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Caring for Aging Parents & Managing your Career

  Last week I was going to write a blog titled “I Don’t Have a Life, I Have a Job”. The focus of the blog post was going to be the issue of work-life balance and how difficult that can be to manage. However; the issue of managing my life and managing my career recently became a reality for me. On...
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Use Dynamic Verbs and Adjectives in Resumes to Reflect Who You Really Are

I wrote a blog a few months ago called 9 Executive Resume Do's and Don'ts. The commentary was in part driven by my fatigue over words like experienced and accomplished when it comes to ways executives and resume writers like to describe success and tenure in the workplace. My feelings around dull...
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Spread Too Thin: The Perils of Saying "Yes"

From our earliest days at work, we are sent the strong message that good team players say “yes” when they are asked to do something.  Really good team players step up and volunteer without even being asked.  We’ve socialized team members to stretch themselves to the breaking point, all in service of...