Career Resources

Hello, World! Marc Miller is the founder of www.careerpivot.com, a career design firm for those “in the second half of life” that are looking to make a career change. Mr. Miller has made seven career…

Keeping up with the trends in resume writing is important. Employers are expecting you to research and be knowledgeable in this field. No one has the time to scan through a 10 pages resume anymore…

For as long as I can remember, employers have written job postings that describe candidates that don’t exist. Oh sure, there is one person in the world that is a perfect fit of the described position…

You’ve likely heard of secret shopping, but how do you actually get started as a secret shopper? This article will break down all the details so you can get paid for shopping! What Is Secret Shopping…

Well, let’s start by talking about my son’s first day of work because I think it may make you laugh a little and it always helps knowing that someone else may have had it worse. Fresh out of college…

So you hate your job. What do you do to survive this conundrum? The first thing I recommend you do is change your attitude. You may not want to hear that, you may want to hear all the reasons you…

An early step of any interview process is the phone interview. It can make or break your application process, especially if the position you're seeking requires excellent communication skills. This is…

We like to believe that it’s an absolute impossibility to condense all of our great knowledge, skills and abilities. We think that if we condense, we’re omitting. If we remove, it’ll be lost. Looking…

In any career, success depends on a combination of both hard and soft skills. Hard, or technical skills, are important for obvious reasons: You wouldn’t hire an accountant who has never seen a…

My guest today is author and career coach Stephanie Brown. Her new book is called Fired: why losing your job is the best thing that can happen to you. Available now on Amazon in paperback or kindle…