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With the economy remaining unstable and with the House just approving the two-month payroll tax cut extension, it may seem like the world around us is crumbling. This, like everything else in life, depends upon how you look at it and whom you’re placing your trust in. While you can’t control the world around you, [...]

Recently I was reading a 3-part article by a friend of mine on personal branding in the job search. It reminded me that I wrote an article a while back on building a Digital Career Identity by focusing on blogging.  The intent of these articles was to encourage you to start building a career-focused professional [...]

Thanksgiving is a great day to announce our 2012 Crossroads Career Workbook “Maximize Your Career.” Thanks be to God for the thousands of volunteers who have served tens of thousands of career explorers – from whom we have learned much about the latest and greatest tips and tools to find jobs, careers and calling. Much [...]

All of sudden it happens – life comes crashing down all around you. What do you do? Some choose to immediately offer up a prayer to God, some panic, some ask others for guidance. How about you? Lean on God As Philippians 4:6 reminds us “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, [...]

Earlier posts in this three-part series: How to Create Your Personal Brand? How Do I Identify My Personal Brand? The basic concept of personal branding is that your entire job search has a consistent message, look and feel. Think of it as your ad campaign. Other than Geico, which has multiple ad campaigns going at [...]

I received an e-mail a month ago from a friend that said his company had just announced layoffs and that he was going to lose his job at the end of the week. Luckily, they offered a small severance package, which included some professional help in putting together a job search strategy. However, that wouldn’t [...]

If you have ever seen Keyword Summary listed on a resume but are not sure what the purpose of it is or how to write this section properly, you’re not alone. The Keyword Summary is a new addition and was added when electronic resume submissions became commonplace. How the Keyword Summary Works When a job [...]

The phone interview is now a typical step in the hiring process because in-person interviews are a logistical challenge and time consuming. The phone interview is used to take a pool of candidates and, through a series of questions that confirm that the information provided is accurate and that the person is professional and articulate, [...]

On my last trip to London, I rode the London Tube (a.k.a. Subway or Underground) on several occasions as I traveled throughout the city. There were signs posted all over the stations that reminded people to “Mind the Gap”, which referred to the spacing between the train platform and the train car which passengers must [...]

Last week I posted Resume Writing – Basic Checklist, so I felt it was time to develop a more advanced list of items to consider when developing your resume. But don’t consider a checklist the end-all for guiding you through the resume writing process. I’m assuming you already have a decent resume to start with. [...]