Career Solvers Honored With Three Industry Distinctions

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I am pleased to announce that Career Solvers recently won three of the industry's most prestigious resume writing awards. As the winner of the Modernize Your Resume Award, sponsored by Emerald Career Publishing, my work was recognized for its tight writing, compelling strategy for messaging the clie...

Career Solvers Wins 2 Top Resume Writing Awards

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September and October were great months for Career Solvers! In September I received the National Resume Writers' Association ROAR award for outstanding achievement in resumes and in October I was nominated for 3 TORI (Toast of the Resume Industry) awards by Career Directors International and won in ...

Career Solvers Selected as Judge for Industry’s Top Awards Competition

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Ok, I admit it. I've fantasized about being a judge on one of the many reality TV competition-style shows like Project Runway or Top Chef and I've thought about how cool it would be to say "You're out!" in my best Heidi Klum voice. I may never get a chance to judge something on national TV, but I'm ...

How to Prove You Are an “A” Performer to an Employer

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Careerbuilder recently surveyed close to 3,000 hiring managers to see what the hiring trends for 2010 will be. The most interesting finding from my perspective is this one: Replacing Lower-Performing Employees Employers are taking advantage of the large number of top talent in the current labor po...

Job Search Inspiration from Olympic Gold Medalist Alexandre Bilodeau

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Last night I watched the story of mogul skier Alexandre Bilodeau who won the gold medal for Canada on Sunday. He credits his older brother who has cerebral palsy for inspiring him and keeping him driven and focused on his goal. Doctors told his family that his brother would no longer be able to walk...

Is Your Resume as Fashionable as Plastic Slipcovers?

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I put up a picture on Facebook yesterday of me as a kid sitting in my living room. I love this picture because it reminds me what my house looked like as a child and it's a window into what trends influenced how homes were decorated at the time. My mother had a penchant for plastic slipcovers and sh...

Career Comeback-Repackage Yourself to Get the Job You Want

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Recently I interviewed Lisa Johnson Mandell author of Career Comeback. Lisa is an award-winning author, entertainment reporter, and film critic who has appeared on dozens of major news outlets and even Dr. Phil. Here's what she had to say about the new rules of job search for 2010 and beyond. 1. ...

Whose Job is it to Define Your Passion for Your Work?

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There is a great conversation going on over on the Punk Rock HR blog about passion and whether or not passion can be or should be measured as part of employee performance . Some say passion is generally not a term that is synonymous with work and others say that passion is not a measurable performan...

How Far Would You Go to Find the Right Contact for a Job?

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Last night I had one of those moments that every mother dreads. It was three hours past the time my teenage daughter was expected home and she wasn't answering her cell phone which appeared to be off. She's a pretty responsible girl, so I was concerned to say the least. The fact that I had recently ...

No Smoking Policies at Work: Discrimination or Social Responsibility?

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The co-op board of the building I live in is recommending a new policy that prohibits new renters and owners from smoking in their apartments and requires that current smokers stop smoking in their apartments after a period of three years. While it may seem odd to some of you that a residential buil...