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The 10-Point LinkedIn Audit: What Recruiters Check in the First 6 Seconds

Recruiters spend an average of just six seconds scanning a LinkedIn profile before deciding whether to keep reading or move on. In that tiny window, they...

Career Success

Independence Day Is Tomorrow. What Would It Look Like for Your Career?

Tomorrow is the Fourth of July. Fireworks, cookouts, a day built entirely around one idea: independence. And somewhere between the grill and the...

Career Counseling

Why Most People Struggle to Write a Great Resume With AI

Artificial intelligence has changed how we approach almost everything, and resume writing is no exception. Type a few instructions into a chatbot and you...

Career Success

Career Coaching vs. Career Counseling: Which One Do You Actually Need?

If you’ve been searching for help with your career, you’ve probably seen both terms thrown around — sometimes interchangeably. So which one do you...

Career CounselingCareer Success

Your Recruiter Screen Went South, But You Have an Inside Referral. Now What?

A client called me this morning in a near panic. She is winding down an entrepreneurial venture, she needs a six-figure role, and she has a strong inside...

Career Transition

Your Resume Is an Overview, Not a Biography. Most People Get This Wrong.

If your resume isn't getting interviews, I can almost guarantee it's because of one fundamental mistake. You wrote it like a biography. A complete account...

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Recruiters Are Searching for You Right Now. Will They Find You?

CAREER BLOG | THOMAS CAREER CONSULTING Will They Find You? While you're reading this, recruiters are on LinkedIn — right now — searching for someone with...

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Interview Coaching Secrets with Mindy Thomas: How to Answer Any Question Like a Pro

In today’s competitive job market, landing an interview can feel like a major victory. But for many professionals, from recent graduates to seasoned...

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How to Write a Resume That Gets Interviews in Los Angeles

Los Angeles is one of the most competitive job markets in the United States. Whether you're targeting roles in entertainment, tech, healthcare, finance,...

Resume Writing

From Job Search to Job Offer in Los Angeles: How a Career Counselor Helps

The job search process can feel overwhelming. One moment you feel hopeful and motivated, and the next you’re questioning your career direction entirely....

Career CounselingCareer Counselor

Do You Need a Resume Writer in Los Angeles? 7 Signs You Do

The job market in Los Angeles is competitive, dynamic, and constantly evolving. From entertainment and technology to healthcare, law, finance, and...

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The Complete Guide to Resume Writing in Los Angeles

Los Angeles is known for reinvention. People move there to build careers, pivot industries, break into competitive fields, or finally step into leadership...

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Resume Writing Services for Los Angeles Professionals: What Employers Actually Look For

Los Angeles is a city built on ambition. It attracts innovators, creatives, executives, entrepreneurs, engineers, attorneys, and professionals from every...

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How Professional Resume Writing Services Increase Your Interview Rate

In today’s job market, your resume gets 6.5 seconds of attention, and that’s only if it makes it past AI screening systems first. That’s not an opinion....

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What Are the 5 Golden Rules of Resume Writing?

Most professionals don’t struggle because they lack experience. They struggle because they don’t know how to translate their experience into a compelling...

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Why Isn’t Your Resume Getting Interviews in 2026?

In 2026, the job search feels more confusing, and more discouraging, than ever. You’re qualified. You have experience. You’ve applied for roles that seem...

Resume Writing

Are College Grads Getting Pushed Out by AI - or Just Missing the Right Career Strategy?

A few years ago, I met a young woman named Sarah who had just graduated from a top-tier university. She was bright, articulate, and ambitious. Her degree...

Career Counseling

What AI Can—and Can’t—Do for Your Career: Why the Human Touch Still Matters

Human vs AI in career planning - AI is everywhere—from your email inbox to your job applications. And now, it's helping professionals figure out their...

Career CounselingResume Writing

Why AI and ChatGPT Fall Short for Career Transitioners and Middle Managers

Understanding Unique Career Paths AI tools operate on patterns and data, which can be limiting when dealing with the complexities of career transitions....

