Hillary Never Contacted Shimmering Resumes

Biden got the nod. I can't say I'm surprised. When I offered to help Hillary get the VP slot, I doubted she would get in touch. See my post and press release on this Hillary blog.)

A Separate Blog

I want to be able to write about far more than resumes. A resume will help you obtain the job. But managing progress requires a great deal more attention. The career is complex so I've started another blog. Please visit: CareerUpshift.com.

Helping Paris Hilton

Paul Freiberger, President of Shimmering Resumes hopes to help Paris Hilton

Shimmering Resumes cares. Paris Hilton just learned that she is not going to receive the multi-billions in inheritance that she may have expected. Instead, her grandfather is leaving his riches to aid the needy.
Poor Paris. In response Shimmering Resumes offered Paris a free resume so that she could quickly find a job and recoup the lost cash.
Here is the press release, which can also be found at PRWeb:

President of Shimmering Resumes Offers Help to Paris Hilton

San Mateo, CA December 28, 2007 – Help her.

That was the response of Shimmering Resumes to Black Wednesday, the day Paris Hilton learned that her grandfather is giving 97% of his fortune to charity.

To ease her distress, Shimmering Resumes has offered to write her a resume absolutely free, for any job she chooses to seek.

“Leaping to the rescue of the world’s best-known heiress is not everyone’s gut response,” said Paul Freiberger, president of Shimmering Resumes, a professional resume-writing service. “I’ve heard a lot of less-than-generous comments.

“This young lady just had over $2 billion snatched from her future. Show a little compassion,” Freiberger added. “It may not be so easy for her to create another perfume line or promote a movie, CD, or line of handbags. Can’t we all relate?”

Freiberger said he is not seeking Hilton’s endorsement for a line of resumes or CVs. Should she offer one, Freiberger has not decided what he would do.

“But if I can help Paris Hilton with career planning and get her a real job, that will be good for society. And for her,” Freiberger said.

If Hilton accepts this offer, Freiberger will treat her like any client, except for background.

“I usually recommend preparing one or two resumes for each client, so they can be ready to apply for jobs with different requirements. I’ll tell Paris she needs a couple of dozen,” Freiberger said, adding that he would point her to the sample resume on his web site. “I’ll tell her quite directly: ‘This is the most important document of your life.’”

“One resume would be a synthesis and cover her whole eventful life. I’ll call it Distinguished Debutante and Heiress. But she also needs a resume for her music. One for her acting. One for her handbag designing. I relish the challenge to help this many-sided girl,” said Freiberger.

What if Paris isn’t quick to look for work?

“If Hilton can’t bring herself to scan the jobs on Craigslist or Indeed.com, I’m sure the rest of us will understand,” said Freiberger. “Getting laid off this time of year is tough.” Freiberger said his firm offers executive coaching and morale boosting to help the recently unemployed cope with the shock.

What about volunteer work for Paris?

“She could bundle her vegetarianism and anti-fur activism in a resume offering assistance to any of the presidential candidates,” he added. “It would certainly spice up the race.”

In October 2007 Shimmering Resumes offered to write a free resume and provide interview tips for Barry Bonds, after the San Francisco Giants cut him. Bonds has not responded, but the offer remains open.

What's Funny About the Job Interview?

What’s funny about a job interview? Usually very little. In fact, the standard advice is to avoid any tempation to tell a joke. Keep your eye on the prize. Save the jokes for after you are hired.
However, every once in a while, some interviewers have actually asked their interviewee to come up with a joke. Apparently it’s a poor excuse for seeing how well you can think on your feet.
In my book, Upshift Now! The Executive's Guide to Winning a Higher Position, I discuss the job interview and provide lots of useful advice. I’m afraid, however, that I neglected to suggest that you be armed with jokes. This column is my attempt to make up for that omission.
There is lots of good stuff in the book, however; you should check it out at my resume writing site, ShimmeringResumes.com.
Do you have a favorite joke?
Ever happy to be of service to the job hunter, here are a few, just for fun:

A ragged piece of string went into a pub and asked for a drink. "Are you over 18?" asked the barman. "No," replied the string, "I'm a frayed knot."



Separately, here’s one to cheer you up, in case you’re fed up with rejection letters.
The next time you get a rejection letter from a hoped-for employer or publisher, just send them the following:

Dear [name of the person who signed the rejection letter],

Thank you for your letter of [date of the rejection letter]. After careful consideration, I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me [employment with your firm/a contract to publish my book].

This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving an unusually large number of rejection letters. With such a varied and promising field of candidates, it is impossible for me to accept all refusals. Despite [name of the co or agency that sent you this letter]'s outstanding qualifications and previous experience in rejecting [applicants/manuscripts], I find that your rejection does not meet with my needs at this time.

Therefore, I will initiate [employment/publishing] with your firm immediately following [graduation/job change, etc. - get creative here]. I look forward to working with you.

Best of luck in rejecting future [candidates/manuscripts].

Sincerely,
[your name]


Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Person asked a young engineer fresh out of MIT, "What starting salary were you looking for?"

The engineer replied, "In the neighborhood of $125,000 a year, depending on the benefits package."

The interviewer said, "Well, what would you say to a package of 5 weeks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, company matching retirement fund to 50% of salary, and a company car leased every 2 years -- say, a red Corvette?"

The Engineer sat up straight and said, "Wow! Are you kidding?"

The interviewer replied, "Well Yeah, but you started it."

A Manager of a retail clothing store is reviewing a potential employee's application and notices that the man has never worked in retail before. He says to the man, "For a man with no experience, you are certainly asking for a high wage."

"Well Sir," the applicant replies,
"the work is so much harder when you don't know what you're doing!"

