All Entries Tagged With: "Returning To Work"
Trailing Spouse: Is there any Uglier Name?
This is part of a series about relocating a family internationally, called What I’ve Lost, What I’ve Gained, for BlogHer’s month of blogging. What do you call a woman or a man who follows her spouse as he or she relocates for work, often sacrificing a career and identity? These spouses pack up the family, [...]
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 [...]
How Did You Describe Any Gap In Your Resume?
How did you describe the gap in your resume when you stayed home to look after children? Did you use a term like “domestic engineer” in your resume when you were job hunting? Or did you leave it blank? Read HR exec Kristen Clark’s advice: she left a gap that she later regretted. She’s even [...]
Job Interviews: Wait To Discuss Salary, Benefits
Are you a working or stay at home mom who’s job hunting? You may be motivated by money (and the need to get back into the workforce as soon as possible), but experts recommend prolonging talk of money during the interview process for as long as possible. “Let them fall in love first, BEFORE you [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Dear Aunt Jobby: Should I Dumb Down Resume?
Dear Aunt Jobby I’ve been out of work for six months. I used to work in marketing for one of those big financial institutions that are now owned by the Government, he he. I am 43, with two teenagers who eat a mountain of food each week, and a big mortgage. I’ve been job hunting every [...]
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