by Barbara Safani | Sep 20, 2010 | career management, networking, resume
Last week a tornado ripped through parts of Queens, New York. New Yorkers aren’t exactly used to tornadoes and the event really took us by surprise. The storm passed through the neighborhood where I grew up and I still have many friends and family there. Several...
by Barbara Safani | Sep 9, 2010 | career solvers news, interviews, resume
Last week I was interviewed by Lisa Johnson Mandell and Janet Powers on their Work It Girl radio show. We chatted about a number of job search and workplace topics including: Is there any movement in the job market? Are people being taken advantage of in today’s...
by Barbara Safani | Jun 24, 2010 | resume
Sometimes when I write a resume for a client, I include an excerpt from the performance review as a strategy to better market the client. Occasionally when I use this technique, I get some push back from clients. The response is often, “I’ve never seen...
by Barbara Safani | Jun 17, 2010 | career management, resume
When hiring managers read resumes, one of the first things they look at is dates of employment. If they see multiple short employment stints, they will often assume that you are a job hopper, question your ability to stay at one company for long, and move on to the...
by Barbara Safani | Apr 26, 2010 | resume
As you may have already heard, Lane Bryant is claiming that ABC and FOX censored their plus size lingerie commercial and refused to air it because the content was too racy for prime time TV. Lane Bryant is claiming the networks have a double standard and would have...
by Barbara Safani | Apr 16, 2010 | resume
I just wrote a resume for my teenage daughter so she can apply for an internship this summer. The first thing I had her do was make a list with the headings academics, leadership, activities, and community and then I asked her to list everything she could think of...