SECRETS TO HIGHER CAREER POSITION REVEALED

I try to keep readers of my blog aware of important books, even if I'm the author. Forgive this promotion, then. I think you'll want to check this out. As Mark Twain said, "Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it."


SECRETS TO ACHIEVING HIGHER CAREER POSITION REVEALED
IN NEW E-BOOK, UPSHIFT NOW

San Mateo, CA November 1, 2007 – Another dorky press release, you’re thinking? Maybe, but this one could improve your life.

Job upshift skills can spell the difference between life fulfillment and frustration. Even talented people often make fatal mistakes when applying for better positions, with no clue about their mis-steps.

That’s why the new Upshift Now: The Executive’s Guide to Winning a Higher Position, by highly acclaimed author Paul Freiberger and Robert Delft, may be the most valuable work you’ll ever own. This eye-opening book lays out the secrets behind the process, secrets that determine who rises and doesn’t in a fiercely competitive process.

Written by the President of Shimmering Resumes, a professional resume-writing and career counseling business, Upshift Now describes:

• The Life-Changing Rewards: A single job upshift can be worth millions over a lifetime, and bestow far more prestige, power, and satisfaction.
• Error One: The funhouse-mirror effect can dangerously warp goals, so you must identify your true inner objectives.
• The Bull’s-Eye Mirage: If you think you’re aiming reasonably, you probably aren’t.
• The Space-Out Threat: A single moment of resume carelessness can destroy your whole effort.
• The Meaning of Job Quest Results. Almost everyone misconstrues it, with stunting lifetime consequences.

“You only live once,” said Mr. Freiberger, who is a highly respected Silicon Valley writer and former journalist and is now a resume writer. “You can’t do your career over again. And yet I’ve seen brilliant, effective people stymied again and again by errors in job upshift. It shouldn’t happen. That’s why we wrote this book.”

Freiberger has won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and his books include: Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer (McGraw-Hill) and Fuzzy Logic: The Revolutionary Computer Technology That is Changing Our World (Simon & Schuster). These days he is writing high quality, professional resumes for clients seeking to achieve a major upshift.

“This has been terra incognita. It’s amazing how few executives grasp these potent secrets,” said Freiberger, who is also a veteran of the renowned management consultants McKinsey & Co. “The stairway to a higher position is right there, yet most people are blind to it and try to climb a cliff.”

Upshift Now is available for $25.00 at Shimmeringresumes.com. “A bargain?” Mr. Freiberger says. “It’s not just a bargain. It’s virtually free. A top executive earns $25 in five minutes or less. Yet this book can add $2 million or more to lifetime income. That’s like paying $1 for a share of stock that goes up to $80,000.”

Customers of Shimmering Resumes receive a free copy of Upshift Now when they order a resume or any other service.

Though aimed at executives and professionals, the book and its secrets can benefit almost anyone. Mr. Freiberger has done extensive media appearances as a professional resume writer, and is available for interviews to further discuss Upshift Now.

About Shimmering Resumes
Shimmering Resumes is a nationwide resume writing and career counseling business, a member of Career Masters Institute, with its website at www.ShimmeringResumes.com. “All resumes are written by a certified, professional resume writer.”

Contact:
Paul Freiberger
President, Shimmering Resumes
(650) 464-0085
Paul@ShimmeringResumes.com

Your Resume is No Joke

Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources person asked a young applicant fresh out of Business School, "And what starting salary are you looking for?"
The applicant said, "In the neighborhood of $125,000 a year, depending on the benefits package."
The interviewer said, "Well, what would you say to a package of 5-weeks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, company matching retirement fund to 50% of salary, and a company car leased every two years - say, a red Corvette?"
The applicant sat up straight and said, "Wow! Are you kidding?"
And the interviewer replied, "Yeah, but you started it."

People do say the darndest things. It isn’t hard to find lists of error-filled resumes and cover letter bloopers. For example:

I demand a salary commiserate with my extensive experience.

I have lurnt Word Perfect 6.0 computor and spreadsheet progroms.

Received a plague for Salesperson of the Year.

Reason for leaving last job: maturity leave.

Wholly responsible for two (2) failed financial institutions.

Seriously, we’re all capable of making a mistake of syntax, spelling, punctuation or grammar. It’s ok.

OK, that is, except on your resume.

When an applicant submits a resume or cover letter with an error, it clearly makes the wrong impression.

Amazingly, some applicants for executive positions pay scant attention to their resumes, and get little resume help. Perhaps they believe that employers will deduce their merits anyway, or think the competition will be weak, or just dislike the effort of creating one. Almost always, they haven’t thought the process out, for they are moving into heavy weather on a rowboat.

An executive resume is important even if you think you don’t need it and can get interviews through your connections. Why? You can’t be sure when you might require one, and you don’t want to toss it together overnight. A resume also helps you organize yourself and see the full picture of your accomplishments and abilities. Most people take them for granted and may not have them uppermost in their mind at an interview. A resume crystallizes them.

It’s essentially a marketing device. It’s a biography too, but a very special one: brief and almost all highlights.

Think of a professional resume as an argument. Your thesis is: I am the person to hire. I’ll give you the best payoff. The entire nature of the resume flows from that. And you want to get it right. If that means hiring a professional to help you, then don’t hesitate.

Spoken like a true resume writer? Perhaps. I am a resume writer. And I care about these documents, which are among the most important of our lives. After all, first impressions are crucial. Opening with a joke is not the best approach in a resume or cover letter. Save it for after you get the job.

Job Search Company Extends Helping Hand to Barry Bonds

A clever firm is offering Barry Bonds the chance to juice his job search. Poor guy is unemployed. Shimmering Resumes promises to teach him all about the career search process, keep his morale high and develop a premier resume, which will be the best performance enhancer he can get.

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