I attended a Resume Building workshop at my local library, and I was shocked when they told me “Do not apply for jobs through Linkedin”. I mean, isn’t the point of technology to do things smarter and faster? Well here’s why they gave that recommendation and why I’m following it!
When I was in college for engineering, we learned how to apply continuous improvement to solve technical problems. I love the concept of continuous improvement so I try to apply it to all aspects of my life, including my resume! Here’s how I approach updating my resume to achieve continuous improvement:
Now that I’m a college student, I’m happy that I’m eligible for student discounts! There don’t seem to be many out there, but these two discounts saved me a bunch of money. Instead of paying about $100 per month for cable TV I now pay $11.48 per month to stream Amazon Prime and Hulu (including Showtime) content on my smart TV.
If you’ve got a .edu email […]
I’m learning a lot about how to update my resume to make it the best it can be for my job search in 2018. I will admit it’s been awhile since I’ve been job searching, so I’m finding that things have changed and I have a lot to learn about how to update my resume. So as I learn I want […]
My husband got a call from his friend who was very excited to share that he’d just been offered a very lucrative job. My husband congratulated him and jokingly said “Hey, maybe you can get me a job there too!” When he got off the phone he shared with me exactly how lucrative the job offer was including an outrageous signing bonus and […]
I found my second job after college by searching job listings in the newspaper of the city I wanted to live in! Wow, things have changed a lot since then ~ so I’m sharing what I’m learning as I embark on my own job search:
Websites to look at when you’re job searching:
It’s fun to learn new things and I’m learning a lot of new things by taking courses towards my Master’s in Marketing!
Here are four FREE online tools that are new to me and I recommend you check them out:
I’m taking my first course in pursuit of my Master’s in Science in Marketing at Texas A&M University Commerce and asking myself how I got here? It was kind of by accident, and by reading a listicle believe it or not ~ here’s what happened:
I want to tell you about my recent health care adventure, or maybe I should call it my healthcare nightmare.
These are daily entry sweeps that I recommend playing:
Pace (120,000+ prizes. lots of free salsa, details here)
Pampers Winter Match (37,000+ play 3x daily for diaper+photo prizes, details here)
Stouffer’s Spin for a Win (3,500+ play 10x daily for music download prizes, details below)
Jelly Belly […]