named Best Career Resource for Grads and PhDs
Careers Done Write is featured on the list of 100 Best Career Resources for Grads and PhDs just published on OnlinePhDProgram.org! Please see the full list here: http://onlinephdprogram.org/career-resource/
Change Your Lottery Dreams to a Strategy for Success
Careers Done Write is a finalist in the prestigious About.com Reader's Choice Awards for "best career blog." Being nominated is a great honor and in the spirit of “reaching for the brass ring", we want to win! Please click here to vote for us. You can vote once per day February 19th through March 19th. If we win, we’ll celebrate with an…
Résumé Help: Digging Deeper to Uncover a Valuable Achievement
Careers Done Write is a finalist in the prestigious About.com Reader's Choice Awards for "best career blog." Being nominated is a great honor and in the spirit of “reaching for the brass ring", we want to win! Please click here to vote for us. You can vote once per day February 19th through March 19th. If we win, we’ll celebrate with an…
Under-appreciated and Underpaid
Careers Done Write is a finalist in the prestigious About.com Reader's Choice Awards for "best career blog." Being nominated is a great honor and in the spirit of “reaching for the brass ring", we want to win! Please click here to vote for us. You can vote once per day February 19th through March 19th. If we win, we’ll celebrate with an…
Tax Increase Survival Advice
Careers Done Write is a finalist in the prestigious About.com Reader's Choice Awards for "best career blog." Being nominated is a great honor and in the spirit of “reaching for the brass ring", we want to win! Please click here to vote for us. You can vote once per day February 19th through March 19th. If we win, we’ll celebrate with an…
Careers Done Write Workshop on the Go: Soft Skills Part IV: Communication
This month we have been discussing soft skills. We were prompted by Millennial Branding’s survey of 225 employers using Experience Inc.’s data pool of over 100,000 U.S. companies. Of the employers surveyed, 98% said that adaptability is one of the top five skills they are seeking in new employees. Yet, 91% of this same…
Careers Done Write Workshop on the Go: Soft Skills Part III: Adapatability
This month we have been discussing soft skills. We were prompted by Millennial Branding’s survey of 225 employers using Experience Inc.’s data pool of over 100,000 U.S. companies. Of the employers surveyed, 92% said that adaptability is one of the top five skills they are seeking in new employees. We all adapt in the workplace.…
Résumé Help: Muddled to Marvelous
In today’s example, we see a muddled résumé that is an interview-blocker! First the reader must be patient enough to read this tiny print. The next hurdle is the tight spacing and disorganized layout. Jump that hurdle and the reader must read through long explanations with the result hidden at the end. Whew! This candidate…
Signs of a Dysfunctional Workplace
Dear Deb: I went to a job interview for a customer service supervisor position. It is a sales office in which I would oversee 6 customer service reps who support the clients of 6 sales reps. I was interviewed by the branch manager and the 3 sales reps. One rep asked me how old I…
Careers Done Write Workshop on the Go: Soft Skills Part II: Team Work
Earlier this year Millennial Branding conducted a survey of 225 employers using Experience Inc.’s data pool of over 100,000 U.S. companies. Of the employers surveyed, 92% said that teamwork skills were one of the top five skills they are seeking in new employees. Teamwork skills are often taken for granted by employees. “What’s the big…