October 2011 Blog Posts (4)

There are a lot of reasons why people are unhappy in their jobs.  Clients come to me as a Boston career counselor because they feel stuck, exhausted, unmotivated, frustrated or bored.  In order to help them fix their individual situations, it's important to first determine where the dissatisfaction comes from.  Sometimes it's not a whole career change that's necessary; sometimes it's just a matter of moving to a different… Continue

Whichever kind of job you’re targeting, there are a few universal things you can do to strengthen your resume and stand out above the rest.  While it’s understandably difficult to edit your own resume, try to look at it objectively and consider the following things.  With a few tweaks, you can turn your resume from boring to “I really hope she accepts my job offer!”  As a Boston career counselor, I…

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As you job search, you may have heard people advise you to make a list of target companies where you’d like to work.  As a Boston career counselor, this is something I wholeheartedly endorse.  What you may not have heard is exactly why this is helpful and how to do it!  Having a list of target companies tucked away is unlikely to be very helpful to your job search if you don’t do anything with it!  So here’s a brief…

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Much has been written on the topic of interview etiquette and much more, I’m sure, will continue to be written about this topic.  Because it’s important.  While looking presentable at an interview won’t get you the job without some strong example-laden interview answers, looking unpresentable will certainly prevent you from getting the job.  And we don’t want that!  So here’s a quick review of interview…

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