Career Development
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LinkedIn Open to Work Photo Frame
By Lynne Williams There are a couple of key hashtags being used on LinkedIn for job seekers and these are #ONO and #opentowork #ONO stands for open to new opportunities, and this can be in your headline or within your profile. It is searchable. Just type #ONO in the search bar and see, for yourself,…
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LinkedIn Updates: Keeping Up with Changes
By Lynne Williams In case you are wondering, the portmanteau #Juneteenth is a hashtag used on LinkedIn. People are writing articles and including this hashtag to be found by others who want to read what people are saying about this momentous day of June 19th day in 1865 when slavery ended in Galveston, Texas. What…
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Black Lives Matter: No One Should Have to Hide Who They Are on LinkedIn
By Lynne Williams We said: Black Lives Matter. Never said: Only black lives matter. We know: All lives matter. We just need your help with #BlackLivesMatter for Black Lives are in danger! As an avid daily user on LinkedIn, I saw this post with a little girl holding a sign with these words and thought…
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Dentists Look for a Return to Normal but Fearful Hygienists Are Staying Away
Seta MacCrory runs SubstiToothFairy out of her Delaware County home, matching hygienists who want temporary work with dentists who need staff. Since the pandemic, her work load has dropped close to zero, writes Wendy Ruderman and Sarah Gantz for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Dentists are desperate to reopen their dental practices but have to do so…
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DELCO Careers – Main Line Health
Founded in 1985, Main Line Health is a not-for-profit health system serving portions of Philadelphia and its western suburbs and includes four of the region’s most-respected acute care hospitals: Lankenau Medical Center, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Paoli Hospital, and Riddle Hospital. Nutritional Host This position delivers and collects patient trays during meal service; assists patients with…
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SCORE National Webinar June 11 Looks at How to Protect Small Business Owners and Employees From COVID-19 Exposure
On June 11, at 1 p.m., Laura Bonk will lead a SCORE webinar on “National Safety Guidance to Protect You and Your Workers From COVID-19 Exposure”. It’s important to begin envisioning what post-COVID-19 small business life is going to look like, and the health and safety for you and your workers should be top of mind. This timely…
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Remember the Lessons Learned in Kindergarten for Your Career and Life
By Lynne Williams How did we forget lessons we learned in kindergarten and the Golden Rule? How do we learn to be better? Do better? Make the world better? As an educator, I believe knowledge is power and I believe in lifelong learning. I know that I don’t know what I don’t know, but do…
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Bloomberg: Hiring Is Still Happening, Tips On How To Land a Job During Lockdown
Despite record-high unemployment numbers nationwide employers are still hiring, it is still possible to find a new job even while in lockdown, writes Arianne Cohen for Bloomberg Businessweek. With many people still putting off their job hunt in the hopes their old companies will call them back or instead waiting for the monthly extra $600…
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How Do You Rebrand For Your Pivot?
By Lynne Williams How do you rebrand when making a career pivot? How do you start building your brand and marketing yourself in your future forward position? As noted in last week’s article, you completed all these steps so far: You decided to make a change. You have done a SWOT analysis of yourself. You…
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Harrah’s in Chester and Parx Casino Have Layoffs, Closure From COVID-19 Pandemic
More than 3,000 workers have been laid off from Harrah’s in Chester and Parx Casino in Bensalem in recent months, writes Daniel Urie for pennlive.com. Harrah’s Philadelphia Casino & Racetrack saw 1,127 layoffs on March 28. Parx saw 1,997 people laid off on April 15, the fourth largest mass layoff in the state since 2011.…
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How to Write a Value Proposition Letter
By Lynne Williams A value proposition letter is a brief statement of 100-150 words that succinctly explains what your unique qualities, skills, and accomplishments are. It states how you will add value. Using persuasion, value proposition letters explain how you can solve a problem or fix a pain point better than anyone else thanks to…
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QR Codes for LinkedIn and More
By Lynne Williams QR codes can be very useful for driving people to your LinkedIn profile, a presentation, an article, and more. Add them to your business cards too. If you have never tried QRCode-Monkey, you will find it very easy to use and you can even customize it with your logo. Technology upgrades on…
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How to Optimize LinkedIn for Job Seekers
Furloughed? Downsized? Re-orged? Laid off? No job? Dusting off your career documents just in case? It’s never too late to manage your career. It’s also never too late to reinvent yourself in a new career and explore your options. Why not start or update your LinkedIn profile too? Here are some things you need to…
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Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf Cautiously Offers State Plan to Relax Social Distancing by Region
On Friday, Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf said a plan will be initiated in the next several weeks that would ease social distancing orders by region, but said the situation remains “tenuous” pointing to the nearly 30,000 cases of COVID-19 in the state, writes Anna Orso and Justine McDaniel for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “Moving to…
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SBA Offers Financial Incentive for Small Businesses to Hold On to Employees
New resources are available to business owners affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The SBA has announced The Paycheck Protection Program, a loan designed to provide a direct incentive for small businesses to keep their workers on the payroll. The SBA will forgive loans if all employees are kept on the payroll for eight weeks and…
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Philadelphia Union Creates Fund to Pay Subaru Park Workers While Soccer Games Are Suspended
There’s no soccer at Subaru Park in Chester, but part-time park employees are benefiting from a fund created by the Philadelphia Union to offset money lost to COVID-19 delays, writes Jonathan Tannenwald for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Major League Soccer games won’t resume until at least May 10. Ten Union games are affected, including seven home…
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How to Increase Your Keywords in Your LinkedIn Headline
Would you be thrilled to be found for work as a jobseeker or entrepreneur because you increased your keywords in your LinkedIn headline? If employed or a business owner, would you like more keyword real estate in your headline to showcase your expertise? You know … riches in niches! Examples and step-by-step instructions are below.…
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Boeing’s Ridley Park Helicopter Facility Stays Open, Seattle Jet Plants Shut Down
Boeing Co. said Monday it is keeping its production lines open for the Osprey craft and Chinook helicopters at its Ridley Park plant, writes Joseph N. DiStefano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. It is closing down its civilian jet airliner plants in Seattle for the next two weeks. The Ridley Park plant has more than 4,600…
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