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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.
Keeping Job Search off of Social Media
Dear Deb: How do you improve your odds of obtaining a new position without giving away that you are in the market on social media. Since many people in your current work life have access to you social media pages it seems detrimental to the current work status. Thanks, Mark Hi Mark: Many people use…
4 Reasons to Take a Lunch Break
Taking a full hour for lunch is seen more and more as a luxury for many professionals in the workforce rather than a right. The frenzied pace of communication coupled with our culture of immediate gratification has led to the lunch hour’s demise in offices all of over the country. The common belief held by…
Resume Help: How to List Citations on Your Resume
Today, Petra wrote me asking how to include citations on her resume. If you are in an academic or scientific career, citing your research, publications, posters, and presentations is important. To establish yourself as a professional, you must properly organize and present this information. Below is an example of a citation before and after we…
Ask Deb: Overseas Job Opportunity
Dear Deb: I have an opportunity to go work in Europe for a former employer. How should I decide if I want to take this job opportunity? Mark Hi Mark: Nice to hear from you. You should be making your decision based on interest in the opportunity, ability for development and growth, and overall opportunity…
Five Ways to Improve Your Relationship with Your Boss
If the kind of relationship you have with your boss can determine how successful you are in your career and ultimately how much money you can earn, why not invest the time and commitment necessary to make sure you and your direct manager see eye-to-eye? Here are five tips on how to improve your relationship…
Resume Help: Mundane to Marvelous
If your resume is one of hundreds of resumes that a screener must sift through for a single job opening, the last thing you want is to be in the grey abyss of mediocrity. That is the case with today’s candidate, Henry. It is highly unlikely that this mundane resume would generate interest. We can…
Boss Is Having an Affair with my Coworker!
Dear Deb: I am the last to leave in my department because I run the final accounting reports. Lately, I have seen my co-worker and my boss getting very flirty in his office. Last night, I walked past and saw them rather intimate in his car in the company parking lot. We are a small…
A Day in the Life of a Senior Finance Manager (within a Global Investment Bank)
An attractive alternative to the hard-charging, pressure-filled investment banking path (M&A, Corporate Finance Advisory, Sales & Trading) is a career in finance management within that same investment bank. Roles that roll up to the Chief Financial Officer function can be equally fulfilling and challenging, and will not require a pound of flesh in addition to…
Resume Help: Why Some Non-Traditional Techniques Don’t Work
Today we are looking a non-traditional resume sent to us by Kelvin. It is non-traditional but not in a good way; it is not creative or edgy. Kelvin’s first mistake was using an obscure software application to create his resume. Upon opening the file, I found spacing issues that make it tough to read. That…
How to Deliver Application
Dear Deb: I am applying for a sales position. The posting says to apply online or in person. It is at a national bookseller. I am looking for a second job to supplement my primary job as a network administrator. There are rumors that my company is downsizing so I am trying to earn extra…