by Joey | May 13, 2015 | Layoff
Layoffs can happen to the most hard-working, competent individuals. The world economy still sails in troubled waters, and there is simply no way any one person can stifle the ups-and-downs of the market’s turbulent seas. The best you can do is be the best employee...
by Joey | Apr 12, 2015 | 50+, Resumes
Let’s get right to it. Here are some helpful techniques to offload the years from your resume: The summary (profile) section of your resume gets immediate notice because it’s the first hodgepodge of words to be encountered by your target reader. Be sure...
by Joey | Mar 19, 2015 | Resumes, Tough Love
Resume Deli Challenge: There are five commonly misspelled words in this blog post that spell check won’t catch…can you? Comedian Bill Burr jokes: You ever spell a word so badly that even spell check can’t come up with any suggestions? (Spell check) I’ve got all the...
by Joey | Dec 4, 2014 | Job Market, Resumes, Work History
Having a resume that discloses your job-hopping ways is not the death knell it once was. Whereas bouncing from one job to the next was once seen as a lack of focus, or an inability to keep a job, today’s job market views job-hoppers as driven, resourceful,...
by Joey | Nov 10, 2014 | Career, Cover Letters, LinkedIn, Resumes
I was a ninja turtle for Halloween. I mean, I dressed up as a turtle. (You knew what I meant.) My son insisted I be the Donatello to his Raphael. But the fact is, I would have dressed up anyway. For me, Halloween is that last bit of the year that’s still entirely of...