Telling Your Story: Resume Gaps

Employers potentially work about resume gaps because they don’t know you yet and can’t tell why you’ve taken time away from the workforce.  But you know you, and you know that your unpaid time wasn’t so that you could lie on your couch, watch soap operas, and eat Doritos.  So how should you tell your…

Don’t call me Mrs.!

Have you ever felt confused by the salutation to use in a formal communication with a woman you don’t know?  Although there are many confounding factors, a woman is Ms. So-and-So in formal situations.  This is a comparatively new salutation (certainly not as new as Mx.—more on that on Friday) that came about because of…

Do you hate networking?

Do you hate networking?  A lot of people do, but it’s one of the most powerful things you can do to drive your career.   For reluctant networkers, just the word makes them think of stilted conversations and awkward exchanges of business cards and sweaty handshakes.  But I promise it doesn’t have to be that…

The Role of Luck in the Job-Search

Have you ever wondered what role luck plays in the job-search?  The truth is, it’s a very real factor, but luck is also something that you can work to maximize.  In career circles, this is often called planned happenstance.  It’s not magical thinking or manifesting or anything like that.  It’s just sort of getting yourself…

Time for a reset?

Are you in a job-search slump?  It may be time to retool! Have you found yourself looking for jobs less often, failing to get it together to apply for things, and just generally feeling disheartened by the process of looking for work?  Slumps like this are normal but they stink.   So if you’re in…