Michelle

About Michelle Dumas

Michelle Dumas is the founder and CEO of Distinctive Career Services, one of the internet's longest-standing and most respected professional resume writing firms. Michelle is a 6X certified and 7X award-winning resume writer and career consultant. To learn more about the services offered by Distinctive Career Services visit https://www.distinctiveweb.com

How To Land Your Dream Job: Take Proactive Control

You're having that dream again. You know, the one where you forgot about your dream job interview and you're not prepared in the slightest. You've shown up wearing faded pajamas and fuzzy slippers, and to your horror, your resume is written in purple crayon.

What Is a Headhunter? The 5 Types of Recruiters You Need To Know About

What is a headhunter, exactly? Working in the employment services industry as I do, this is one of the most common questions that I encounter. While recruiters (aka headhunters) all do similar things (human resources sourcing, interviewing, and filling positions), there are differences, and many

2023-10-23T17:09:33+00:00March 28th, 2017|Career Management|

How To Back Up Your LinkedIn Profile & Data (and the reasons)

You've put a lot of work into your LinkedIn profile. The last thing you want to do is lose that data! Many people don't even have a clue that they should regularly back up their LinkedIn profile and data. LinkedIn is continually evolving. They

2021-03-27T02:01:53+00:00December 16th, 2016|Online Job Searching|

3 Must-Knows For Turning Interviews Into Job Offers

It's Wednesday morning. Most of your friends are well into their workday, slugging down their fourth 'get-me-through-another-meeting' coffee, laughing at the boss' latest lame attempt at a joke. But not you. Not today. Today, you're headed to an interview. If you are like most

2022-10-15T04:35:46+00:00May 17th, 2016|Job Search Interviewing|

Time Management Secrets: 5 Smart Tips For Job Hunters

Time management...it seems like it should be simple, but for so many it is one of the greatest challenges. It's every job hunter's hidden secret. While you might claim you're spending every minute reading job postings and tweaking your resume, it's not actually true.

2022-11-16T18:17:30+00:00April 11th, 2016|Job Search Advice|

Shhhhh! How To Conduct A Secret Job Search

People change jobs often throughout life. And currently employed people always worry about how to conduct a secret job search. The average person born in the latter years of the baby boom (1957-1964) has held 11.7 jobs from age 18 to age 48, according

Resume Tips To Land A Corporate Job After Owning Your Own Business

Trying to land a new job can be difficult, even during the best of times. If you have recently been self-employed and owned a business and are now trying to reenter the workforce, you know what we mean. Writing a resume when you have

2023-10-23T17:09:32+00:00February 5th, 2016|Resume Writing Tips|
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