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Starting Over Smart: How to Change Industries Without Losing Yourself
Image: Pexels Changing industries is less like changing clothes and more like stepping into a new skin. You’re not just switching...
Micah Norris
3 days ago3 min read


From Passion to Profession: Changing Careers to Do What You Love
by Micah Norris Everyone knows someone who clocks in and out of a job they can’t stand. Maybe that someone is you. If so, you’re not...
Micah Norris
Jun 34 min read


Stop Asking This Negative Question
Last month, I saw an article on LinkedIn (LI) with a title similar to “Ask This Question and Be Hired Every Time.” The question turned...
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Sep 23, 20234 min read


Stop Begging
Some well-meaning people on LinkedIn who consider themselves career "experts" are advising recently laid off people to announce their...
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Jul 29, 20232 min read


Stop Boring People
If you’ve been following me for a while, you know how I dislike the elevator speech and instead promote a brief networking introduction....
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Mar 26, 20232 min read


Stop Ignoring Your Gut
Stop Ignoring Your Gut: How to Assess a Job Offer with Your Intuition By Rachelle John In a world where data and logic are held in high...
Rachelle John
Jan 28, 20233 min read


Stop Lying on Your Resume
You may have seen the recent news stories detailing how a recently elected politician was found to have fabricated most of his backstory....
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Jan 4, 20232 min read


5 Steps to Executing Your Professional Development Plan
By Micah Norris Maybe you have a vague idea of what you’d like to accomplish in your career, but you’ve never mapped out the concrete...
Micah Norris
Sep 2, 20223 min read


Stop Obsessing why you didn't get the job
Last June, PARW member, coach and resume writer Donald P. Orlando, wrote a great article titled “Four Reasons Why Your Top Notch Client...
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Sep 2, 20222 min read
Stop Relying on Job Boards
A number of my Getstart-ed clients and almost all of my White Hawk (outplacement) clients have landed jobs this year. Most of them found...
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Jul 20, 20222 min read


Taking a Freelance Career and Transforming it into a Business
Life as a freelancer offers you a great degree of flexibility, allowing you to work on what you want, when you want. As your freelance...
Micah Norris
Jul 18, 20223 min read


Stop Walking With Pebbles in Your Shoe
The Stop Sign is a job-search column offering serious career advice with a touch of humor to help you stand out among the crowd that...
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Jun 6, 20222 min read


Stop The Tales of Woe
Recently, I asked some job seekers for topics they would like to see in The Stop Sign. Just about everyone I asked mentioned, “Tell...
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Feb 21, 20222 min read


Stop Deciding
By Ed Lawrence Five frogs were perched on a log in the middle of a swamp. One decided to jump into the water. How many frogs were left...
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Jan 31, 20222 min read


Stop the Elevator!
The new year approaches, and with it comes a lot of the same old career-advice that didn’t get you a job last year and won’t get you one...
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Dec 17, 20213 min read


How to Help Someone Who has Lost Their Job
(Pandemic Edition) by David Caruba During the pandemic, a former colleague posted the following message on LinkedIn: If you’ve been made...
David Caruba
Nov 23, 20213 min read


4 Characteristics That Indicate a Good Candidate
by Regi Publico The best asset any company can have is their employees. Therefore, the job of a HR practitioner cannot be taken lightly...
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Sep 19, 20214 min read


How Many Hours/Week for Job Search?
Dear StopSign, I’m unemployed. How many hours per week should I devote to my job search? As usual, I checked with my close sources...
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Aug 8, 20213 min read


How Often Should I Update my LinkedIn Photo?
Dear StopSign, My LI Photo is a few years old. How often should I update it? Mr. StopSign last updated his LI headshot in 2019 (two years...
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Jul 13, 20213 min read


Companies Want The Ideal Team Player
Employers want to determine three things at an interview: 1. Whether you can you do the job. 2. Whether you will want to keep doing the...
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Feb 16, 20215 min read
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