http://spiritualcareercounseling.com Opening Doors for More Joy in Your Career! Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:40:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Certainly we're all aware of the value of cover letters to introduce ourselves and highlight contributions we could make when we can't just hand the resume to the person we'd like to give it to.  Richard Bolles, in What Color Is Your Parachute? 2010, Chapter 5, Resumes and Contacts, writes ... http://spiritualcareercounseling.com/resumes-andor-cover-letters/ When we're faced with a job search--by our own dissatisfaction or by someone else's decision to let us go--one of the first concerns is our resume.  Know that it's a piece of the "How do I get a Job" puzzle, but is often given more credit that it deserves.  To ... http://spiritualcareercounseling.com/resumes-and-alternatives/ Recently, when talking with a good friend, she pointed at the fence beyond her apartment patio, and told me a story.  She said that once when she had a bill due that she wasn't sure how she'd be able to pay, she'd talked to a bird that was sitting on ... http://spiritualcareercounseling.com/letting-go/ Any time we get to know people and genuinely connect with them is great!  It's enjoyable and often good for reciprocal business leads.  I want to tell you about an especially wonderful networking experience I had today. I have these two delightful, ambitious girlfriends; we've been friends for  years, and were ... http://spiritualcareercounseling.com/networking-for-fun-and-ideas/ One day I sat down for my 5 minutes at the computer in the morning, feeling tense, wary about a lunch meeting with a new acquaintance, a colleague, that day. What I got was, “Just relax!! You’re meeting a new friend, and you are so going to enjoy this ... http://spiritualcareercounseling.com/an-unexpected-answer/