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Top Five Reasons to Look for a Job During the Holiday Season

The holiday season is often seen as a time to take a break from job hunting. Many assume companies are winding down or not hiring, but in reality, this...

Career CounselingTips for Success

5 Benefits of Hiring a Career Counselor

Choosing a career can be a daunting task, and with so many options available it can be difficult to know where to start, and this is where a career...

Career CounselingTips for Success

5 Tips to Success Starting a New Job

Starting a new job can be both exciting and nerve-wracking. You’ve landed the position you worked so hard to get, and now it’s time to put your best foot...

Career SuccessTips for Success

5 Tips and Tricks For Finding a Job in 2023

​Finding a job in 2023 can seem like a daunting task, but with the right tools and approach, it can be manageable. In this article, we will provide tips...

Tips for Success

Work Would Be Great If It Weren’t For the People – Is It Them or Me?

I cannot begin to tell you how many clients have hired me thinking that they need to completely change their careers. In most cases, it isn’t their given...

Career CounselingReCareering

How to Stay Positive While Job Searching this Holiday Season

Looking for a job can be a challenging and stressful experience, especially during the holiday season. The holiday season is a time when many people are...

Tips for Success

Making Your Next Career Move: How Do You Know When the Time Is Right?

I encounter clients every day who absolutely know when the time is right for them to make a career move. They are the folks who call me and sign right up...

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A Job Hunter's Nightmare: When a Recruiter Crosses the Line

Can you imagine working with a recruiter on your seemingly confidential job search, and you find out your recruiter crossed the line? When my client told...

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Emotional Anorexia: Are You Starving Yourself While Striving Towards Your Career Goals?

I don’t know whether you agree, but I think there is always a cost to leveraging your career in the workplace. I’m talking about the emotional, physical,...

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Rising to the Top: Busting Job Search Myths at 64

I encounter clients every day who absolutely know when the time is right for them to make a career move. They are the folks who call me and sign right up...

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When Your Career Is in a Downward Spiral, Remember That Nothing Is in Stone

I get knots in my stomach when I hear about how twisted this job market is becoming. Frankly, the stories are never ending. From nurses at Penn who are...

Career CounselingCareer Success

Wasted Talent: Are You Working for the Right Company?

Wasted Talent. Sadly, I see it every day in the business I’m in. When I hear about how troubling the workplace has become, and specifically the toxic...

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Get Noticed with a Resume Focused on Your Achievements

The number one fatal flaw in nearly every resume I review is that they are written in what I refer to as the “80s” style. By this I mean that every job...

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Radical Career Changes – Where Do You Begin?

It seems like everywhere you look, people are thinking and talking about making career changes. They’re unfulfilled in their job or don’t get along with...

Career SuccessReCareering

Career Chat - Mindy Thomas Interviews Randy Lumia

Mindy Thomas: Hi everyone. I'm Mindy Thomas, and this is career chat. We are on air every Monday at 11:30 and Tuesday nights at 8:00 pm. Our topic today...

Career Chat

Career Chat - Mindy Thomas Interviews Mike Bird

Mindy Thomas: Hi, everybody. Welcome to career chat. I'm Mindy Thomas, your host. We are every Monday at 1130 and Tuesdays at 8:00 PM. With more than 4...

Career Chat

Career Chat - Mindy Thomas Interviews Lossie Freeman

Mindy Thomas: Hi everyone. I'm Mindy Thomas, and this is Career Chat. We air every Monday at 11:30 AM and Tuesdays at 8:00 PM. You know, software runs the...

Career Chat

Career Chat - Mindy Thomas Interviews Curt Woolford

Mindy Thomas: Hi everybody. I'm Mindy Thomas, and this is Career Chat. We air every Monday at 11:30 AM and Tuesdays at 8:00 PM. As the job search...

Career Chat

Career Chat - Mindy Thomas Interviews Laura Kasper

Mindy Thomas: Hi everybody. I'm Mindy Thomas and welcome to Career Chat. We are here every Monday at 11:30 AM and Tuesday at 8:00 PM. If anybody has their...

