Category Archives: resumes

Networking Brief

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Steve

Perhaps the coolest part of my job is watching the various people I work with support each other.  Margaret Nichols is a Career Coach at Bellevue College and she is one of those who helps.  In particular she introduced something … Continue reading →

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Preparation

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Steve

This blog has been focused on job search (it is after all “Notes From the Job Search”), but key to successful job search is being successful when you are working, then recognizing it and recording it.  I get it that … Continue reading →

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Buzzwords

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Steve

It’s amazing how persistent generalizations are. Recently, Manu Sharma posted a blog entry detailing the 10 most overused buzzwords in Linkedin Profiles in 2010. In early 2009 Squawk Fox posted a great article titled “Six Words that Make Your Resume … Continue reading →

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Resumes that Resume Careers

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Steve

It’s interesting, every time I go to Deborah Drake’s group for reluctant bloggers, I seem to come back with something worth blogging about. This time, I met another career coach, one who is an author as well. His name is … Continue reading →

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Stories from NFJS — Fred’s Story

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Steve

This one is about Fred (not his real name). He joined NFJS as our Work-Life Data Base™ was maturing and he embraced it. What makes his story interesting is the consequence of this process. Fred’s profession is software and hardware … Continue reading →

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Stories from NFJS

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Steve

My desperate hunting for blog ideas has been solved! I mentioned that I joined a “support group for reluctant bloggers” in an earlier blog and this week I was able to get to there for the second time. While participating, … Continue reading →

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Stereotypes, Prejudice and Job Search

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Steve

One of the challenges we face during our job hunt is the unstated beliefs or stereotypes the hiring person/organization have about some group we are part of. An ugly word for this is “prejudice” and we all have them. We all … Continue reading →

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Resume construction part 2

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Steve

Mike will finish his discussion of resume development soon, but in the meantime, one of the regulars at Notes from the Job Search sent me an analysis of how to create an entry or bullet point on your resume and … Continue reading →

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Strengths (again)

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Steve

My last entry was on the book Now Discover Your Strengths so obviously it’s a key element in the Notes From the Job Search (NFJS) approach to job search. Another component of NFJS is our suite of weekly support groups … Continue reading →

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Resume path part 2

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Steve

In my last post, I discussed how a job posting showed up on an advertisement/job board etc. and that by the time it reached a job board, it had been worked into a set of criteria. What happens next is … Continue reading →

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