By Janice Burch, Executive Resume Writer, Career Coach, Co-Owner at Pro Resume Center, LLC There are numerous reasons people will stop working for months, a year or longer. In my experience as an Executive Career Coach, these reasons are often linked to medical issues, family needs, educational pursuits, or extended travel. However, taking that time [...]
Top 5 Tips for Today's Executive Navigating a Pending Merger, Buyout, or Organizational Restructuring By Janice Burch, Executive Resume Writer, Career Coach, Co-Owner at Pro Resume Center, LLC We all know about the big mergers and acquisitions of the last few years – Shell & ConocoPhillips, Oracle & Cerner, Discovery and WarnerMedia, Microsoft and [...]
How to track your accomplishments for resume updates, interviews, and performance reviews By Janice Burch, Executive Resume Writer, Career Coach, Co-Owner at Pro Resume Center, LLC If you have not done so yet, please take the time to read my previous article – Executive Resumes: Showing Big Wins Helps You Win before diving into this [...]
By Janice Burch, Executive Resume Writer, Career Coach, Co-Owner at Pro Resume Center, LLC You are an executive at the burnout stage, ready to seek a new challenge or just get out of a negative situation. You are not alone in your discontent. According to a survey from Future Forum, a think tank focused on [...]
By Barry Breit, Managing Partner, Operations Director, Pro Resume Center, LLC (Part 3 of a 3-Part Series "So You Want a Job In Sales") As a former hiring manager for sales talent, I was often asked what set one sales job candidate apart from the next. My answer? Everything. The approach, confidence, preparedness, questions, answers [...]
By Janice Burch, Co-founder, Pro Resume Center, LLC Worried about what a potential interviewer might think of your resume because of large gaps in employment, several job stints, multiple unpaid internships, or lack of relevant experience? Remember, today's hiring executives are faced with an onslaught of applicants and resumes. To speed up the process, they are [...]
By Janice Burch, Executive Resume Writer, Career Coach, Co-Owner at Pro Resume Center, LLC Two to one: That’s the number of unemployed people actively applying for every one posted position in the U.S. There are about 4.4 million current job openings and more than 9.8 million unemployed Americans actively seeking a job. That number of [...]
By Janice Burch, Co-founder, Pro Resume Center Albert Einstein once said: The definition of insanity is doing something over and over again and expecting a different result. This statement may hold true for many of today’s grads. The lack of calls and interviews among this group, currently listed as the most unemployed population group in [...]
