Do you dare lie on your resume, or in your interview? I am amazed at how easy it is for people to lie about their credentials, about their work or life experience and then when caught, they either attempt to perpetuate the lie or they get angry for the exposure. I am publishing this post I wrote back in July 2007. With some additional information added. As a coach, I am asking you not to lie. Don’t lie on your resume, don’t lie on applications. Don’t lie in an interview. Don’t lie about anything. It will not serve you in …read more

“Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday!”
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, I have the full video of his speech from 1963. Enjoy!

Merry Christmas Everybody! I plan to enjoy Christmas Day with my family. I pray that each of you who read my blog will have an AWESOME day! If you are not working right now, don’t worry about that today. Look around you and see what you can be thankful for today. There is something wonderful going on in your life despite the economy, your finances, and your employment status!
My brother-in-law told me not to write today, however because I care about each one of you, I didn’t want to leave you hanging. Should I rest today? Maybe! However, I …read more

THIS IS A REPRINT FROM LAST HALLOWEEN! Enjoy your night!
I have no understanding about why we celebrate Halloween in this country. I have to believe that people don’t know what they are celebrating. So, I thought I would share a little of the history of Halloween. We say Happy Halloween”. What is that? Happy Halloween? Not! I don’t celebrate this holiday and my children have never been trick or treating. Any way.. rather than getting on my soapbox.. Here is some information for you to consider as you celebrate this “holiday.”
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Halloween has never been a Christian holiday and it …read more

Here are a few blogs I enjoyed reading this week.
Ask A Manager on “Stupid candidate behavior: Not checking email.”
Evil HR Lady gives advice to some poor dude who was fired while waiting for an offer for a new job.
Punk Rock HR answers a reader question on “Corporate Manscaping.”
Manpower Blog talks about The Death of the Performance Review. this is a great blog for free legal advice on employement law
Great Leadership by Dan offers an Eight Step Guide To Developing Your Leadership Skills.

In the midst of the economic mess, how about some fun! You can fit this fun right in the midst of your job search! October is traditionally an exciting month for b5media’s Lifestyles Channel and our readers.
The Lifestyle Channel has joined forces with hundreds of sponsors to create a two week extravaganza of giveaways, jump-starting the holiday season and allowing our readers to win gifts, both for themselves and for giving. This year’s Blogtoberfest is better than ever before. They have simplified the process and the sponsors have been extremely generous in the gifts that they are offering and …read more

A Can Can Make A Difference (CCMAD), is the feeding arm of Adopt-A-Block, Inc., and was established to help eliminate hunger in the State of Maryland. On January 23, 1992, war was declared on hunger. Since that day, outreach centers, soup kitchens, churches, and local government agencies have banded together to feed the poverty-stricken residents of Baltimore City and the State of Maryland.A Can Can Make A Difference serves more than 130 agencies, including shelters, soup kitchens, church and agency pantries. They have hundreds of volunteers serving as a focused and dedicated army. Together, they help meet the diversified needs …read more

Here is how Wikipedia defines Labor Day – “Traditionally, Labor Day is celebrated by most Americans as the symbolic end of the summer.
Labor Day has been celebrated on the first Monday in September in the United States since the 1880s. The form for the celebration of Labor Day was outlined in the first proposal of the holiday—a street parade to exhibit to the public “the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations,” followed by a festival for the workers and their families. This became the pattern for Labor Day celebrations. Speeches by prominent men and women …read more

Miriam Salpeter of Keppiecareers.com wrote an interesting post, Visualize Your Resume as Artwork. Visit Wordle and create your resume art. Wordle  is “a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.” Then share it as a link to interested hiring managers. My recommendation is to ensure your word choices highlight who you are, your strengths and what you will bring to their organization. I would love to hear your thoughts. Something fun for you on Saturday night!

Web 2.0, according to Wikipedia technology and , is a term describing the sexy trend in the use of World Wide Web, web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, and, most notably, collaboration among users. These concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based communities and hosted services, such as social-networking sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies.
We have been talking about Social Networking all month and I thought this list from Phil Rosenberg would be a great add to the discussion.
Here is a list of Phil’s Top 50 Favorite sites for Job Seekers:

LinkedIN – Social Network, …read more