I had been looking for a new positions for almost two years...
I honestly did not think that Karleen would make that much difference. I had gone to college and took classes on how to write a resume, how/what to eat at a lunch interview, how to dress for an interview, etc. My resume was reviewed by the college career counselors a dozen times within the four years I was there.
Then, I went on to graduate school. There, I took numerous tests to "find out what I had to offer to the corporate world", took networking classes, practiced my interviewing skills, attended practice networking sessions, etc., etc., etc. My resume was scrutinized several times during those two years by the qualified career counselors at one of the best schools in the northeast.
There could not possibly be anything I was missing. After all, I had managed to get two internships and two full-time jobs with this resume. The problem could not possibly lie there. Surely, it was the economy's fault.
One day, I expressed my frustrations of the futile job search to Karleen. She offered to look at my resume. Fortunately for me, at the time she was still doing that sort of thing pro bono.
I emailed her my resume and she emailed me back her version the next day. I could not even recognize it! I LOVED it! I played with it a bit more, and I ended up submitting it for a position. I got a call from the company the next day for an interview. I knew then that I was on the right track. I submitted this resume to seven job postings within a week and I got three more interviews that same week. It was crazy!!!! I never had a call-back for TWO YEARS. I had a new job within a month.
Thank you, Karleen!
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