Career Chat

Career Chat - Mindy Thomas Interviews Sarah Johnston

Mindy Thomas: Hi everybody. I'm Mindy Thomas, and this is Career Chat. We air every Monday at 11:30 AM. And Tuesdays at 8:00 PM. Social networks are...

Career Chat

Career Chat - Mindy Thomas Interviews Brenda Bernstein

Mindy Thomas: Hi everybody. I'm Mindy Thomas and Welcome to Career Chat. We air every Monday at 11:30 AM and Tuesday nights at 8:00 PM. Many of us are on...

Career Chat

Career Chat - Mindy Thomas Interviews Beth Kennedy

Mindy Thomas interviews Beth Kennedy about how Covid19 has impacted the levels of stress on the American public. Mindy Thomas : Hi everyone. I'm Mindy...

Career Chat

Career Chat - Mindy Thomas Interviews Dena Leftkowtiz

Mindy Thomas interviews Dena Lefkowitz about how she made it through the last great economic meltdown and shares tips on how to make it through the...

Career Chat

Mindy Thomas Interviews Meg McGinn, President/Founder of Osprey Health

Mindy Thomas: Hi everybody. I'm Mindy Thomas and this is Career Chat, which airs every Monday at 11:30 AM and Tuesday nights at 8:00 PM the numbers of...

Career Chat

Career Chat - Mindy Thomas Interviews Mike McCarthy

Join Mindy Thomas, host of Career Chat as she talks with her guest, Mike McCarthy, former two-time Olympian, Hall of Fame and World Cyclist about his...

Career Chat

Career Chat - Mindy Thomas Interviews Ruth Campbell

Mindy Thomas interviews Ruth Campbell in a 30-minute segment on RVNTV. Two career counselors chat about making a career decision and how they struggled...

Career Chat

Career Chat - Mindy Thomas on “Morning Coffee”

Mindy Thomas on “Morning Coffee” Mindy interviews with Mark Iorio and Jim DeLorenzo at RVNTV in Cherry Hill, NJ. We talked about what Thomas Career...

Career Chat

Career Chat - Mindy Thomas Interviews Bob Koch, The Franchise Coach

Mindy Thomas Interviews Bob Koch, The Franchise Coach Mindy Thomas interviews Bob Koch, a franchise coach from Entrepreneurs Source on RVNTV about how he...

Career Chat

Mindy Thomas featured on “The Cutting Edge”

Mindy Thomas featured on “The Cutting Edge” set at RVN TV in Cherry Hill, NJ. Please call Professional Career Counselor Mindy Thomas, MS, CPRW, CLC, CJC,...

Career Chat

Why Right Now Is the Right Time to Take Charge of Your Career

When I read the title of a recent Wall Street Journal post, “In This Economy, Quitters Are Winning,” frankly, I thought I misinterpreted something. People...

Career Counseling

MainLine Magazine: 10 Ways to Achieve Your Personal Best in 2017

Whether you’re recently laid off, lacking advancement options, or no longer liking the culture at work, changing jobs can alter your life dramatically....

Career SuccessReCareering

If You Want a New Job, Cover All Your Bases

According to a recent survey by Jobvite, which conducts the most comprehensive Social Recruiting Survey of its kind, “An astounding 94 percent of...

Career Success

Career Resiliency: What Does It Take?

No doubt there are many tough career stories in the naked city. I interviewed a close family friend yesterday about what it took for him to stay in the...

Career CounselingCareer Success

You Want an Edge in This Job Market? Create That LinkedIn Profile NOW!

Why? It’s simply a no brainer. The funny thing is, no matter how many times I read an article or a blog post touting the validity and importance of...

Career SuccessResume Writing

Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship Are Here to Stay! Are You Ready?

Last year, Forbes reported on a startling finding that by 2020, 50 percent of the workforce will be self-employed. That’s only 7 years from now. When I...

Career CounselingCareer Success

Let’s Face It: Your Career Development Is in Your Hands

Last November, the front cover of Philadelphia Magazine screamed, “We Are All Entrepreneurs Now.” I’ve also heard this concept referred to as YoYo Land...

