One of my favorite Saturday Night Live skits is Weekend Update where Seth Meyers interviews (or tries to, anyway) the Girl You Wish You Hadn’t Started a Conversation With at a Party. In these skits, Seth interviews an opinionated young woman who has trouble explaining herself. Her grammar is not bad – she has been known to correct Seth, for that matter […]
Read moreI obsess over words and spend ridiculous amounts of time selecting the right words or phrase for what I am trying to say or write. As someone who often writes communications for others, I agonize over what the words I choose say to a reader or a listener and how they make a reader or listener feel about the speaker […]
Read moreA cover letter and resume should draw attention to your skills and qualifications, not detract from them with randomly capitalized words. Imagine if You received a Cover Letter written like This. Reading this is like riding a Roller Coaster. By the time you get to the End of the Letter, you would be thinking Twice about bringing that person in […]
Read moreIn the TV show Mad Men, Betty Draper epitomized the ideal of American womanhood in the go-go era of the 1960s. She was Grace Kelly gorgeous and Bryn Mawr-educated with a drop dead handsome husband who was minting money as a successful Madison Avenue ad agency partner. She presided over a stately Colonial manse with a spectacular wardrobe and a housekeeper […]
Read moreWhen I first graduated from university in England, I started at an entry level position with a 10 person company. The pay was average (£10,500 back in 1990 if I remember correctly), and I had an average vacation allowance of five weeks. Yes, you read correctly – FIVE weeks. Right off the bat. No earning 10.75 hours a month. No […]
Read moreWriting is hard. Writing good is harder. For many of us, the idea of stringing words together into sentences, and sentences into paragraphs, is daunting. Case in point: I procrastinated writing this blog today because I could not figure out how to eloquently say what I want to say! Thankfully, there are some excellent resources available to help improve and refine your (and my!) […]
Read moreRecently we presented candidates for a tough Executive Assistant position. This was a high level visible position working for a globally recognized leader in their industry. Our three candidates were all outstanding professionals ~ well-educated, experienced, polished and on their game. We shared: the company website of our client details about the people they would be interviewing what to wear what […]
Read moreRemember the days before Spell Check? Back then, turning out writing without spelling or grammar errors meant dedicated proofreading. Then Spell Check came along and saved all of us from our inability to look a word up in the dictionary and our lack of grammar knowledge. Or did it? Writing today – whether it be an email, a cover letter or […]
Read moreOur fabulous client partners and amazing candidates are the HEART of our business! We appreciate YOU!! Happy Valentine’s Day! “If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.” -Maya Angelou “Sleep Experts doesn’t typically use recruiters, but I was having difficulty filling our position. I reached out to Mom Corps Dallas to see if […]
Read moreAttitudes & Attire™ serves women emerging from difficult situations of transition – including addiction, domestic violence, incarceration and medical and mental illness. Given the overwhelming barriers to their success, many of the women we serve suffer from low self-esteem and difficulty believing in themselves and their abilities. This lack of confidence hinders their ability to become gainfully employed. Attitudes & Attire™ […]
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