The Exclusive Career Coach

Today, we’re talking about how to increase your chance of choosing an employer who is a good fit for you.   I’m dividing this discussion into two parts: How to determine what qualities or characteristics are most important to you and what you can do to assess an employer.   What are you looking for? There are no right

Gaps in employment. I want to start with the big picture, then drill down to some specifics.   If it was several years ago, or more recently for only a few months, it probably isn’t the problem you think it is.   You can eliminate or minimize the appearance of an employment gap on your resume and LinkedIn, but you can’

SO…you’ve landed a new position at a new company. How can you make your transition as smooth as possible? Here are 15 strategies:    Exit Gracefully You don’t want your reputation to be tarnished in the final weeks with your old employer. Finish up any projects you need to, create whatever you need to help your success

I want to talk with you today about what SHOULD and SHOULDN’T be on your resume in 2024. Like many of the topics I bring to the podcast, this one comes from resumes I’ve seen lately with very old-school information.   What Should Be Included -Branding statement & Summary (which I covered in episode #314 last week).   -

I want to talk with you today about how to approach your resume summary. I will also be talking a lot about personal branding in this section.   If you are new to this concept, the resume summary goes “above the fold” on page 1 of your resume – after your name and contact information, before your Experience section.  

Over the years, a number of people have reached out to me with concerns about their resume – in some cases, resumes I wrote for them.   They went to a website that offered a free resume critique and got back harsh criticism that worried them.   Here’s what’s going on: Larger, so-called “resume mills” have software they