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Hi! This month has been an important one for me for two reasons. One, it was a major birthday (no, I'm not telling which one!) and I've decided to become a coach. I'm taking classes towards certification and I'll be coaching people who are at the middle of their lives and are ready to transition into something new. I'm still going to continue with my writing - and my novel (in case you were wondering)!
My coaching website is still under construction, so send me an email at coach@dbaileycoach.com for information about packages and rates.
Once again I'd like to welcome everyone who's subscribed in the past month. If you have any ideas for topics you'd like to read about, send me an email with your suggestions.
Enjoy this month's newsletter, Deborah
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1. New You, New Resume - Part 3
2. Turning Your Goals into a Plan
3. Are You Making These Email Mistakes?
4. Announcements
5. About "The Writing Resource"
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| NEW YOU, NEW RESUME - PART 3 |
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In the third and final part we're going to look at how making a career change affects your resume.
I've had a few career changes. When I changed from business analysis to business writing, I had to play up skills that I could transfer from one type of work to another.
The person reading your resume is focused on finding the right person for the job. They won't have the time to think about how to fit your skills into their requirements. More than likely they'll pass on your resume and go to the next one.
Transferring Your Skills
Not sure how to show that your skills can be transferred to a new profession? If you're a project manager and you want to become an event planner, you could play up your organization skills or your communications skills. You could also play up your ability to simultaneously manage different tasks. Look at the work you've done, then find ways to highlight your strongest accomplishments. The person reading your resume should see right away that you can perform the duties the position requires.
Career and Resume Help
Of course if you know what type of job you want, it'll be easier to create your resume. However, if you're not sure what you want to do next - or how to update your resume to reflect your varied skills - consider hiring a professional to help.
Career Change & Life Coach Annemarie Segaric is this month's guest contributor. She's worked with hundreds of people and helped them figure out what they want so they can change careers, and her article will show how to get moving towards that new job.
As a special benefit to The Writing Resource readers, Annemarie is offering her book, "107 Tips for Changing Your Career While Still Paying the Bills" at a discounted, subscriber-only price. Read her article and learn more about how to get your copy.
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| TURNING YOUR GOALS INTO A PLAN |
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by Guest Contributor, Annemarie Segaric, Career Change & Life Coach
Once you have an idea of what you'd like to achieve in 2008, it's very important to break down your goals into practical steps. Create a list of what it will take to make each of these goals a reality. Be honest about the effort you'll have to put in to make the new career, the move, the improved love life, etc. happen.
It helps to think with the end in mind, "If goal X was complete, what would I have done to make it happen?"
What effort is required to make Goal #1 happen; list action steps to take.
Rate the amount of effort for each action step-high, medium, low.
Now, rate the payoff of each step -high, medium, low.
Repeat for each goal.
Once you're finished outlining the effort, identify those action items you rated as high effort, low payoff. Cross them off your list. Only do those activities that are going to give you the greatest return on your time. Plug the activities that you decide to focus on into your calendar allotting the appropriate time for each activity.
You have your plan. Now it's time to get to work on it!
Would you change careers if you could only figure out what it is you'd like to be doing? Are you ready for a new job but don’t know where to begin? Annemarie Segaric is an expert Career Change and Life Coach and author of "107 Tips for Changing Your Career While Still Paying the Bills."
As a special for subscribers of this newsletter, visit www.Segaric.com/products and enter discount code “wsebook” and receive 20% off of the price of your book.
If you’re thinking one-on-one support is what you really need to change careers this year, she currently has openings for two more private clients. To contact Annemarie visit her website at www.Segaric.com.
This article originally appeared in the January 2008 issue of Annemarie's ezine, "Working Effortlessly."
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| ARE YOU MAKING THESE EMAIL MISTAKES? |
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You've got a Friend - Putting people on your personal email list is fine if you have a personal relationship with them. However, adding someone to your list who you've met casually (and assuming they want to receive jokes and chain email letters) is not. If you're not sure the person wants to receive that type of email, ask or just leave them off your list.
Reply All - Only reply to those recipients who really need to know the information you're sending. Email chains of multiple emails (to and from multiple senders) will not get read in their entirety. People will most likely just read the message at the top, or delete it. Cut and paste important points and send those parts to your recipients. If you must include others, add them as "cc's" so that they know the email is an "FYI" for them.
Email is Forever - If you receive an email that moves you to respond first
and think later - stop. Type your reply and save it as a draft. Go back later (after your blood pressure has returned to normal) and read it again. Never write anything that you don't mind being forwarded to anyone (and everyone). If you are on your company's computer take extra caution. People have been fired for sending emails deemed inappropriate. Hitting delete after you've sent it won't help because there really is no such thing as completely deleting a file from your computer.
Smile When You Say That - Though you might know what you meant when you wrote it, the reader might not know how you meant what you wrote! Because the reader doesn't know your tone (particularly in professional settings) be careful of saying things that can be misinterpreted. If it isn't a professional email it's okay to use "smileys" such as, :-). Also, using all caps in your email means you're "yelling."
SPAM - Most ISP's have a limit on how many emails you can send at one time before they block you. The idea being that you may be a spammer if you're sending out mail to large groups. This is why services like Constant Contact are used for mass mailings. According to the CAN-SPAM act, people who send newsletters have to include contact information and give recipients a way to unsubscribe.
Fear Factor - Please check first before you forward emails that instruct you to "forward this to everyone on your list." Urban legend emails have been floating around the internet for years in various forms. Before sending out
the latest "warning," go to www.Snopes.com first to confirm if it's for real or fake.
"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.” - Oscar Wilde, dramatist, novelist, & poet
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NEW COACHING SERVICES: I'm becoming a coach and in my new business I'll be providing coaching for people who are looking to transition into a new phase of their lives.
Contact me at coach@dbaileycoach.com for more information about private coaching and group coaching call sessions.
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Resume Reviews
Making a job change in 2008? Get a resume review and receive a set of multi-page recommendations highlighting resume content, grammar and punctuation and formatting. Get specific feedback on how to enhance your resume. Request your review today.
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Blogs
Visit the Women For Hire Network for my posts as the "Career Changer" blogger. Career Changer blog
Find out about transitioning from employee to business owner at the Hidden Gate blog.
My article, about making changes in your business is posted at WomenandBiz.com magazine.
Writing Q & A
Have questions about writing and editing? Submit your questions for the "Writing Q & A" section of this newsletter. Selected questions will be featured in upcoming issues. Send your questions to dab@writingservicescentral.com.
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| ABOUT THE WRITING RESOURCE |
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"The Writing Resource" is published by Deborah A. Bailey, a professional writer and owner of Writing Services Central, LLC. Her company specializes in writing and content editing services for small businesses owners and entrepreneurs who want to boost their communications. Learn more now at www.WritingServicesCentral.com.
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