Kristin Schuchman
Why Gaps in Your Resume Are Not a Big Deal
6 Tips on How to Explain Resume Gaps Nothing seems to terrify a person who is updating a resume quite like a gap in their work history. ...
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Kristin Schuchman
- Sep 23
- 6 min
6 Ways to Ageism-Proof Your Resume
If you're over 40 and worry ageism is affecting your ability to find a job, below are just a few tips to keep your resume from getting...
Kristin Schuchman
- Sep 7
- 5 min
7 Resume Skills That Make You Stand Out from the Competition (That You May Not Realize You Possess)
Take time to contemplate the skills you have continued to cultivate and strengthen yet forget to list on your resume.
Kristin Schuchman
- Aug 4
- 6 min
Defining Work-Life Balance in the Great Resignation
Be intentional about cultivating flexibility in your career Cambridge Dictionary defines flexibility (in one of many definitions) as...
Kristin Schuchman
- May 18
- 5 min
9 Reasons to Ask for Help from Your Friends During a Career Transition
When I ask career counseling clients who are seriously considering career change to tell me, “What do you talk about that your friends...
Kristin Schuchman
- May 2
- 6 min
How blogging helps you improve your relationships with clients and colleagues
In February I shared a blog post about Why All Entrepreneurs Should Blog and offered six ways that blogging helped entrepreneurs –...
Kristin Schuchman
- Apr 19
- 7 min
Tongue-tied when Networking? Let this quick Elevator Pitch Script put you at ease
Few people love the word “networking,” which conjures images of glad-handing, back-slapping, nudging-and-winking inauthenticity, but a...
Kristin Schuchman
- Feb 15
- 4 min
Why All Entrepreneurs Should Blog
6 ways writing blog posts will help you attract more clients Like many habits that are critical to the success of a business, blogging...
Kristin Schuchman
- Jan 3
- 6 min
How to Tell a Boss that You’re Quitting
While most of us have fantasized at some point in our life about quitting after telling our boss that he can stick his TPS Report where...
Kristin Schuchman
- Nov 7, 2021
- 8 min
10 Tips for Creating a Standout LinkedIn Profile
While LinkedIn strikes many as intensely corporate and a bit chilly, you should possess at least a baseline understanding of its potential t
Kristin Schuchman
- Jul 12, 2021
- 7 min
Can social media help a career transition? (Part 2 of 2)
Social Media Quiz: If you already took this quiz in Part 1, you can skip this next session and start at Virtual CVs below. Ask yourself...
Kristin Schuchman
- Jul 1, 2021
- 4 min
12 Ways to Beat the Heat Wave in Portland, Oregon
12 Ways to Beat the Heatwave in Portland, Oregon If you live in Portland, pat yourself on the back. When temperatures spiked to 115 and...
Kristin Schuchman
- Jun 26, 2021
- 9 min
Can social media help a career transition? (Part 1 of 2)
As if professional transition wasn’t stressful enough, it seems cruel to suggest that you also have to keep on top of the fluid whims of...
Kristin Schuchman
- May 6, 2021
- 5 min
Why small business owners should be on LinkedIn
I will just offer a few tips designed to give entrepreneurs some ideas for promoting their businesses on LinkedIn.
Kristin Schuchman
- Mar 30, 2021
- 6 min
11 Tips to Ease a Job Search during the COVID Era
With the national unemployment rate hovering at around 6.2 percent – nearly double its pre-pandemic rate – many are discouraged by the...
Kristin Schuchman
- Mar 4, 2021
- 7 min
DIY Resume Tips: 3 Steps for Collecting and Recording Career Highlights
While solving a strange problem years ago, I had a few revelations. My son’s basketball got stuck in our driveway hoop, and he was too...
Kristin Schuchman
- Mar 2, 2021
- 4 min
7 Tips for Zoom Job Interviews (and Other Stressful Video Calls)
As if job interviews weren’t nerve-wracking enough, there is now the added layer of “performing” onscreen thrown into the mix. Below are jus
Kristin Schuchman
- Mar 1, 2021
- 4 min
Nine Ways to Stop Job Search Procrastination
Procrastination, in this case, may be a survival mechanism in this case -- a subtle kindness we are tempted to give ourselves in order to ke
Kristin Schuchman
- Feb 10, 2021
- 7 min
18 Lessons from a Melissa Butler How I Built This Interview
In the November 23, 2020 episode of NPR’s How I Built This, host Guy Raz shared his interview with Melissa Butler, the fearless owner of...
Kristin Schuchman, Career Strategist
- Jan 29, 2021
- 4 min
10 Surprising Things About Job Interviews
When gearing up for a high-stakes interview, it helps to remember that you do have some control over the situation. It doesn't have to...