Category Archives: Cover Letter Tips

Executive Cover Letters: It’s Personal

If you are an executive, your cover letter could be your ticket to that next six-figure opportunity. In my work with clients for more than 20 years, it’s been my observation that the cover letter is where 90% of applicants make lethal blunders. Here is a format that will prevent that and impress the decision-makers….

Job Search Confidence

Job Search Confidence – My client, Cheryl lost her job as a Project Manager after 18 years with the same company. Her employer shifted its operations to another state. She took a month-long hiatus, and then started her job search, with her confidence at an all-time low. The true “ah-hah” moment came a few weeks…

Maximizing Interview Chemistry & Connection – Part 1

I was talking to a friend recently, who was floating on Cloud Nine. She had met a man and in her words, “It was magic! It was love at first sight!” This couple had, as some would say, chemistry. Interview Chemistry: What is It? One of the statements I hear from clients after not getting…

Chocolates & Careers

Whether you’re exploring what you want to do in your career, trying to find and get it, or trying to keep it, life is very unpredictable.

6 Cover Letter Tips for High-Stress, High-Tech Times – Show Respect for the Hiring Folks!

Hiring folks—like the rest of us—are often faced with information overload. With home phones, cell phones, business phones, e-mail, U.S. mail, voice mail, junk mail, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and a myriad of other communication vehicles, it is challenging to sift through the “noise” and “traffic” to hone in and focus on one candidate. This is…