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Salary Negotiation: Avoiding a lose-lose situation

Author: Lavie Margolin, Career Coach In any negotiation situation, you want to create a win-win, whereby both parties walk away happy. A client that I worked with, unfortunately, created the opposite situation. In helping facilitate a connection for him with a large...

Your Resume and Cover Letter as an Advertising Campaign

Author: Lavie Margolin, Career Coach A resume and cover letter are part of your campaign to advertise your skills, experience and qualifications for the job. Each employer is looking for someone that is a strong match for their unique needs. It is impossible to appeal...

Your Resume Looks Great! Do you Know what is on it?

Author: Lavie Margolin, Career Coach If someone helped you with your resume, do you know what is on it? Recently, Rick went on an interview. The interviewer felt Rick was professional, well spoken and a good candidate overall. Why wasn’t he hired? He was unfamiliar...

Filling in Resume Gaps

Author: Lavie Margolin, Career Coach When evaluating resumes of job seekers for appropriateness for a job opening, I like to take a strengths based approach. I look at the job seekers qualifications and strengths of a person first as opposed to any potential question...

Writing Effective Resumes

Author: Lavie Margolin, Career Coach Have you asked a few people for advice on your resume? Did you get slightly different answers from each person? Forget the golden rules. Spend the time ‘targeting’ your resume and cover letter specifically for each job...

Using the Wrong Connections to Network

Author: Lavie Margolin, Career Coach Networking strategy, just like when driving the car to grandma’s house, can take the wrong turn on the expressway and we can end up in the wrong place. It is often emphasized when looking for a job to find someone to advocate on...