by Irene Marshall | Sep 19, 2023 | Career Growth, Career Transitions, Resume Writing
Someone contacted me, who was a client, in 2009 when I wrote his resume. I unexpectedly heard from him this morning. I am a coach who is also a professional resume writer. He said that the last time we talked, I told him that he needed to be at his next job for at...
by Irene Marshall | Sep 5, 2023 | Career Growth, LinkedIn
Does it matter? Several years ago, I had a remarkable experience. All of the women in the San Francisco area who give manicures and pedicures are Vietnamese. They usually use their Vietnamese names. But sometimes, a woman wants an “American name.” I met...
by Irene Marshall | Aug 1, 2023 | Career Transitions
My mother taught public high school and junior high school for 22 years. There were bells that rang at predictable times during the day to begin or end class. When she retired, she missed those bells because they gave structure to the whole day. Professional sports...
by Irene Marshall | Jul 25, 2023 | Job Search
Does what you teach them about working on a first job in the real world matter? My husband, Curtis, and I owned an independent auto repair shop for 20 years. We would sometimes hire teenagers to clean up, do special projects, and just generally do whatever tasks...
by Irene Marshall | Apr 18, 2023 | Career Growth, Job Offers, Job Search
You never know how unexpected family connections might be able to help someone find a new job. Here’s a crazy story from my own family: My mother, Eleanor, was in her 80’s. She had a boyfriend named Al who was also in his 80s. They lived in the San Francisco Bay Area....
