Kristin Schuchman
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...
top of page
Make the best first impression possible
with a resume that represents you well.
Make the best first impression possible
with a resume that represents you well.
Search
Kristin Schuchman
Jun 26, 20219 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, 20215 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, 20216 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, 20217 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, 20214 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, 20214 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, 20217 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, 20214 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...
Kristin Schuchman
Aug 7, 20208 min
What You Need to Know to Build a Website (A Book Excerpt)
The following is an excerpt from a book I recently published called The DIY Website Workbook. The book has evolved from my work with clients
Kristin Schuchman, Career Strategist
Jul 29, 202012 min
How to Prepare for a Career Transition
Like a good road trip, you will travel more smoothly during a career transition if you prepare properly, collect the gear you’ll need, ...
Kristin Schuchman
Jul 6, 20204 min
Are You Looking for a Job or a Career? Or a Perhaps a Calling?
What transforms a job into a career and a career into a calling? Do all of us need a calling or a career? Or can we find our calling in our
Kristin Schuchman, Career Strategist
May 6, 20204 min
Delegation 101: 8 tips to help you stop doing everything
Here is my step-by-step guide to easing outside your comfort zone into the scary world of delegation.
Accept that you can’t do everything.
Kristin Schuchman
Apr 10, 20206 min
How to Make Your Resume Talk to Robots (ATS Systems)
An applicant tracking system (ATS) is a type of software used by recruiters and employers to collect, scan, and rank job applications. Origi
Kristin Schuchman
Apr 9, 20205 min
How to manage your time working from home during the COVID-19 era
Whether you’re used to working from home or not, the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) shelter-in-place directives present new challenges for...
Kristin Schuchman, Career Strategist
Oct 2, 20194 min
Keeping Track of Job Search Keywords
Even twenty years ago, when people still searched through the classified ads for jobs in the Sunday newspaper, common wisdom dictated...
Kristin Schuchman
Feb 19, 20193 min
Love your solopreneur life again
“Life is what happens to you when you’re making other plans,” John Lennon famously sang, a line to which most entrepreneurs, at some...
Kristin Schuchman, Career Strategist
Nov 8, 20185 min
Meet the Artist: Cassandra Ott wallpapers the world with her creativity (literally)
Buffalo-based artist Cassandra Ott will be the featured artist at our next Bright Nights event at Brightside Coworking on Monday,...
Kristin Schuchman, Career Strategist
Sep 19, 20185 min
Kat Depner shows you how to make a first impression that resonates with style
When I think about Kat Depner, the word, "possible" just float to the tip of my tongue. Kat came to me several months ago seeking...
Amanda Baczek
Aug 17, 20183 min
How to Get Your Brain Back After a Stressful Job Experience
I was in my last job for three years, and I was probably downright miserable for about a year and a half, if not longer. Before that...
bottom of page