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The Best Resume Advice

May 7, 2018 By Laura Paradise

A resume is a tool. It is a key that should fit into a lock and open the door to an interview. When creating your resume, let go of the […]

Filed Under: Apply Smart Tagged With: communication, exercise, resumes

Shift your MINDSET about Resumes

April 10, 2018 By Laura Paradise

As a career coach, I know that most everyone hates writing resumes.Okay, well maybe 1 percent of the population likes writing a resume. I’m writing this post to help you […]

Filed Under: Apply Smart Tagged With: mindset, resumes

Resumes are like perfume

October 30, 2017 By Laura Paradise

Like a good perfume, your resume should entice and linger. Not too much or you’ll overwhelm. Just enough that you’ll be remembered. For the right things. Just enough to call […]

Filed Under: Apply Smart Tagged With: communication, personality, resumes

Writing for Work

February 21, 2017 By Laura Paradise

Here’s the truth. Writing for work is Marketing and Self-promotion. For an audience. For an outcome.  Stop making it hard on yourself by worrying over being sales-y, getting it just right or […]

Filed Under: Apply Smart Tagged With: communication, purpose, resumes, self-promotion

Elegance, simplicity, functionality

May 17, 2016 By Laura Paradise

That’s what I look for in a resume. That’s what I look for in a website. You have to make sure that your materials do the job, that is—to show […]

Filed Under: Apply Smart Tagged With: clarity, communication, hard skills, resumes, soft skills

Do you hate branding?

May 17, 2016 By Laura Paradise

I hate branding. I am not a cow, I do not want a label or a universal price code emblazoned on my body. No one is going to remember me […]

Filed Under: Apply Smart Tagged With: advice, coaching, communication, LinkedIn, resumes, self-promotion, talking about yourself

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Upcoming Events!

 

April 4, 3:30-5 pm, In Person. Writing from the Heart: Find your Inner Wisdom.

Free! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/heart-on-paper-journaling-as-a-path-to-inner-wisdom-tickets-1301310066439?aff=oddtdtcreator

Six week Online Job Search Group, Monday March 10 – April 14, 5:30-7 pm, $25/session. 

To attend, RSVP to lparadise.coach@gmail.com

 

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