by Irene Marshall | Apr 4, 2023 | Career Growth, Cover Letters, Interviews, Job Offers, Job Search
When should you tell a recruiter or hiring manager about your planned vacation? People involved with hiring new employees do not want surprises. Say something like this: “I have planned a vacation In Australia for three weeks from (date)...
by Irene Marshall | Dec 14, 2022 | Career Growth, Career Transitions
What can make you unhappy in your work? Is it your co-workers? Your customers? Your actual job? It can be hard to separate out the source of the problems. I had a client who was a stockbroker. He was 29 years old. He and his wife wanted a child, but he had not been...
by Irene Marshall | Apr 18, 2022 | Interviews
Have you ever needed a bathroom break between interviews? How has that made a difference in getting or not getting a job? One time, I did interview coaching for a client who was going onsite to a company to meet four people. It would be stressful because he would have...
by Irene Marshall | Apr 14, 2022 | Resume Writing
Why did someone ask for my help to arrange a marriage? I am a resume writer. What did I need to write? There is a large Indian population in the San Francisco Bay Area where I live. There are many people here who are in arranged marriages. It is not uncommon. It is...
by Irene Marshall | Mar 3, 2022 | Career Growth, Cover Letters, Job Search, Resume Writing
Who should you tell when you get a new job? Sometimes people surprise me. I have been helping clients get jobs for more than 20 years. I am a professional resume writer, coach and former recruiter. The writing and coaching that I do is 1:1 with my...