miscellaneous career advice

At the beginning of this year, I embarked on a quest to find more inspiration in my life. I thought it would be cool to invite others to join me, so posted about it here at the beginning of January. And I tried to write approximately a post a week about career strategy, job-getting, time [...]

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Recommended: Making Ideas Happen

by Jenny on August 17, 2011

Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality is a nuts and bolts book on completing projects by Scott Belsky, the founder of Behance and the related The 99% think tank and annual conference. The name, The 99%, is based on Thomas Edison’s quote, “Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration” and [...]

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What’s Your Type?  Do you like someone tall with a good sense of humor? Or perhaps you are more focused on finding a good dancer with curly hair? I know, it’s not deep, but just like people have certain preferences when it comes to the type of romantic partner they are looking for (and admit [...]

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[Note: For the first time ever, I am putting the same post on both MoveYouForward.com and YourIndustryInsider.com. Everyone can benefit from this post. Read on!] Not long ago, I did a post on why everyone needs a resume, even YOU. It’s the single most valuable bit of career advice I give to clients, friends, and associates. [...]

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The Inspiration and the Slog

by Jenny on May 3, 2011

In February, I met a woman who changed what I thought was possible. Here is the post I wrote about that evening. The woman in question, distance swimmer Diana Nyad, inspired me to dig deeper in goal setting, to consider my aging body in a different way, and to challenge conventional wisdom about what was possible. [...]

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Why Everyone Needs a Resume – Even YOU

by Jenny on April 27, 2011

I have this conversation frequently these days. It’s usually with people who’ve called me to talk about my resume-writing service, so they know something is up. But this topic also comes up with friends and business associates. One of two things usually brings it up: 1)      I will mention an opportunity that would be just [...]

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