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		<title>The Words all Professional Resume Writers Hate to Hear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Checking my email one day this week, I found one that started in a way destined to make my heart sink: &#8220;I know we finalized this resume a while ago, but I showed it to a friend and he had some comments &#8230;&#8221; My heart doesn&#8217;t sink because of the extra work &#8211; I don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Trying for Less Will Get You More</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can narrowing down your job search focus actually get you more interviews than trying for a wide range of jobs? That&#8217;s been my experience. First let me give you a business example, and then I&#8217;ll tell you about a client of mine who got amazing results just by narrowing her sights. When we worked with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just How Many Jobs Are You Missing Out On?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently nagged a client to get her LinkedIn profile fully up and running. She emailed me the other day to say that she got an email from a recruiter within 2 days of doing it. A new survey explains why. Jobvite surveyed 600 HR and recruiting professionals across the US and found that 73% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Hoarding or Sharing?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A client asked me &#8220;should I put the PDF of my resume on my personal website and keep the Word document to myself? I don&#8217;t want someone downloading it and stealing the content.&#8221; A fellow resume writer told me &#8220;I never put my best samples online because someone might steal my designs.&#8221; And a web [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Ways to Prove Your Worth on Your Resume</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just read a great post by Jonathan Fields over on Awake@theWheel about the 7 types of proof clients/customers need before they will buy a product or service. And as I was reading, it struck me that his advice also applies to resume writing. All too often you read things like &#8216;looking for a job [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Sky Resumes Featured in Oprah Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m so proud to say that Blue Sky Resumes is prominently featured in the latest issue of O Magazine. I was contacted a few months ago by Adam Glassman, the magazine&#8217;s creative director, and asked if I&#8217;d like to take part in career makeovers for several women who needed a job. I was thrilled to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Chocolate Roses &amp; Hot Pink Paper Fail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then, the media latches on to a story about some creative job seeker and his or her strategy for getting attention. There was the guy who walked around Manhattan with a billboard around his neck. There was the guy who offered to work for charity in exchange for interviews. And the guy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueskyresumes.com/blog/the-chocolate-roses-hot-pink-paper-fail/</link>
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		<title>The Downfall of a Blogger and What It Means for You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week the Washington Post fired one of its rising stars. Dave Weigel is a political reporter who made his name writing about the conservative movement in America and he was recently hired by the Washington Post to expand their online coverage. Dave was also a member of a private listserv group named JournOlist, where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueskyresumes.com/blog/the-downfall-of-a-blogger-and-what-it-means-for-you/</link>
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		<title>Professional Resume Writers and Their Magic Wands</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I&#8217;m working on a fantastic project. My client has a diverse and interesting background and is making a career change. His experiences are perfect for what he wants to do next, but presenting them well means carefully sifting through them and selecting the things that are most helpful while minimizing the stuff that might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resume Lessons from a Garden</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we moved into our home 11 years ago, the garden was completely overgrown with ivy and weed vines. I spent a few years chopping them back and finally got it to the stage where I could plant flowers. But after clearing all those vines, I also discovered a few plants from some other previous [...]]]></description>
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