I wrote a column once a month for the Daily Southtown and Star from January, 2004 to June 2007. It ran in the Career Development Section of the Sunday paper, the last Sunday of every month. Alas, the column was discontinued when the entire section was deleted from the paper! (They put the Want Ads in the “Business Section” and discontinued everything else.) Here are some samples of these columns, written in response to letters from readers. Hope you enjoy them.

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March 06 - I’ve been asked to submit a resume prior to a face-to-face interview with an employer I very much want to work for.../ My boss recently lost his brother...

February 06 - I’m semi-retired after working over twenty years as a warehouse manager in the Chicago suburbs.../ After working many years for the same company and getting excellent reviews, I was promised a promotion effective next month...

January 06 - I’ve been unemployed for over five years, and am still trying to figure out a successful strategy for obtaining a new job...

December 05 - I’m a middle-level manager in an insurance company who is about to begin a search for a new job.../ I attended your panel discussion, “The Inside Scoop on How Recruiters Can Help You Find a Job” at the Oak Park Library...

October 05 - I’m graduating from college at the end of the fall term with a major in Marketing and want a job that will make my education pay off.../ I lost my job as a secretary three months ago after ten years with the same company following a merger...