Career CounselingCareer Success

Break Through the Barriers with Career Counseling

What do you do if you can’t sort it out? What happens when you become so fed up with trying to figure out next steps? You and I both know there is a huge...

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Getting Ahead: Don’t Forget to Feed Your Spirit

As Blake Shelton from the popular show “The Voice” might say, “What kind of bull crap is this?” To the contrary, Blake definitely knows what I’m referring...

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3 Considerations that May Trump Your Career Transition

There are many people that want to cross this bridge to the other side, however, career changes cannot be made in isolation. In fact, when we make a...

ReCareering

Surviving An Uncivilized Workplace-What About the No A–Hole Rule?

There are horrid abuse stories out in the workplace. Many of these stories have to do with people that annoy us, bosses that are mean-spirited and people...

Life IssuesReCareering

The Secret & Generation Y

This past Sunday, I felt overwhelmed by such happiness while sitting at 45th and Spruce Street in Philadelphia. I happen to be eating brunch at Rx The...

Success Stories

Image and Your Job Search

You’ve heard that it takes less than 10 seconds for a recruiter to decide if they want to continue reading further. If you think that’s a ridiculous...

Tips for Success

How to Uncover the Hidden Job Market

The research shows that 80% of the jobs available are never really advertised. This doesn’t mean that you’ll be unable to land a job using the internet....

Tips for Success

“The Second You Give Up is the Moment You Need to Keep Trying.”

For six long years, my client struggled with landing an entry-level writing job. She figured her resume was good enough and, after all, she was a trained...

Success Stories

How Job Seekers Can Avoid Joining A “Bad” Organization

I think you will agree that life is too short to work in a toxic atmosphere or for horrible bosses and bad coworkers. More times than not, job seekers...

Tips for Success

What You Don’t Know About Career Counseling

There are many people that call into my office after spending weeks, months or years trying to figure what they should do with their career. Depending on...

Career Success

Our Career Voyage and Inner Growth

In the midst of 24×7 technology advances, a recent poll indicated that 82 percent of people in the United States believe in God. I was astounded at this...

Life Issues

Boosting Your Interview IQ

I think we can agree that there are a ridiculous number of interviewing books on the market today. Frankly, I have read many of these over the years, but...

Career Success

A Dream Come True – Actuary to Professional Poker Pro

Everyone loves successful career transition stories especially ones that truly demonstrate that anything is possible. I think that one of the reasons we...

Success Stories

How to Improve Your Chances of Keeping Your Job

Is It Time For You To Make a Career Change? While I listened to the morning show yesterday, US News and World Report reported some of the top reasons on...

Tips for Success

Is It Time For You To Make a Career Change?

I encounter clients everyday who absolutely know when to make the move. They are the folks that call me up and say that they are over the top. They can’t...

Career Success

How Are You Showing Up in Business?

I had the good fortune to attend a week long retreat in Italy with six American entrepreneurs led by Pamela Haack. We participated in an intensive study...

Career SuccessSuccess Stories

Becoming a Warrior in the Job Market – What does that look like?

You gotta love when you hear about the job hunters of the world who drive that job search process. I just received an email from a client who spent 20...

Career SuccessTips for Success

Sinking Below The Noise of The World – Are You Able To?

“It takes practice to hear your true desires. Your passion will often come as a whisper or a serendipitous event that reminds you of what’s important and...

Life Issues

Making the Move in Tough Times – It’s Happening Every Day

Career transitions are tough. So many people want to do it. So many folks want to cross that bridge. But they are held back by fear and many times . . ....

Career Success

What’s Going On?

A couple weeks ago, I heard Mayor Nutter of Philadelphia talking on WXPN radio about Marvin Gaye and how he recorded that infamous song What’s Going On...

Career Success

Why Am I Not Getting a Job?

In Martin Yates’ book entitled, Secrets and Strategies for Success in an Uncertain World, he talks about not only having a killer resume . . . but also...

Career Success

Could Andy Reid of the Philadelphia Eagle Make It In Corporate America?

When Fox29 News called to ask me to comment a few weeks ago about this question, I immediately knew what that answer would be. See the video about Andy’s...

