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• Are hard-copy resumes obsolete?

  24 Jan 2011

  Resume expert Kim Isaacs explains why a resume is worth the paper it's printed on in this third of five series. When I started my resume writing practice in the mid-1990s, I loved paper. I could spend hours at the stationery store comparing gorgeous textures, colors, and weights. I kept my favorite paper...
• Your career and recovery: options for education, auto workers, and home owners

  15 Jul 2009

  Dear readers and job-seekers, Good news on the job-hunt front is that President Obama is unveiling his new initiative to invest $12 billion in community colleges over the next 10 years. Auto workers have some new options to discover and homeowners have a site to check out for information about refinancing...
• Women empowered with career change

  15 May 2009

  Dear readers and job seekers, the women in my life amaze me. I polled all my friends for stories about how planned or unplanned career changes turned out to be positive. Women replied with brave, interesting, and compelling stories. Today is part two of a five-part series: Pat (Seattle) - Four of us...
• Another 240,000 and counting. Worried about your job?

  13 Nov 2008

  The October employment news was not good. Another 240,000 people lost their jobs. The unemployment rate reached a 14-year high of 6.5 percent, with 2.8 million more people unemployed than at this time last year. The double whammy of mortgage woes and unemployment is hitting home. How can we help? Over...
• Beyond the resume - job hunting advice from a Microsoft HR professional

  19 Dec 2007

  Since resumes are among our most popular template downloads on Office Online, and particularly from our Career Center we thought it might be worthwhile to offer you job seekers even more assistance as you start the journey of finding that perfect position. So, it just made sense to go directly to the...
• Job hunting in the 21st Century

  4 Dec 2007

  My how things have changed since I stumbled into the job market a while back. I'm gathering ideas for a page about how to approach finding a new job or changing jobs in today's world of giant job boards, email thank-you notes and unacknowledged application submissions. I have plenty of ideas about what...