When Barb was laid off nearly two years ago, she was surprised & embarrassed. She felt that despite her many business successes, she must be a poor performer. In fact, she was one of many talented employees in the industry who were impacted by the economic downturn.After working with her for several months, she continued to be depressed & had no energy for writing a résumé or conducting a job search. Her brother died shortly before she lost her job, & I suspected that grief was impacting her ability to move forward; I suggested she see a therapist.
I didn’t hear from her for nearly six months. Then, as 2010 was wrapping up, she contacted me to restart her job search. She had been working with a therapist & felt ready to jump back into the market.Once again, the prospect of putting together a résumé seemed overwhelming, so instead we started slowly & focused on identifying a few accomplishments that could be used to create a networking brief.I knew she would feel better with at least one marketing tool under her belt. Once we completed the networking brief, we used it to create a bare-bones profile on LinkedIn.com, an online business networking site.Seeing her experience come to life in the networking brief & online profile encouraged Barb to identify & write about additional job accomplishments that we used to create her primary marketing tool, a powerful, focused résumé.Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/7212090
