“Who, Me? Impeached?” in the October 14 online issue of The New Yorker magazine focuses on the president. This post addresses Q&As for any job seeker who needs to work around trouble spots in his or her career.
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How do you know when you need to write a cover letter? Gone are the days when every job application required a letter. But some still do! No wonder you’re confused. Some recruiters and hiring managers won’t read a resume
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Low Unemployment is Good News for Job Seekers It’s hard to miss the news about US unemployment dropping to 3.9%. According to the March 2018 Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report, we reached the first-ever one-to-one match between the number of job openings and
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We envision authors writing in seclusion. Maybe locked away in a room or an isolated cottage on the beach. Sure, it takes a lot of time alone to write a manuscript that becomes a book. But, the more I write, the more I play it as a team sport. Everything we write gets better with input from others. Ptting our egos aside to treasure their gems is well worth it.
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Refining words with others is a creative process that gives life to our ideas. At its best, writing together is a mind-meld with access to infinitely more brain cells.
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In writing, there’s no such thing as perfection. It’s the ongoing process of perfecting that matters. The more we write, the more we know our writing can always be better.
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One of the best ways to become a better writer is to read, read, and read some more. Besides devouring books on writing by writers, the internet is a vast ocean of blogs and resources for writers. I use these and other resources to continually hone my craft.
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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Writing my first book stirred up creativity I didn’t know I had. Words flowed out of
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This is Part II of this two-part series. If you’re in transition, check out these and my other blog posts. Your next job is out there–you just have to find each other. Don’t give up!
Read MoreThis two-part series will help you and your next job find each other. The big picture is to use online sources to explore and discover options, find specific jobs to pursue, apply with superior marketing materials, and then network into companies to reach hiring managers or other people in the hiring chain.
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