The first time I heard about LinkedIn was back in 2008. I had a profile, but like you, I didn’t do much with it. It wasn’t until LinkedIn reached popularity in the last five years that I truly began to see the value in it. Of course its value skyrocketed when I learned as a professional resume writer just how much LinkedIn could increase professional opportunities for myself and my clients. Today, your LinkedIn profile is even more compelling than your resume. Why? LinkedIn is how you build your professional branding. It is a gateway to many more things than just selling yourself for a job. Yo ..read more

**Published in The Huffington Post.** Just like how the Zack Morris brick phone has been replaced by sleek and lightweight smartphones, your resume should not look the way it did back in 1995. Resumes are not what they were 20 years ago or even 10 years ago for that matter. Today, they require a completely different mindset and systematic approach. If your resume has the word “responsible,” or still contains an “objective,” consider it the death knell of moving onto the next step in the job search process. In today’s professional world, resumes have become strategic marketing documents that ar ..read more

Jim Rohn brilliantly stated, “You’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” Our lives and careers are greatly influenced by the people we spend the most time with — those people include parents, children, siblings, friends, and professional colleagues. What happens when you recognize that one (or more) of those people can be sabotaging your career and personal happiness?  There are key personalities that are considered “toxic” for us and sometimes it takes those defining moments to withdraw from the relationships for your own personal happiness and progress. How do you r ..read more