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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

Student Resume Examples & Writing Tips: How To Write Your First Resume

So, you have never needed a resume before. But now you do. You are about to graduate and you need a resume to apply for your first professional position. But, you have no idea where to start and so you start scouring the internet,

2025-03-30T03:36:19+00:00April 14th, 2011|Resume Writing Tips|

An Easy Formula for Improving Your Resume With Achievements & Results

Are you tired of feeling anxious about your resume and uncertain it will win you the attention for the most coveted job opportunities? Transforming and improving your resume with achievements and results is the best way to show employers exactly why they should hire

2023-10-23T17:00:54+00:00March 23rd, 2011|Resume Writing Tips|

Mindset Changes You Can Choose to Revive a Stalled Job Search

Are you in the job market right now? Has your job search stalled or do you feel like you have hit a dead end? Do you find yourself getting frustrated, depressed, anxious, and fearful that you'll never find a good job, or maybe even

3 Essential Job Search Interview Secrets You Must Know

The job search interview: it's one of the most important but least understood aspects of looking for a job. The single most important thing you can do to get a job is to interview. You’ve promoted yourself with a standout resume, you’ve opened the

2023-10-23T17:01:22+00:00November 5th, 2010|Job Search Advice, Job Search Interviewing|

5-Step Elevator Pitch Template & Examples for Job Hunters

The elevator pitch aka elevator speech. You are probably familiar with the term. It is most commonly used to describe the concise 30-second speech that business owners and executives, as well as salespeople, use to describe their business, product, or service to others. More

Is There Ever a Good Reason to Lie On Your Resume?

A number of years ago, there was a high-profile story in the news about the consequences of lying on a resume. Did you see it? Robert Irvine, the host of his own show "Dinner: Impossible" on the Food Network did not have his contract

High-Payoff Job Search Activities to Kickstart Your Search for a New Job

In our free discovery consultations with job hunters, many tell us they have been conducting a job search for X months without any success, or that they have sent out X number of resumes with virtually no response. When we press for more details, almost

Professional References: Your Ultimate Guide To Asking For Them & Managing Them

Professional references.  Yes, we know.  We can almost hear you groaning.  Probably because, as much as you dislike having to make the necessary arrangements to get them, you know that it is "difficult" (i.e., virtually impossible) to get a job without good, if not

2022-11-16T18:16:47+00:00August 10th, 2010|Career Management|

5 Insider Secrets to Ramp Up Your Job Search By Incorporating Your Personal Brand

When you think about your next career move, how would things be different for you if you were HUNTED rather than being the HUNTER? Personal branding (the process of clarifying and communicating what makes you and your unique value proposition different and special) allows you

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