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When I started my career, my employer:
- paid 100% of my medical and other benefits. Now I pay a big part of premiums and deductibles and copays.

- funded a pension for my retirement. Now I contribute to a 401k and fund my own IRA.

- provided a career path, training and development, and an unspoken promise of lifetime employment. Now?

Now I control my own career!

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Will resumes become irrelevant?

This one decision helped an investment firm radically diversify its intern program Capital Group was concerned that its intern program was too homogeneous. Ditching résumés helped them recruit a class that was 50% female and 58% nonwhite.

Here is more support for the urgency of taking control of your career and job search. We can help!

U.S. Job Gains for Next Decade Projected To Be Much Slower Than After 2008 Crisis U.S. Job Gains for Next Decade Projected to Much Slower Than After 2008 Crisis

We now offer Career Coaching and Job Search Training. How do you know if you should hire a coach?

'Hiring a qualified coach can help you to land a new job faster than going it alone if you meet any of the following criteria:
You’ve not been in a job search for a long time.
You’re looking to make a significant career switch.
You don’t have a strong network and applying online is your primary strategy.
You haven’t updated your resume or LinkedIn for a few years.
You’re still exploring and don’t have a clear target or career goal.
You’re running “from” versus running “to” a new opportunity.
You’re in a negative place due to chronic unemployment or a difficult exit from your prior company.
You’ve been searching for a few months and not getting any bites.
You consistently make it to the first interview, but never the second.'

Contact me for a free, 30-minute career checkup.

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Caroline Ceniza-Levine provides great mid-career evaluation advice in this article. Plus the article includes several links to tools that will bring objectivity and clarity to the process.

Hit The Mid-Career Plateau? 10 Ways To Get Unstuck How do you overcome that weary feeling of constantly putting in 100% effort and not feeling valued? When is it OK to voice your opinions…to ask for a raise? What can you do to avoid the mid-career plateau?

Career decisions and job searches can be challenging. Put yourself in the best frame of mind with tips from Laura Garnett, author, and executive performance strategist.

How To Make Career Decisions When It Seems Impossible To Plan Anything Right Now Your go-to strategies for making decisions with clarity.

While I do not suggest 'obsessing' on a resume, there are some basics that are important. This article provides good guidance. Thanks Chris Westfall for a great article.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chriswestfall/2020/07/17/how-to-write-a-great-resume-avoid-the-mistake-that-95-of-experts-wont-tolerate/

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How To Write A Great Resume: Avoid The Mistake That 95% Of Experts Won’t Tolerate According to recent survey conducted by ResumeLab, there are a series of missteps and mistakes that could be holding you back on your resumé.