Shopping for a new resume is not like shopping for a new car. There’s no ‘blue book’ to tell you what you should be paying and it’s hard to find even a ballpark figure. This results in confusion. As someone who writes a lot of executive resumes, I’ve found that client expectations are all over the [...]
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It’s All in a Name … or Is It?
I’m happy to be one of CareerRealism’s Twitter career experts. We answer job seeker questions in 140 characters or less, but today’s question seemed to call for a more detailed answer. Here it is: I am in job search mode, and have decided to take the opportunity to transition into another field. It is a [...]
It’s Not You, It’s Your Expectations
Lately I’ve had a lot of questions from people worried they are not getting results in their job search. That’s understandable given the current climate, but some of the questions betray somewhat inflated expectations. One potential client felt she needed resume help because she had posted her resume on a job board 3 days earlier [...]
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