All Entries Tagged With: "Career Advice"
Help Wanted: Need Memorable Email for Job Search
What email address is right for my job search? JuliePower589@gmail.com didn’t sound memorable enough for my newly-updated resume or job application. I’ve seen folks use email addresses and handles like fabcookandmotherroftwins@gmail.com and SexyLongLegs@Hotmail.com for job applications or on LinkedIn, but call me old fashioned, but it doesn’t seem professional enough to me … If I [...]
6 Ways To Network Yourself Back To Work
Networking may be the best way for a mom looking to return to work to find a job in “today’s faceless, virtual world,” says Maribeth Kuzmeski, author of The Connectors: How the World’s Most Successful Businesspeople Build Relationships and Win Clients for Life. The trick is taking these encounters to the next level. Many moms [...]
Stay At Home Mom Returning To Work: How Moms Can Take The First Step
This guest post is by Nancy Anderson, the author of Job Search for Moms. A resume is NOT the beginning for moms starting a job search, says Nancy Anderson When deciding whether to jump back into the workforce, many women think all they need is an updated resume. Unfortunately, they get to the first heading, [...]
Get Back To Work With These Top Twitter Peeps
Twitter ninjas get moms back to work Are you a mom looking to get back to work? Changing jobs? Twitter is a goldmine if you can weed out the tweat from the twaff … oops, the wheat from the chaff. We asked Katrina Kibben, Monster.com’s social media ninja, for her top Twitter people to follow [...]
Manage Maternity Leave (Before You Go)
Don’t offer to go back to work earlier than you have to, urges Liz O’Donnnell, a freelance writer and mother, in the first of three must-read guest posts about managing maternity leave. Managing your time-off for maternity leave should start as soon as you learn you are pregnant, even before you tell your boss or [...]
4 Ways To Create a Standout Cover Letter
You have a stellar resume; you are qualified for the job; and the time is right for a change. You know if you could just get your foot in the door, you might have a chance at beating out your competition. The big word here is “if”, especially in this tough job market.
Returning To Work? Resume Makeover Adds Polish
Part One: A step-by-step guide to overhauling your resume by expert Catherine Palmiere Sometimes even the address on the top of a resume can telegraph to a recruiter that a mom returning to work is out of touch with the workplace. They may toss it without reading because the contact details seem amateur. That was [...]
Starting your at home business
At Moms To Work, some of our favorite stories are from Moms who are starting their own businesses from home. Today, We’re featuring Caitlin (Cait) Zieroth, mom to two beautiful little girls living in the San Diego area who turned her passion for knitting into a business, Little Hands and Little Feet. Customers can buy [...]
Ask Aunt Jobby: When Job Interviews Get Hot And Sweaty
Got a career question you’d like Aunt Jobby to answer? If she doesn’t know the answer, she’ll get an expert to answer any mom’s question about returning to work, finding a job, managing work and family issues or even negotiating the tricky waters at work. Q: I have a job interview next week. But it [...]
Targeted Career & Job Search Advice: I Want More! Day 29 Since Layoff
This is the sixth installment of “Diary of an Unemployed Finance Mom 2.0.” This story is real, nothing is fabricated. For the sake of her privacy, and her hopes of landing a new job, she’s going under the pseudonym, job mom 2.0. Follow her trials and tribulations on Twitter @jobmom First the generic career advice [...]
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