By admin, on January 26th, 2009 Create a “grab bag” resume that lists ALL of your experience, paid and unpaid, in reverse chronological order. This grab bag resume is for your eyes only (and maybe the eyes of your career counselor); never share the grab bag resume with employers.
- Your grab bag resume can be as long as you need it to be.
- Keep adding new experiences as you gain them. Even add different ways of describing your experiences.
- When you apply for specific positions, you can use your grab bag resume as a starting point from which you can begin creating a tailored, one-page resume.
- Just delete any information that is not relevant to the specific position to which you’re applying. Or, re-phrase information to make their relevance more obvious.
- Remember to re-save your newly tailored resume with a different file name – for example, naming it after the employer to which you are applying will make it easier to find later.
- If you come up with a brilliant new way of re-phrasing certain experiences, remember to copy and paste those new resume phrases back into your grab bag resume for future reference.
By admin, on January 26th, 2009 Cultural stereotypes aren’t always a bad thing. (If you’ve ever enjoyed reading a “You know you’re a ____ when…” email about your culture, you probably know what I mean.) It’s never a good idea, however, to become bound by stereotypes, to become pigeon-holed by them, or to pigeon-hole others with them. Cultural difference is a huge topic, and I won’t pretend to be able to address all the issues of culture, stereotyping, racism, and prejuidice in this single post. However, I do want to offer a few brief suggestions for avoiding the pitfalls of stereotypes. It helps to:
- be aware of the cultural stereotypes you hold about others.
- recognize which stereotypes others may have about you.
- know which of your own cultural stereotypes fit you and which ones don’t.
- become comfortable educating others about your culture – be proud of the ways in which you are different than others, and value the ways you are the same.
By admin, on January 19th, 2009 
Ok, for some of us, the thought of networking is just plain icky, not to mention scary. To be honest, that was how I felt, especially when I was still new to my field and did not have any work experience. I thought networking was just another work for “sucking up.” And then I realized, networking is just a means of gathering and sharing information. It doesn’t need to be icky.
Continue reading Networking is icky! …or maybe not. »
By admin, on January 13th, 2009  Image from Cafe Grumpy This ever happen to you? You’re in a pretty decent mood when all of a sudden you encounter someone who clearly woke up on the wrong side of the continent – maybe a co-worker, a roommate, a family member, someone in the checkout line. You interact with them for all of 1 minute and the next thing you know, you’re feeling crispier than burnt toast. How did that happen? Why did it happen? Did it even need to happen? Like an infectious disease in those scary outbreak movies, that individual’s bad attitude has infected you. What’s even worse is now you’re going to infect the people around you, likely in your workplace. Fortunately, there is an antidote.
Continue reading Gimme a side o’ GRUMPY with that CRABBY! »
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