Plan Your Career by Julie Desmond

Julie Desmond is Talent Manager for Express Employment Professionals. Write to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

This year, resolve to restyle

Tuesday, 29 December 2009 17:17 Julie Desmond • Plan Your Career

If you can look back to January, 2008, and tell me nothing has changed, everything for you is exactly as it was this week last year, I will eye you with admiration, wondering who you are and how you escaped 2009. For the rest of us, this was a year of change in many colors. Some lost jobs, some lost homes, some lost faith. In response to the chaos of 2009, let’s resolve this year to seek jurisdiction over change, rebuilding physically, professionally, politically, emotionally and spiritually.

(Plan Your Career) Applying online: How to navigate around the internet’s black holes

Tuesday, 22 December 2009 14:51 Julie Desmond

Jayden has been struggling with the world of online applications and how to follow-up appropriately. He has applied for three positions, but has not made it past the online screening. Should he e-mail a copy of his resume with a cover letter in addition to applying on Monster or any other proprietary application program?

(Plan Your Career) Keep looking: No winter break for job seekers

Thursday, 17 December 2009 16:13 Julie Desmond

Holiday preparation checklist: wrap gifts, plan parties, eat sweets, oh, and find a job. If you are unemployed over the holidays, you might think this is a slow time for hiring. You might be tempted to take a break from your networking, applying, and interviewing routine. You might be making a mistake. At year end, a few critical stars align that can make the holidays an ideal time to look for new work.

(Plan Your Career) Reconstructing Main Street: Obama’s job creation proposal empowers small business and willing workers

Wednesday, 09 December 2009 17:43 Julie Desmond

Speaking at the Brookings Institute on December 8, 2009, President Barack Obama tackled the tough issue of job creation with a new, three-part strategy designed to put resources directly into the hands of ordinary Americans: small business owners, entrepreneurs and people willing to retrain and work in emerging industries.

(Plan Your Career) 2010 salaries: Lucky to be working? You should still expect fair pay

Wednesday, 25 November 2009 15:22 Julie Desmond

Marcus writes: I have been asked to prepare the 2010 budget for my new purchasing department - mainly departmental salaries. I want to research what we should be paying as I suspect we are ALL underpaid because we were all hired during the down economy. My buyers are asking for more and I, too, feel underpaid.

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