Stop Tweaking - Work from the Inside Out, Instead
From my July 2024 Newsletter Tweak - Verb: improve (a mechanism or system) by making fine adjustments to it. Example: "engineers tweak...
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Ed Lawrence
Jul 112 min read
Stop Relying on AI To Do YOUR Work
From my May 2024 Newsletter Last month, I wrote how AI could hurt you more than help you: You won’t stand out. It won’t help you with...
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Ed Lawrence
Jul 112 min read
Stop Using AI
From My April 2024 Newsletter Artificial Intelligence (AI) is currently all the rage. People are wondering—Will it replace my job? Can it...
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Ed Lawrence
Jul 112 min read
Stop Doing the Same Things That Kept You Where You Are
This article is from my January 2024 newsletter. I hope the articles and thoughts in this month's newsletter inspire you to renew and...
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Ed Lawrence
May 192 min read
Stop Expecting People to Read Your Resume
As a professional resume writer and judge for a national resume-writing certification, I see a lot of resumes. Consider this one I...
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Ed Lawrence
Feb 72 min read
Don't Call us; We'll Call You
A client recently sent me the following observation: In the past 5 or 6 interviews I have had, I noticed something interesting. In each...
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Ed Lawrence
Dec 30, 20232 min read
Stop Hoping & Moping
Five frogs sitting on a log in a swamp. One decides to jump into the water. How many frogs are now sitting on the log in the swamp? I...
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Ed Lawrence
Oct 31, 20232 min read
Stop Telling The (Whole) Truth
Where do they ask you the following question: Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? If you answered...
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Ed Lawrence
Sep 23, 20234 min read
Stop Asking This Negative Question
Last month, I saw an article on LinkedIn (LI) with a title similar to “Ask This Question and Be Hired Every Time.” The question turned...
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Ed Lawrence
Sep 22, 20232 min read
Stop Mis-Using AI
I'm a judge for one of the national resume-writing certifications. Recently, when I was about to start evaluating one submission, I...
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Ed Lawrence
Jul 29, 20232 min read
Stop Taking Good Health For Granted
Because I work with the Massachusetts Councils on Aging and also because of we live in a generally ageist society, a significant number...
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Ed Lawrence
Jul 29, 20232 min read
Stop Begging
Some well-meaning people on LinkedIn who consider themselves career "experts" are advising recently laid off people to announce their...
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Ed Lawrence
Mar 26, 20232 min read
Stop Boring People
If you’ve been following me for a while, you know how I dislike the elevator speech and instead promote a brief networking introduction....
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Ed Lawrence
Feb 24, 20233 min read
Stop Assuming the Worst
Recently, I’ve been reading some two communication books: Crucial Confrontations and Crucial Conversations (I highly recommend them)....
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Rachelle John
Jan 28, 20233 min read
Stop Ignoring Your Gut
Stop Ignoring Your Gut: How to Assess a Job Offer with Your Intuition By Rachelle John In a world where data and logic are held in high...
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Ed Lawrence
Jan 4, 20232 min read
Stop Lying on Your Resume
You may have seen the recent news stories detailing how a recently elected politician was found to have fabricated most of his backstory....
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Ed Lawrence
Nov 19, 20222 min read
Stop sign: Stop Worrying About the economy
While having lunch with a small businessman recently, I asked him how things were going. What’s the economic outlook? He told me his...
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Ed Lawrence
Nov 19, 20222 min read
Stop Ghosting Employers and Appointments
As I write this, it is after 4pm on October 31st, All Hallows Eve--colloquially known as Halloween. It is the day and night for...
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Micah Norris
Sep 2, 20223 min read
5 Steps to Executing Your Professional Development Plan
By Micah Norris Maybe you have a vague idea of what you’d like to accomplish in your career, but you’ve never mapped out the concrete...
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Ed Lawrence
Sep 2, 20222 min read
Stop Obsessing why you didn't get the job
Last June, PARW member, coach and resume writer Donald P. Orlando, wrote a great article titled “Four Reasons Why Your Top Notch Client...
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