Maintaining your career is about more than waking up in the morning and going to work everyday. Everything from our training to how we interact with coworkers and our very mindset determine how far we go in our jobs, careers, businesses and lives. The articles below help you with ideas and strategies you can incorporate into your career management process. See how you can keep the sailing smooth and ensure you stay ahead of the game.

9 10, 2014

Your Job Search is YOUR JOB (for now)

William Mitchell, CPRW2021-09-23T21:20:53-05:00Career Management Help|

You find yourself at the end of a job and at the start of a job search. It then becomes pretty easy to do. You see it as an opportunity to kick back and slow things down a bit: “I can catch up on my TV shows that I have piled up on the DVR.” [...]

20 09, 2014

Little Known Resume Killers (Part 2)

William Mitchell, CPRW2024-09-23T12:45:49-05:00Career Management Help, Resume Writing Help|

In our previous installment , we went over the first three of six resume killer items that can significantly reduce your interview frequency. Many assume the content alone carries the day with your resume. The fact is that nothing can be farther from the truth. Just as with verbal communication, there are many factors that [...]

7 09, 2014

Little Known Resume Killers (Part 1)

William Mitchell, CPRW2021-12-21T15:27:08-06:00Career Management Help, Resume Writing Help|

Your resume is competing against what can at times be 250 other resumes. As such, nuance issues within your resume can cost you. We like to call them resume killers. A surface level analysis of the raw numbers alone demonstrate that possessing qualifications alone won't necessarily result in an interview. So what could it be [...]

1 12, 2013

Tightening Your Belt During Unemployment

William Mitchell, CPRW2021-12-21T15:36:08-06:00Career Management Help|

We’ve all been there. You’re in between jobs and the bank account is running on fumes. There are a couple of prospects you are expecting to bear fruit because you had your resume and cover letter written by the pros at The Resume Clinic, but they may be weeks away from coming to pass. So [...]

28 11, 2013

Holiday Job Search – Let Your Competitors Take a Break

William Mitchell, CPRW2021-12-21T15:38:13-06:00Career Management Help|

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a big proponent of ramping up the job search come holiday time simply because everyone else will be powering theirs down. Bills don't take the holiday off and neither should you (in fact, your bills seem to be putting in overtime around this time of year).

7 08, 2013

Population Growth vs. Dwindling Opportunities

William Mitchell, CPRW2021-12-21T15:35:48-06:00Career Management Help|

Let’s say you have 10 people confined to a house and every day you bring in 10 sets of meals for them to survive. Everybody’s pretty happy and content with that arrangement. But what happens when you increase it to 12 people and cut the meals down to 9 sets? How about we make it [...]