Tuesday, April 21, 2020

How To Choose The Best Resume Writing Service

How To Choose The Best Resume Writing ServiceSeattle reviews services can be helpful in helping you choose a resume writing service. You want to look for companies that offer a well-rounded resume writing service. The best resume writing service will offer more than just the basic resume templates. It will also have a good reputation for quality work that you won't have to pay for.One good place to start is an online site that has reviews of these services. This will let you know if a particular service can be trusted or not. Many of these sites have written glowing reviews on the services of these companies. Some of these may not have been written by people who are actually satisfied with the service but those who have been satisfied write good reviews. There are many other sites as well where you can find Seattle reviews.You should look for a Seattle reviewing service that offers a range of different services. Some may offer templates but will not offer any assistance at all. They will only give you a list of the basic templates and they won't help you get your own resume and cover letter together. A hiring manager would have a hard time finding out what you did wrong if they don't get the actual resume and cover letter together. This is why you want to find a good service that provides help and service in this area.You should also look for a Seattle reviewing service that offers reviews by those who have actually worked with the company. These are people who work for resume writing companies so they can tell you how they like their services and what they like about the company as well. These people will have no bias and it is important to get unbiased reviews so you can make an informed decision. If a review is biased, it can cause you to make a decision that is not as good as you would want.Another thing to look for when searching for Seattle reviews is how they rate the services of the companies they are reviewing. You may be hesitant to find the best comp any out of a small number of reviews. A good rule of thumb is to look for at least two different kinds of reviews. For example you can look for a resume writing service that has great reviews and then look for a review that looks at the company in general. This will give you a good idea of how good a Seattle review is and whether or not the services offered are good.A resume writing service that is reviewed regularly is one that will stay up to date on the trends in the business of resume writing. When there is a new service coming out, you should consider them to make sure that they are a reliable service. This is because if a new service is effective it will probably be covered in the most recent Seattle reviews.Choosing a resume writing service is a lot easier than you might think. It doesn't mean that you have to be in a rush but it does mean that you should spend some time looking for the best one possible.

Thursday, April 16, 2020

How a Woman Saved $100,000 in 3.5 Years on a $54,000 Salary

How a Woman Saved $100,000 in 3.5 Years on a $54,000 Salary After graduating from college in 2004, Bola Sokunbi challenged herself to save as much as possible. She had admired the way her mother became a “hustle queen,” jumping into business after staying home to raise four children, and she wanted to start laying her own financial foundation. Working as a tech consultant in New York City from 2004 to 2008 before she was married, she managed to save 40% to 50% of her $54,000 annual salary. Sokunbi, who grew up in Austria and Nigeria, educated herself about the American retirement savings system along the way. One book that particularly influenced her was Smart Women Finish Rich by David Bach. “I read that book to shreds,” she says. Today, Sokunbi, 36, is an influencer herself. She quit her consulting job two years ago to focus full-time on running Clever Girl Finance, her financial education site for women. She has 4-year-old twins and lives with her husband, a doctor, in Hunterdon County, N.J. Here, she shares insights into her aggressive savings plan. Set Your Intentions None of Sokunbi’s friends were saving as aggressively as she was right out of college. Some were making twice what she earned and saving nothing at all. But that didn’t faze her. “For me, it was setting intentions and wanting to do it,” she says. It helped that Sokunbi didn’t have student loan debt. Her mother paid for her college education, which she began in Austria and finished in the U.S. Another tailwind was the fact that she didn’t have much time to spend money. She travelled a lot for work during the week and began a side gig as a wedding photographer on the weekends. Not only did her two jobs take up a lot of time, but they also took care of most of her meals: her company would foot the tab for her food when she was on the road, and she’d also eat at weddings as part of her compensation. When she was left to her own devices, “I was pretty much buying ramen noodles and Coke, my guilty pleasure,” she says. She enjoyed getting to work early and reading personal finance blogs over her breakfast of a free company bagel. She loved seeing how Mr. Money Mustache and others approached investing and calculating their income in early retirement, but she didn’t necessarily aspire to follow in their footsteps and reach FIRE, an acronym for financial independence, retire early. Find Your True Voice Sokunbi launched Clever Girl Finance when her twins, a girl and a boy, were one year old. She developed it on the side for a year while working full-time, often staying up until 3 a.m. “I was exhausted all the time,” she says. But her efforts paid off. The blog earned $25,000 that first year, through a diverse revenue stream of one-on-one coaching, courses, ebooks, affiliate links and eventually, brand partnerships. Two years ago, Sokunbi quit her consulting job to focus on the business full time. Her main audience is women of color ages 21 to about 38. She realizes that many of them grew up in houses where money was a source of silent stress, and she wants to bring the discussion out into the open. “Having the conversation is necessary,” she says. Personal finance isn’t a regular part of the curriculum in most U.S. schools, so Sokunbi has picked up the slack and educates her readers about budgets and investing. Her motto is, “no shame, no judgment.” Invest Strategically Sokunbi learned early on that sometimes you have to spend money to make more money. She started out photographing weddings for free to build a portfolio. She had only basic camera equipment at first, but then “every time I made money I bought a lens or a camera body,” she says. Eventually, her camera equipment was worth about $15,000 but immediately improved the quality of her photographs and allowed her to start charging between $3,000 and $5,000 a wedding. Sokunbi’s photography income padded her savings and the income from her job, which grew to $100,000 in three and a half years. Sokunbi reached a similar juncture with Clever Girl Finance a year ago. Realizing that she couldn’t do everything herself, she hired two part-time workers to help schedule her content and tackle other administrative tasks. Their salary is an investment, but it’s one that translates into increased revenue for the site. Sokunbi still saves as much as she can these days. She and her husband max out their contributions to their retirement accounts and put as much as they can, currently $10,000 a year each, into their children’s 529 college savings accounts. They would like to pay their children’s tuition in full, just like Sokunbi’s mother did for her. While she has cut back her workload a bit this summer to spend more time with her twins, Sokunbi usually spends more than 40 hours a week on Clever Girl Finance. “It’s almost like, ‘why did I quit my job again?’” she laughs. “But I love it.” Update: This story has been amended to include the time frame of when she saved $100,000.

Saturday, April 11, 2020

Promotion Killers Getting Discouraged - Work It Daily

Promotion Killers Getting Discouraged - Work It Daily Didn't get the promotion? You’re going to experience some rejection and setbacks as you pursue those elusive promotions. That’s a fact. But remember this: The career success game is a marathon, not a sprint. If you want to win, you have to keep at it. Don’t let a setback or two get you down. You have to pick yourself up and go back to work the next day. You demonstrate your commitment to your career success by doing three things. First, take personal responsibility for getting the jobs and promotions you want. Only you can make you a success. Be willing to do the things necessary to succeed. Second, set high goals â€" and then do whatever it takes to achieve them. Third, stuff happens; as you go through life you will encounter many problems and setbacks. Don’t get discourage and give up too soon. React positively to the setbacks and keep moving forward toward your goals, dreams, and career success. Your Next Step If your job search isn't moving as quickly as you want, it's time to take action. Check out this guide to landing your dream job and start climbing the corporate ladder faster! LEARN MORE ? Photo Credit: Shutterstock Have you joined our career growth club?Join Us Today!