I had the opportunity to speak to a group of small business owners today regarding media relations. What follows has nothing to do with that but the topic of whether you should start your own business is one which always interests me and of course it came up today. The post is from February, 2009. Lots…
Got a note from a student who is still struggling to land a job after graduation. He’s not alone but, I would argue, there are ways to stack the deck. I asked to see his resume and he offered to e-mail it to me. Red flag number one. Here is the advice I gave him…
Back in January, 2008 I wrote about creating a resume. Go ahead and read it, I think it will have value as you read through this post. Really, go ahead, I'll wait… For those of you who already read the post way back when and don't need to read it again (are you sure you…
I get a lot or requests to review resumes for people job hunting in the PR industry. In just the last month I have probably reviews more than a dozen. What I find amazing is they all look the same and my comments are almost all the same. Keep this in mind, the resume is…