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Career Tips, Insights and Career Advice by Paul Freiberger

Writing a resume after leaving military service

Leaving the military and entering the civilian workforce can seem like entering unfamiliar territory to many veterans, especially veterans who have spent years away from the civilian job market. For employers, military experience and skills can be of real value, but your resume has to do its job. It must ...

Take a Page from Julia Child's Cookbook for Career Change

 Julia Child, the woman who changed America’s way of cooking and eating, didn’t start out as a chef. She offers many lessons, and they're not all about cooking.

Engineer Resume Writing Tips

Sure you want to include specifics about your technical expertise: hardware, software, networking protocols, programming languages, Web and database tools, among others. No doubt. But I've found engineers typically leave out the essential piece that needs to be in resumes of all sorts: Accomplishments!How did you use these tools ...

Overcoming the Shyness Challenge in Your Job Search

I'm shy. Not always, but often enough to understand how my shy clients feel when I talk to them about the importance of networking in their job search. "My first language was shy," said actor Al Pacino. We would love to find a job without all the outreach that ...

LeBron James and Leonardo Share a Core Value: Lifelong Learning

Today, a prospective employer might look at Leonardo’s resume and be troubled by his seeming lack of focus. Leonardo, though, was not a jack of all trades and master of none. He was a master of many, and his mastery came about because he never stopped learning. Never stop ...

Generation Y Shows Inclination for Risk But Millennials Lack Entrepreneurial Fire

Changing jobs used to intimidate people and it can still be daunting for many, especially when it is imposed by an employer in a tough economy. But for Generation Y, also known as the Millennial Generation, job hopping is top of mind. According to a survey by SBR Consulting, a ...

Job Search Efforts Should Include Attending Industry Events

Networking is so important in your job search. But it's easy to lose enthusiasm for it. As part of your networking strategy, you should identify events to attend that offer opportunities to meet a lot of people in one place. You can network intensely for a few hours and ...

Goodbye Google. Farewell Complacency

Michael Peggs publicly (very publicly) told the world last week that Google is not always the dream job. He had pre-announced his departure on September 16 in an article in the Huffington Post, called "I'm Quitting Google in 10 Days: In Search of Me, Myself and I." He's ...

Sell Me This Pen: How to answer the key sales job interview question

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Sell me this pen. If you’re in sales, that’s the task you’re likely to be given in a job interview. Sooner or later, an interviewer will reach into his pocket, pull out a pen and ask you to hit him with your very best pitch - "sell me ...

Resume Ready? How You Can Bypass a Gatekeeper

Dear Paul, Now that I had a professional resume writer help me with my resume I want to make contact with some companies. It's tough to locate the right people to talk to. Any suggestions? -James R. James, If you're looking for a job, it's inevitable that ...

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