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

The Step-by-Step Guide to Conducting an Informational Interview

What if you could get “inside information” about a company you’re interested in working for, or about a specific job you’re applying for? If you’re thinking about changing careers, talking to someone who does the job you’re interested in can give you insight into

2023-10-23T17:09:25+00:00October 18th, 2013|Job Search Interviewing|

Important Questions You Can Ask When You Are Interviewing For a New Job

  "Interviewing". Yes, we know.  We feel your pain.  No matter how much we try to tell ourselves otherwise, a job interview is usually not a good time, ranking somewhere below attending traffic school among things we look forward to. Sure, interviewing for a new

2022-10-15T00:27:02+00:00October 7th, 2013|Job Search Interviewing|

How Do You Know When It Is Time To Look For a New Job? Signs You Shouldn’t Ignore!

Let's be honest: Job searching is rarely enjoyable. However, like paying taxes or seeing the dentist, most of us have to do it from time to time. Sometimes job searching is necessary because of lay-offs. There are, however, other situations when job searching isn't necessarily

2022-10-15T00:27:11+00:00September 19th, 2013|Career Management|

5 Tips to Really Stand Out in Your Job Search and Get Hired Quickly

With your excellent skills, detailed knowledge, and vast experience, you may think that your job search will be smooth sailing, even in the current economic times. But don’t be too complacent. Given the numbers of people who are out of work or underemployed, the

2022-11-16T18:54:13+00:00September 11th, 2013|Career Management, Job Search Advice, Personal Marketing|

Submitting a Resume Is Not Enough: Follow Up!

Now what? You've had Distinctive Career Services develop an amazing, attention-getting resume for you. You've applied for some jobs that are ideal. In fact, you are really, really anxious to hear back because they are more than ideal. And you know you are a

Job Searching at Job Fairs: Key Tips For Success

Whether you're looking for a new job or a different one, for part-time employment, extra income or a complete career makeover, job searching is serious business, one that requires diligence, focus, creativity, drive, ingenuity and imagination. It also requires you to be honest with

2022-10-15T00:27:40+00:00July 31st, 2013|Job Search Advice|

Tips To Help You Cope With A Job Loss & Get Your Career Back On Track Quickly

Job loss has become a fact of life in today's economic climate. Even though the worst of times seem to be behind us (fingers crossed), there are still plenty of layoffs occurring. A major key to coping with job loss and getting your career

2023-10-23T17:05:37+00:00July 26th, 2013|Career Management, Job Search Advice|

6 Tips to Make Conducting a Remote Job Search Fast & Easy

How to conduct an effective remote job search is a question that has vexed many working professionals who desire relocation to another location. Once upon a time, a job search was governed by the same rule that applied to the sale of real estate: 

Job Hunters Beware! How To Avoid Job Search Scams

It’s no secret! Jobs scams are on the rise. And admittedly, they’ve been for years. While job scams have always existed, the evolution of the internet as the ultimate job search tool has made these scams more lucrative and relatively easier to carry out. On

Cloud Computing: How a “Cloudy” Forecast Can Help Your Job Search

By now we've all grown accustomed to the cloud.  To illustrate the impact of the cloud, recent statistics show that in 2020,  the cloud computing market exceeded $330 billion and cloud data centers will process 94% of all workloads in 2021. It's clear then,

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