http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/ Ask the Career Guru Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:30:42 GMT scottbennett777 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/439 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/439 Initial caps (Connect) is fine unless the name is an acronym, and then all-caps is a bit less avoidable. -Best, SB Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:08:40 GMT aymous51 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/438 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/438 I used to work at an organization called CONNECT - yes, in all capitals. The organization was consistently listed that way in every official document they put Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:02:47 GMT aymous51 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/437 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/437 Yes, you read the situation accurately. Great advice and thank you. You covered so many things in the book; hope you're collecting a few of these oddball Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:15:40 GMT scottbennett777 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/436 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/436 Yes, it is another example of dangerous territory. I take it that the first year you were paid by an agency, not the placement site, and the second year you Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:40:31 GMT aymous51 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/435 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/435 I worked in one position for a year as a temp, then was hired on in that same position and worked another year or so. I'm trying to cut space and was Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:25:52 GMT aymous51 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/434 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/434 Thanks very much for your perspective on this. Very helpful. Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:25:04 GMT aymous51 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/433 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/433 Thanks very much for your perspective on this. Very helpful. Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:43:34 GMT scottbennett777 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/432 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/432 Thanks. Nothing to add or change at the moment. There is no action in chapter 1 that a person cannot do in this economy. -SB Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:37:41 GMT scottbennett777 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/431 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/431 My pleasure. Keep in mind: what's important is not the writer's taste, but the reader's. If I'm hiring a performer, dazzle is relevant, especially when Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:31:46 GMT scottbennett777 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/430 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/430 Hi, I think it would be fudging. I urge you to put the real title and clarify your role in your carefully crafted blurb. -SB P.S. "Customer Service Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:20:54 GMT aymous51 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/429 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/429 I am trying to see your point, but "schlep" and "schmooze" still seem a bit too casual (almost slang-y) for my taste. And "dazzle" seems like another of those Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:15:54 GMT aymous51 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/428 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/428 I appreciated your advice in Chapter 1 about a targeted job search. This lines up with my instincts quite well, but some people have suggested it's a luxury Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:10:12 GMT aymous51 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/427 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/427 Hi Scott, You stress in the book not to embellish or exaggerate the facts, but you also allow for adjustments that make understanding easy for the reader, such Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:16:27 GMT scottbennett777 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/426 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/426 Hello! Thanks for reading the book so thoroughly! As far as these 4 words are concerned, I'll put you down as undecided. Movers schlep, performers dazzle, Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:51:24 GMT aymous51 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/425 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/askthecareerguru/message/425 I was surprised to find words such as "schlep" and "dazzle" in Figure 5 ... what possible place do words like this have on a professional résumé? Even