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1)          Accept that it will be difficult to make a transition from military to civilian work. 2)          Be proactive.   If you are still in the military, start thinking about what it is you do well and what it is you don’t do so well. 3)          Consider hiring a Career Coach that can give you coaching business advice and career tips.   An affective coach who truly wants to help should only be between $30.00 to $45.00 an hour. 4)          Ask a Resume Writer to redesign your resume.   A good resume writer should cost between $45 an hour to $65.00 an hour. 5)          Military life for the most part is a structured life.   If you like a structured life, look for large process oriented, government and military type company. 6) ...

CulturaMINDS has found that employers have gone crazy-wild with required online logins and applications.  Most major corporations use some form of an applicant tracking system (ATS) to handle incoming job applications and resumes.  Of course there are benefits to having a database of applicants, but can they not find a simpler solution?   With today’s technology options, employers should be able to reduce the lengthy online process, return precious time back to the candidate, and improve on the abandonment rate. There are many cumbersome technical steps from registering for an account, creating a unique password, to then taking the time to clean up your so-called “parsed” resume.  At times, their sites have technical difficulties and many times the ATS systems do not provide enough memory to even be able to load a 128kb file. Oh, and wait – there’s more!  Now of all of a sudden the system has either timed you out or you click on the “Next” button ...

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140828063251-96265767-don-t-pick-a-job-pick-a-boss Article by Sr. Business Consultant "Great article". CulturaMinds - Cricket J. "Don't pick a job. Pick a Boss. Your first boss is the biggest factor in your career success. A boss who doesn't trust you won't give you opportunities to grow." ~William Raduchel. As any young professional these days, I too am active on LinkedIn, and whenever time permits, I skim through the groups where I’m a member. And randomly, I came across this very interesting discussion this week, and from the time I read the comments and the quote, it stuck to my mind. I certainly can relate to the quote, and am pretty sure all of you can too. Especially I was privileged to have an excellent, caring and supportive boss at my first job. He understood when to interfere and when not to. I owe my career to him for putting his faith in me and for taking a chance with a fresher. H...

Charisma!   Do you have it? Article by Cricket Jespersen – CulturaMinds.com 8/26/2014 What is it about your charisma and your career?   Do you have it? Is it something that you are born with?   Is it something you can learn?   Does Angela Merkel have it? Does Bill Clinton have it?   What about the infamous character, Hitler?   Is charisma a manifestation of power that simply emanates through your personality?   Some qualities are innate and others are affected by parenting, education, environment and positive charismatic leaders. By definition, charisma is compelling attractiveness and charm that can inspire and influence others?   Sometimes that charisma can be used in a positive way or negative “manipulative” way.   It’s a fine line – so keep reading. There are naturally happy, energetic, and inspiring people that we are drawn to, but if you are a bit shy, you may not be exuding your charm during an interview. Indeed, ...

The Pathology of Social Media Resume & BIOS “What does your BIO say about you?”   Author:   Cricket J. www.culturaminds.com Resume & Career Architects   The online social medial profile has undoubtedly changed the typical behavior of how we all network and connect with one another.   If you think about it and liken medical and technology viruses to contagious diseases and malware, your “SM” BIO and profile now interact in the same manner…as a virus. So leaving your precious footprint for the world to get to know you is as important as when a parent sends out a photo about their most “awesome” kiddo for the whole family to see.   The parent denotes fantastic information about how the kid is so spectacular.   So it is important to know how to write a BIO, rewrite a social media profile, and redesign your resume.   Below are a few points.   SEO Title:   This can be where your name generally goes and how most people...

No, we don't all need one. However, depending on the type of industry you are in.  Industries that hire entertainers, technology engineers and developers, sales and marketing individuals, creative designers, authors, writers, and digital designers are encouraged to have their resume and portfolio of digital and interactive work hosted. Recommendation:  Invest a little more in yourself and make sure you get a solid website built by a developer or a company who is going to frame it properly, be creative "professionally" and write it maturely in a way that engages the potential employer. Suggestions: **Keep the media content fresh **Make sure the designer(s) can write a responsive website that can be read by smart phones. **Don't get crazy with linking links to links **Do you best to keep 3-5 pages max Cricket J. CulturaMinds www.culturaminds.com

The purpose of a resume is to: 1) Provide a summary of your skills, abilities and accomplishments. 2) It is a high level advertisement of your experience 3) It is a "snapshot" of you with the intent of emphasizing career goals and behavioral aptitude. Cricket J. CulturaMinds