Since 1991, Georgia Adamson has partnered with clients both locally and worldwide to present their qualifications compellingly to employers. As a career industry professional, she holds several certifications, including Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW), Certified Career Management Coach (CCMC), Credentialed Career Master (CCM), and Job & Career Transition Coach (JTCT). She has also created and conducted workshops on resume writing and job interview tips for diverse audiences. Currently Georgia serves as a U.S. career advisor for the Going Global web site and writes articles for them on the theme of “U.S. Employment Exploration.” She is also listed as a career coach on the Quintessential Careers web site. In addition, she writes a weekly column, “Career Smarts,” for a local community newspaper.

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	Cover Letters–Not Your Life Story by Georgia Adamson - Apr, 2012 Some job seekers start to write a cover letter and don’t seem to know when to stop–or how to focus, for that matter. If that description fits you, I suggest you think seriously about what it is that you want and need your cover letter to accomplish. If it’s to bore the reader (employer) to...
	Online Missteps Can Hurt Your Career and Job Search Success by Georgia Adamson - Apr, 2012 I’ve written before about the need to be careful about what you post online–in any forum, social media site, etc.–because of the potentially harmful effect it can have on your career and/or job search success. I’ve also noted that you need to be aware of what others might be saying about y...
	Cover Letter Trends & Tips by Georgia Adamson - Mar, 2012 As promised in my previous post, this one will touch on cover letter trends and tips you might find useful. Some of the information–and any quotes–come from the Career Thought Leaders 2011 Career Brainstorming Day white paper mentioned previously. The idea is to get you thinking about cove...
	Resume Writing Trends and Tips by Georgia Adamson - Mar, 2012 The Career Thought Leaders white paper from the 2011 Global Career Brainstorming Day attended by many careers professionals (myself included) has so much information that I still need to re-read it a time or two to grasp it all. However, I found quite a few tidbits just on resume writing a...
	What are Your Valuable Core Competencies? by Georgia Adamson - Feb, 2012 Those of us who write resumes often like to use the concept of core competencies–possibly as a keyword-rich section of its own, maybe woven into the thread of the resume through concrete examples of the competencies, or in numerous other ways. I’ve certainly done this with my clients’ resu...
	Persistence in Your Job Search and Career Management by Georgia Adamson - Feb, 2012 Banging your head against a brick wall and hoping to punch-through by sheer will-power is not recommended. However, persistence in pursuing your job search and career management plans can pay off, and the alternative–giving up–doesn’t offer anything that’s really worth having. As The Execu...
	Job Interview Tips–Do’s and Don’ts by Georgia Adamson - Feb, 2012 Job seekers who are scheduled for interviews often assume they’ll be dealing with interviewers who know what they’re doing. Not necessarily. What’s more, those interviewers might have hidden agendas that you as a job seeker have no clue about. That being said, you increase your chances of ...
	Avoid the Resume “Black Hole” Trap by Georgia Adamson - Jan, 2012 If your resume looks as if it could have come from 20 years ago or it just hasn’t been put together carefully–with good attention to what your targeted employers are probably looking for–it most likely will end up in the resume “black hole” trap. The same goes for submitting it to employer...
	Cover Letters That Get Attention by Georgia Adamson - Dec, 2011 Let’s be clear up-front about this. I do not mean you should write a cover letter that makes the hiring manager or other reader leap up from his/her chair and keel over from shock! Getting employers’ attention is critical, but it needs to be the right kind of attention. In other words, it ...
	Expect the Unexpected–in Your Job Search as Well as the Economy by Georgia Adamson - Dec, 2011 In a previous post I talked about the need to be–and stay–aware of job search trends and other related trends. At the same time, it’s clear that the “experts” in a variety of fields don’t always have all the answers and they can’t predict with a high degree of certainty what the job market...
	Interview Mistakes You Might be Making–Unconsciously by Georgia Adamson - Dec, 2011 According to an article by Robert Pagliarini, called “Job Interview? Avoid These 6 Psychological ‘Leaks‘”, you could be making several mistakes that will sabotage your chances of a successful interview–and be completely unaware that you’re doing it. As Pagliarini puts it, “Without knowing ...
	Micro Job Search Approach by Georgia Adamson - Dec, 2011 As mentioned before, gone are the days when you could throw resumes at a bunch of “help wanted” ads in the local papers and hope enough would stick to get you a new job. The initial successor to that haphazard technique—posting your resume on a zillion online job boards—has also run into m...
	Where Are Those “Hidden Job Market” Jobs Hiding? by Georgia Adamson - Dec, 2011 I’ve heard references to the hidden job market that go back decades, so this isn’t a new concept. We used to say that only a small percentage of available jobs were ever found in the classified section of the local newspaper. Fast-forward to the Internet age, and the statement changes to “...
	Are Resumes Dead? by Georgia Adamson - Nov, 2011 Occasionally I read something by a recognized expert on employment issues or job search techniques, suggesting—or plainly stating—that resumes are dead and job seekers shouldn’t bother using a resume to secure their next position. If you’re sitting there staring at your shiny new resume, e...
	10 Resume Writing Tips to Get You Started by Georgia Adamson - Jun, 2011 At some point, you may want or need the help of a professional resume writer, but if you haven't reached that point yet, here are some resume writing tips to begin the process for yourself: • Tip #1: Identify the employer's key needs and focus on how you can meet them! • Tip #...
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