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The resume is stress free to submit to those I don't have a relationship with because it provides a painted canvas of my experience and accomplishments. It allows for a better discussion of the nuances of practice leaving room for other examples, so it acts as a great starting point [at the interview].

Attorney,
New York, NY

  Know your value

Jeri is interviewed on Studio One, a cable news program produced by students, faculty and staff at the University of North Dakota. This segment talks about job interview process and how you can be prepared for this important part of getting your career going in the right direction.


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The Workwrite Job Search Guide is for you if you are:

Executive: CEO, CIO, CFO, COO, President, Vice President, Partner
At the top of your profession, an accomplished leader with a vision to match, you have accomplishments begging to be quantified in ways that show your enterprise scope.
Management: Director, manager, general manager, operations manager, You are doubly blessed with management experience backed by a profession.
Professional: You are highly educated and/or trained in a career track field.
Technical: Your training is highly specialized, technology oriented, and quickly evolving.
Creative: Your career has called you into the attic of angels, where the sweat of creativity powers the heavens.

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Saving real money on the job search

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“Mac” was flustered and shaken the day we discussed his need for a new resume. His employer had just laid off more people, and it didn’t look like that would be the last round. He worked for a newspaper, a sector that has been hit hard in recent years, particularly since the economic downturn. He worried he would be let go if more cuts

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Awards are important to your career

I was honored to receive first place in the Best Creative Resume category in the Career Directors International 2010 Summit competition last week in San Diego, CA. Thanks to my colleagues for the many warm congratulations and good wishes.

However, now that I’m back at my desk and almost caught up, I’ve been thinking about the importance of such an award to my clients and

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The value of professional education: What’s yours?

Karen Smith-Hanney (right) of Destiny Career Planners, Surrey, BC, breakfasts with me at the Catamaran before the Career Directors International 2010 Summit.

Education is one of my priorities in my career and in my life. I’m quite curious about a lot of things and love learning. The longer I write resumes and coach clients during their job searches, I find more and more people

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Keep your resume in the running with keywords

Using keywords in your resume is important for two reasons:

Some employers use Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) to scan resumes before sending them to human readers. Keywords are what the ATS is looking for.
Human readers usually are in a hurry, and they appreciate well organized material with skimmable lists.

A keywords list fits both criteria.

Where to find keywords

Look for keywords first in the job description of the

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Imagine your next job, career, or business

Author Piero Morosini and his new book, "Seven Keys to Imagination."

Italian Peruvian author and consultant Piero Morosini wants to center the world of work around imagination.

Not money, not power, not stock options.

Imagine.

Now, imagine what careers, jobs, and the transitions between them would look like in that world.

Seven Keys

I recently heard Peter Day of the BBC’s Global Business program interview Morosini about his new

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Career opportunity: University trains pilots to ease forecast shortage

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Airlines just surviving the recession now face the challenge of finding enough pilots. University of North Dakota Aerospace in Grand Forks, N.D., is soaring to meet that need with more than 2,200 students and the world’s largest, most comprehensive program and most technologically advanced environment for aerospace education, training, and research. That combination spells career opportunities for students from as close as next

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