Bold, tell-it-like-it-is job search advice for executives and aspiring leaders - from multi-award winning resume writer and coach, Gayle Howard.

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People judge you by the way you communicate

Posted January 30th, 2012 Category: Communicating 1 Comment
People judge you by the way you communicate

It’s wrong to judge people. You know it and I know it. When it comes to searching for a job though, employers and recruiters only have a limited amount of information before them and they need to make a decision to interview on what they see. You could be the most wonderful, talented person on [...]

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Time to ‘fess up: explaining yourself at interview

Posted September 2nd, 2010 Category: Interviews 8 Comments

Okay so you made a mistake at your last job. A really, really big one. You lost your temper when you were frustrated and you cursed loudly and publicly. Suffice to say that your team considered your actions unacceptable. Some called it workplace bullying. Of course you have remorse. You felt bad the minute these [...]

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Social Media Networking & Your Career: It’s Not Just a Fad

Posted July 25th, 2010 Category: Career Collective, Communicating, Social Media 66 Comments

“The Internet?  We are not interested in it.” – Bill Gates, 1993 In 1989, we purchased our first home computer. It was around $1800 and even more if we added an item the salesman assured us we couldn’t live without… a 10 megabyte hard disk! (Yes I said 10 meg). Hubby was all for it. “It [...]

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Going up? The 30-second Elevator Pitch

Posted May 27th, 2010 Category: Communicating, Interviews 26 Comments

Dave the job seeker assured me he had prepared this elevator pitch. “Okay!” I said, “Hit me with it”. He began. “I was born in 1969 in Melbourne Australia” he started. I went to school at Box Hill South Primary School until I was 12 or so, and then I became a student at Box [...]

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Career Sabotage: It’s as simple as scratching an itch

Posted May 6th, 2010 Category: blog, Communicating, Thinking the right way 64 Comments

From: Jane E. Recruiter, Human Resources Date: Thursday 6 May 2010 12.19pm To: John Smith Subject: Your Application for Job No. 12345 Dear John, Thank you for applying for the position of Operations Manager at XYZ Corporation. (Job No. 12345). Your application was very impressive, however there were other applicants with experience more suited to [...]

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