Career Success

The Graduate

She was puzzled. Her parents were confused as heck. Her friends were altogether floored. After all, everyone thought she had the whole package. Even the...

Career Success

If You Empower Yourself, No One Can Unplug You

With the earthquake and hurricane masking our job searches for the last two weeks, some of us are back to the task at hand. Searching for a full-time...

Career Success

Recession-Proof-Metro Areas

I’ve been hearing about many unemployed people who are willing to uproot their lives and are actually moving out of state. If you are intrigued about...

Career Success

Failing Over and Over Again – Do Not Lose Your Mojo…Not Now. Not Ever.

Sometimes we are so close to the mountain top that we can’t feel it or see it. Here is one of the greatest examples of someone who has failed their way to...

Career Success

I Got To The Interview Table, Now What?

She had been to five interviews at global companies. She was not only extremely attractive but she had a very charming personality along with a strong...

Tips for Success

The World of Socialnomics-Social Media is Not A Fad

To: Baby Boomers, Generation X, Y, Z and Entrepreneurs Sitting on the Fence From: Mindy Thomas Subject: Social Media Is Not A Fad If you are still sitting...

Career Success

There is A Place of Food and Plenty

North Dakota, Spurred by Energy and Ag Boom, Has 3.2 Percent Unemployment…can you imagine this? Well, it’s no joke folks. I know that this is a far reach...

Tips for Success

One Resume Is All I Need, Right?

This is one of the most asked questions of resume writers today. In most cases, the answer is no. And, here’s why. Skill sets required for most positions...

Career Success

College Degrees – Are They Really Worth It Now?

When I read the recent Time Magazine article that my 22 year son sent me last night, I was completely shocked. Frankly, he was too. After all, we’ve been...

Career Success

Job Hunting While Employed - A Huge Undertaking

There is no question that it takes an extraordinary amount of effort to undertake a job search while employed. And, if your next move is not crystallized...

Tips for Success

What I Love About Proactive Career Warriors

I have to tell you that last week was an eye opener. If you’ve been following my posts, you know that I have been driving home the point about all of us...

Success StoriesTips for Success

Reengineering Your Life After a Career Disaster

People are reengineering their life everyday as a result of being hit with a termination notice. Not only has the rug been pulled out from us financially,...

ReCareering

Career Security – What Does That Really Mean?

If I remember anything from graduate school – way back in the day – it was this concept of career security. So, I thought I would check out what would...

Tips for Success

The Job Market is a Big Game of Musical Chairs

With unemployment still reaching an all-time high and many believing it to be much higher, job seekers continue to scramble to compete in a big game of...

ReCareering

Learning How to Play the Game-Six Tips

Here are a few reminders on ways to play the game if you want to win in the job market today. #1 Over 40,000 new resumes are posted to Monster.com each...

Tips for Success

No One Is Going to Bail You Out In the New Economy

Tough words to accept in these times. I feel the pain of accepting that, we the people, will never receive a bailout like corporate America. Every time I...

Career Success

People Are Winning in the War for Jobs

“I just went for it,” she said. I mentioned that I know a woman who won her dream job by following Tony Robbins Ultimate Success Formula unconsciously....

Career SuccessSuccess Stories

Winning in the Job Market Today

I love success stories, don’t you? Just last week I heard from my client out in Pittsburgh that she “landed” her dream job. I started thinking about how...

Career Success

American Workers Do Hard Time

Every time I hear another story about employee abuse in corporate America or even small companies, I get a knot in my stomach. These stories surface daily...

Career Success

Thomas Career Consulting Launched, Providing Job Searchers a Competitive Advantage in the Tough Job Market

Career Coach and Certified Professional Résumé Writer Mindy Thomas launches Thomas Career Consulting, LLC, offering résumé writing and career counseling....

Career Counseling

Philadelphia Area Coaches Alliance (PACA) Newsletter

Mindy Thomas interviewed by Patricia Weeks “Mindy’s interest in coaching evolved naturally from a long time career in counseling and training. With a...

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