Update Your Resume to Optimize Career Success
Much like changing the oil in your car, it’s best to update your resume regularly if you want to optimize the mileage you’ll get out of your career. How far do you want to go?
Non-Traditional Continuing Education to Keep You Sharp
Continuing education keeps professionals sharp and relevant in their respective fields. Even the most seasoned professionals can benefit from continuing education: it provides the opportunity to make new connections, gain new perspectives, stay on top of trends, set an example by taking initiative for growth, and deepen knowledge and expertise.
Achieve Writing Goals by Mastering Time Management
You can have every intention to produce your best writing, but if you fail to manage your time wisely, what happens instead is a sloppy email sent from your iPhone while you’re pumping gas that says, “Yup, got it last week wll be in touch ASAP.” Or, a hastily written blog post that you are mildly proud of—or at least not embarrassed of. From my own experience as a writer and more than 10 years as a writing consultant, here are my top time management strategies.
Editing Techniques for Leaner, More Powerful Writing
“Rewriting is where the game is won or lost; rewriting is the essence of writing.” These are the words of famous American writer and journalist William Zinsser in On Writing Well, a resource familiar to the majority of professional writers. Now, I’m not suggesting you repeatedly rewrite a simple email to ask a colleague to lunch.
How to Target Your Writing to Engage Your Audience
“Write from the reader’s perspective.” I utter these words several times each week as I work with clients on their job search documents and websites. While this advice is critical to writing effective resumes and websites, you should always consider the perspective of the audience for all types of professional writing. Doing so makes for clearer, more relatable communication.
What’s an ATS? Why You Should Know—And How It Affects Your Job Search
I frequently meet people who have never heard of the term “ATS,” so I have dedicated this article to this topic. I have relied on my own research and experience as well as that of Don Alexander, an Executive Recruiter and Founder of GeneCoda, a Life Sciences recruiting firm located in North Carolina.
5 Essential Tips for Proactively Managing Your Career
In my experience working with clients from disparate backgrounds, I have come to the conclusion that regardless of their field or level of responsibility, all professionals can take steps to safeguard their careers—even if individual jobs might come and go.…
Do You Need a Cover Letter? How to Write a Good One if You Do
Clients often ask me if cover letters are necessary. My answer is, it depends. Cover letters are the most vexing part of the job application process. Because applying for jobs takes a good amount of effort, it’s understandable that job…
Interview with Confidence, Part 2
This is the second part of a two-part article in which I discuss three key steps you can take to set yourself up for success at your next job interview. In Part 1, I cover the first two steps, Conduct…
Interview with Confidence, Part 1
This is the first part of a two-part article in which I discuss three key steps you can take to set yourself up for success at your next job interview. Here, in Part 1, I address the first two steps;…