Recently, I received an email from someone I’ll call “Patty,” who was downright frustrated. She had hired multiple writers over the years to help with a government job application, only to end up deeply disappointed. Patty felt that the last writer...
We’ve all been there — caught in moments so awkward they stay etched in our memories, vivid as ever, no matter how much time passes. Those moments often involve that sinking feeling in your stomach, the acute realisation of something said or done that...
The other day, “Fred,” a COBOL Programmer currently out of work, reached out to me. Despite upskilling himself by completing an MCAD (Microsoft Certified Application Developer) certification in ASP.NET and VB.Net, Fred found that employers greeted his...
This article was passed along to me and it reiterates the fact that in all walks of life, there are ramifications for lying. See below and don’t do it! The short term gain is simply not worth the long-term pain. Here’s the article (by the way, there was no...
Imagine crafting a carefully worded resume, only for it to be rejected by a company’s SPAM filter for including ‘foul’ language. It sounds outrageous, but it happened to a job seeker who included “Magna Cum Laude” in their education...
When you move from the Department of Defence to the corporate world, you’re not just changing jobs—you’re changing cultures. The military has its unique lexicon and ethos, but as you enter “civvy street,” you’ll need to get fluent in the...