Just One Job? Three Tips For Creating a Broad Resume |
| When you've had just one job to your name, transforming that blank page on your computer screen into a compelling resume may seem overwhelming.
You'll likely need to do more than just flesh out your job history to hook hiring managers. They may wonder about your skills, motivation and ability to adjust to a new work environment, says Tom Morgan, vice president of Pencom Systems Inc., an executive-search firm in New York.
Here are some tips for writing a resume that can allay these concerns
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Exiting the Fast Track For More Family Time |
| Although he dreamed of having both a successful career and a rich family life, computer engineer Gaurang Joshi, husband and father of two, found his fast-track career was driving a wedge between him and his family. After a fateful conversation with his 5-year-old son in 1999, he resolved to change course. He's since found that downshifting at work can be a little like turning a battleship -- it takes time, and space for mid-course corrections. His story:
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Hiring and Cultivating Employees Who Succeed |
| Business owner Andrew Field says he used to hire based on gut instinct. No longer.
"You might as well flip a coin," says Mr. Field, founder of PrintingForLess.com Inc., an online full-color printing service in Livingston, Mont., with 170 employees. A high turnover taught him the importance of hiring and fostering employees, prompting him to try a new approach four years ago. He says the system has helped reduce turnover by about half.
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How to Switch a New Career |
| Whether you're in an industry that's desperately seeking workers or one that's continually announcing layoffs, you've likely toyed with thoughts of dropping everything to follow your dream career. But making that leap is often difficult.
For some workers, now might be a good time to consider a switch. The national unemployment rate was 4.6% in January -- and 2.1% for those with a college degree -- according to the U.S. Labor Department. See more on the current labor market.
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WORK & FAMILY: |
| Michael Hickey knows better than to try to start a conversation with his wife when she gets home from work.
After a hard day at the office, "I'm definitely too tired to talk at night," says Karen Ambrose Hickey of Palo Alto, Calif., a senior marketing director. "I put up a brick wall." Michael, an engineer, says he's resigned: Regardless of what's on his mind when Karen comes home, he says, "you just have to wait" until later. Finding time to talk is "an ongoing struggle."
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OFFICE LIFE: |
| When Richard Fuld, chief executive of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., couldn't control his addiction, he took drastic measures. In October, he had the game BrickBreaker taken off his BlackBerry.
"I was playing so much," says Mr. Fuld, who had used it to relax on the plane or in the car. He missed it so much he had it reinstalled, but it's no longer on the main menu. That removes the temptation, he says, "for the most part."
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OFFICE LIFE II: |
| Are you the only parent in an office full of singles or a health nut among a group of junk-food snackers?
If you're the odd one out in your workplace for whatever reason, finding a way to mesh with the corporate culture may be important to your on-the-job success.
"People who feel out of place where they work tend to hold back from voicing dissent, volunteering for projects and networking with peers -- all of which is critical for climbing the corporate ladder," says Kelly Crescenti, founder of Successful Networks, a career-consulting firm in Chicago.
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