Michelle Dumas


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The Crucial First Step In Resume Writing: Establishing Your Focus

OBJECTIVE: A professional position with opportunities for advancement that will allow me to use the full range of my qualifications. Wow! Could you imagine an objective that could be any less specific? But, as a professional resume writer, I can tell you that such a nebulous, non-specific resume objective is more common than it is not. This is one of the most frequent mistakes that I see... (posted by Michelle 3 years 363 days ago.)
Your 2008 Job Search Checklist

The days of simply browsing through the Sunday newspaper and sending out a few resumes in order to win your next career opportunity are over. The days of retiring after having worked for just one or two companies are also over. Downsizings, mergers, offshoring, acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, consolidation, and other change initiatives have required rapid adaptation of workers, hard career decisions, and frequent... (posted by Michelle 4 years 27 days ago.)
Tips For Your Resume To Overcome Work History Problems

A small minority of people have a work history that would be considered the ideal and that perfectly qualifies them for their career target. But the vast majority have problems or challenges that they must overcome. In which category do you fall? Do you have a model career and educational background? Or, do you find yourself struggling to prepare your resume...struggling because of some glitch or... (posted by Michelle 4 years 54 days ago.)