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So there you are, sitting at your desk working on an important project, when the phone rings. And you pick it up. It’s a recruiter, who introduces himself, his firm, and asks if you have a minute. What do you say? “Thanks for calling, but I’m happy where I am.” And hang up the phone? WRONG ANSWER!!!!

Why? Because you just cut yourself off from knowing what’s moving and shaking in your industry, which means you just cut yourself off from hearing about unadvertised opportunities that could potentially leverage your career.

You’ve just made the decision to limit your options. And if you don’t have access to information, you can’t make an informed decision, can you? Read more

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Lately my friends have been paying off favors in the form of illustrative examples of what’s really going on in the world of a hiring manager. His company was looking for a technical writer. Seems like a pretty straightforward search doesn’t it? He showed me a resume where the candidate was a self-proclaimed writer, but the resume included such typos as defining his objective to “be able to sale[sic] one of my scripts,” that his work will “always look at it’s best”, and..the real capper…”I am a very good proofread.[sic]”

Holy SMOKES!! Are ya SURE????? ‘Cause I’m kinda not feelin’ that you are such a good proofread(er).

Man, you’ve gotta hope that this person posted their resume on the job board when they were drunk or stayed up for 24 hours straight. Regardless, I’d feel confident in betting that he won’t be getting any phone calls soon. Which is too bad because I’m sure that he’s a perfectly nice, well-intentioned guy, but when you post your resume as a writer, and that’s the only skillset you address on the resume, you’ve got to deliver.

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