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Great Work-Life Balance Isn’t the Goal

As a career coach, one of the questions I’m often asked is how to bring up work-life balance in an interview, and I’m not quite sure which concerns me more: the fact that my clients are thinking about work-life balance or the fact that they are afraid to bring it up....

Why You Might Want a Dedicated Google Account for Job Searching

Job searching is a job in and of itself!  Whether you’ve been actively or passively looking, you know that from filling out applications to adjusting your resume for different positions, job searching can be time-consuming and frustrating. Fortunately, there is a...

What to Do the First Year at Your New Job

You just got a new job! Now, it’s time to sit back, relax, and … start working on your resume, networking, and personal branding!  You’re probably thinking, “But wait! You’re confused! I just GOT a new job! Those are the things you do BEFORE you get a new job!”...

Cracking the Code: Essential ATS System Tips for Job Seekers

Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) help recruiters and employers store and manage resumes, but they can also result in your not getting an interview for a job that would be a good fit. Some ATS systems scan your resume for content, and can automatically reject you....

Career in Focus – Three Best Practices for Nurse Practitioner Resumes & CVs

Believe it or not, nurse practitioners were among some of my earliest clients, even before I shifted my focus to resume writing and career coaching. As an academic writer and coach, I spent a significant amount of time teaching writing strategies to several nurse...

5 Steps to Writing a Successful Bio

Have you ever been asked to provide a bio for work, a community event, or a club you are part of? A good bio should keep the audience engaged, a task that can be challenging because a bio is primarily a list of accomplishments, and -- let's face it -- most people...

How to Help Your Friend Who Hates Their Job

Somewhere along the line, hating your job became “normal” in American culture. If you’re like me, you probably wake up on Monday morning to a handful of memes about the travesty that is going back to work after the weekend. Since the average person spends around 90K...

Two Boats & A Helicopter: The Art of Quitting Your Job Search

If you’re like most job seekers, you’ve probably felt discouraged at some point along the journey. Sometimes, that discouragement feels like a sprinkle of rain. Sometimes it feels like a tidal wave. When the discouragement is so consistent that you feel like you...

Your Dream Job Might not Be Posted…But that’s OK

When I was researching my master's thesis on personal branding, I came across a surprising statistic - 70-80% of jobs are not advertised. What's even more surprising than that number is the fact that it has remained pretty much the same for just about a decade. This...

Not Getting Any Responses to Your Resume? Here’s why.

Have you ever spent hours tweaking your resume for the perfect job opportunity only to hit submit and never hear anything again? If you’re like many job seekers, you’ve spent a fair amount of time wondering whether some of your resumes have simply become lost in...

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