by Irene Marshall | May 30, 2023 | Interviews
You might be surprised at what you find. I was recently interviewed by Fred Coon, with Stewart, Cooper & Coon. For over 28 years, his company has provided employment services for senior executives. He employs Executive Coaches and Career Strategists. I started my...
by Irene Marshall | Jun 21, 2022 | Career Growth, Interviews
I once talked with a man who had been a stay-at-home dad for seven years but needed to go back to work. He had been the Chief Financial Officer at a company. His wife died in childbirth, leaving him with two special-needs twin boys. As he was in a good financial...
by Irene Marshall | Mar 29, 2022 | Interviews, Resume Writing
Has anyone ever asked you about something you did at work, and you answered: I WAS JUST DOING MY JOB A client who was a CPA came to me to revise her resume. The first page said: FOUND $1 MILLION OF UNBILLED AND COLLECTED $600 THOUSAND. How did she find the missing $1...
by Irene Marshall | Mar 17, 2022 | Career Growth, Interviews
It can be very stressful to look for a new job. One of the biggest complaints is that you can interview, think things went well, and then you never hear back from anyone at the company. It just doesn’t feel good to have been “ghosted” by a recruiter or hiring...
by Irene Marshall | Jun 2, 2021 | Industry Research, Networking, Uncategorized
How does a new college grad learn how to use their degree as a stepping point into a satisfying career? One way is to get an “informational interview” from someone with real-life experience working in a field or company of interest to the job seeker. In this...
