Are you among the growing number of moms returning to work after leaving paid employment to care for your family? Maybe your youngest child is learning to walk, starting kindergarten, or leaving for college. You may be yearning for the rewards of your former career, feeling the isolation of your “empty nest” or in need [...]

Plenty of clients have asked me this question. The thought of writing cover letters can be quite daunting, and doubly so when you realize you need to write a specific cover letter for each job you apply to. Although you may want to avoid this task, you absolutely must write a cover letter for each [...]

Often people assume that making a career change must mean throwing away everything they’ve built up in order to find carer happiness. They feel that they must start over in a completely new field in order to change careers. This is the difficult way to change careers, and, happily, it is not the only way [...]

Doing a little bit of company research is a very easy way to help yourself stand out from the competition in your job search. With a little bit of ingenuity, you can often do good company research even when you’re provided with nothing more than a fax number in a job ad 1. Ideally you [...]

Preparation is the key to reducing job interview stress. If you prepare everything possible at least the day before the interview, you’ll be able to focus on the answering interview questions well and avoid worrying about anything else on that day. 1. Gather together and try on all of the clothes that you’ll wear to [...]

A former client told me this story.  She worked for a major fine china manufacturer, and she said that the human resources department at her company once received a resume that had been engraved on a plate that was manufactured by the company (I can’t even begin to imagine how much money that would have [...]