Saturday, November 7th, 2009

Archive for July, 2009

 

Don’t Use that Verb, Use These

After having written more than 10,000 resumes and telling people constantly that there are more verbs out there than managed and developed, I decided to put pen to paper (or let my fingers do the walking on the keyboard in this case) to give you some help with other verbs. Don’t get me wrong – [...]

Making Time for the Interview

I cannot begin to tell you how many times my clients and friends talk to me and ask my advice about interviewing. Of course you would expect this given what I do for a living. What I mean is, they need guidance about making time to interview; yes, they don’t know where to fit it [...]

Writing a Resume When You have Been Out of the Workforce

If you have been out of the workforce for some time and are now planning your strategy for reentry, you will definitely need a resume that highlights your key achievements (even those that were some time ago) to ensure that you are positioned appropriately.
A résumé really serves a couple of purposes. For starters it provides [...]

Dressing for the Interview

After sending out all of those letters and networking like crazy, you finally got the interview. You are prepared. You have your resume printed on good paper; and you have studied your background so you don’t have to play the total recall game. You won’t worry about being able to match Charles Nelson Reilly with [...]

So, You Want to be an Investment Banker?

You have completed four years of college, taken all of the finance and economics classes you can stand and gained some practical work experience within the finance industry in the hopes of working for a boutique or well known bulge bracket firm. So, what can you really expect? Here is some information to help you [...]

Negotiate THIS

Negotiating is an art, no doubt. Done correctly it will lead to victory. Done poorly it could lead to failure. When it comes to negotiating salary and other benefits in the workplace, nothing makes people more uncomfortable. He who talks money first loses as they say. Why? Well, it’s because the minute you reference your [...]