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Torch Award Finalist for 2023, latest written recommendation on LinkedIn, & more

9/27/2023

I found out the night of Wednesday, September 6, 2023, that Work Solutions is a Torch Award Finalist for 2023 (this is an ethics award through the Better Business Bureau). This means my company is committed to the "4 c's" which means I'm committed to promoting character & culture in support of my customers and the community. The Better Business Bureau received hundreds of submissions to be considered for this award and an independent panel of past Torch and Spark Awards recipients will score the finalist applications to determine the winning entries that they will celebrate at their virtual ceremony on October 26. According to the President & CEO of the Better Business Bureau, my company should be extremely proud of being in the top tier of applicants due to my high level of integrity! Companies like mine play an essential role in helping the Better Business Bureau fulfill their mission of advancing trust and celebrating marketplace role models. I was thanked for all that I do by Tyler Andrew (President & CEO of the Better Business Bureau).

Latest written recommendation on my LinkedIn profile

Craig has also started a consulting business as well.

I highly recommend Carly for her services. Thanks to her tremendous work on my resume (delivered two weeks early) it enabled me to get in the running for a pro hockey broadcasting job in the Midwest on a club owned by an NFL team, interviewed for Director of Business Development at a major East Coast University, and a Consulting position through Jacobs Radio, a 15 station radio group based in Kennewick, WA. The position specializes in sports broadcasting.

Carly is an award winner - her business was awarded the "Best of Thervo 2022" award in July 2022 (the same month that she received credentialing as a certified IAPWE writer & editor as well). Also, as of 9/6/23, Carly found out that her business is a Torch Award Finalist for 2023 (this is an ethics award through the Better Business Bureau). This means Carly's company is committed to the "4 c's" which means she's committed to promoting character & culture in support of her customers and the community. The Better Business Bureau received hundreds of submissions to be considered for this award and an independent panel of past Torch and Spark Awards recipients will score the finalist applications to determine the winning entries that they will celebrate at their virtual ceremony on October 26, 2023. According to the President & CEO of the Better Business Bureau, Carly's company should be extremely proud of being in the top tier of applicants due to her high level of integrity! Companies like Carly's play an essential role in helping the Better Business Bureau fulfill their mission of advancing trust and celebrating marketplace role models. Carly was thanked for all that she does by Tyler Andrew (President & CEO of the Better Business Bureau).

I also want to thank Carly as well, "Thank you, Carly!"

Carly has the pedigree you need to make and take that next career step.

Craig West

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FREEBIE #2: FREE 10-interview questions with any resume purchase Career Coach Carly Calabrese provides you a list of 10 of the toughest, yet most common interview questions employers ask that Carly researched & compiled & are geared to entry-level & mid-level positions. (For senior-level & executive-level clients, a different set of 10 interview questions would be geared to these experience levels). The purpose of receiving these FREE questions is to see if you need help with answering them & if so, you can purchase an optional interview practice session with Carly that will be held remotely using “GoToMeeting” (similar to Zoom) where you can see & hear each other live on the computer.

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All resumes are brand-new 2-pages and are written to either ONE of the following:

A specific job description
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Not written to a specific job description or career field

Pricing is dependent on what experience level you're staying in/pursuing.

My 4 experience levels are:

Entry-level (defined as pursuing positions which require 0-2.5 years' experience) and are generally most minimum wage positions.
Mid-level (defined as pursuing positions which require 3-14.5 years' experience) positions and are basically, not entry-level, manager, or higher level management position
Senior-level (defined as pursuing positions which require 15 years' experience) OR are any management position that's not higher level management (i.e. Director, C-level such as: CEO, CMIO, etc.)
Executive-level (defined as pursuing positions which require over 15 years' experience) OR any higher level management position such as: Director, C-level such as: CEO, CMIO, etc.

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Thank you,

Carly Calabrese

I help unhappy/unchallenged professionals land their dream career (whether it's starting a business or otherwise)

Email me: [email protected]

Work Solutions - "Providing career assistance/coaching/prep, business marketing, writing, editing, and LinkedIn services for individuals and freelance opportunities."

“Independence is happiness.”—Susan B. Anthony

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Tips for better sleep

9/17/2023

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Having problems falling asleep or staying asleep? Sleep as we all know is very important, as without it, we can’t function and take on our very busy days whether it’s maintaining the home, family, budget, yourself, and/or running a business or working a job, we all are super busy. Being super busy can be a problem as it may be harder to relax and go to sleep at night.

According to 12 health experts, here are some tips on being able to sleep better:

Breakfast in the morning is essential as it will help with keeping you asleep and not waking up before you want to wake up. Good blood sugar stabilization starts with a healthy, wholefoods breakfast that is high in protein, healthy fat and low in sugar and refined carbohydrates.
The right kind of carbohydrates can help you sleep. It’s recommended to have one non-starchy, non-processed carbohydrate for breakfast, two at lunch, and three at dinner. The goal is to have a majority of your carbs come from starchy vegetables, for example, carrots, squash, turnips, white potatoes, and corn. Foods with sugar and flour should be eliminated as well to get your sleep rhythm under control. You can then experiment with them to see if they affect your quality of sleep.
It’s important to implement a personal sleep prep routine that signals your body that you’re going to sleep now and to do it just before bed every single night. A simple, repeatable, and easy routine helps you power down from a busy day and tells your brain, sleep time is near. For example: take your contacts out, wash your face, brush and floss your teeth, and change into sleep clothes (not the same clothing from your casual time), and then climb into bed with the intention to sleep. This also means no more electronics, for example: your phone, tablet, computer, and Tv).
It’s recommended to stop Tv and electronic devices at least an hour before bed. It causes you to wind down more quickly, decreases the blue light exposure, and increases the likelihood that you’ll go to bed earlier, at a healthier time, and wake up more rested. The bonus of this: this hour is a great time to read a book, journal, perform word searches, color, or spend time with your partner.

5. Pilates has been proven to provide many benefits including: aches, pains, a toned body, shaking off stress, which also helps with a much better night’s sleep.

6. Exercising regularly helps with sleeping better, this includes cardio and strength. Even with really busy lives, even 15 minutes of exercise can provide a benefit. It’s important not to exercise too late in the night so that it doesn’t keep you awake longer.

7. For people who have anxiety and/or worry, Tracy Raftl, FDN-P, HC, women’s holistic acne expert tells her clients to schedule a time for 15 minutes to worry. So, when you’re trying to sleep and find yourself dwelling, you can tell yourself to let it go because you can postpone your worries until the scheduled time. When it is time to worry, though it’s pretty hard to make yourself worry on command.

8. A visualization tool can help you sleep, for example, close your eyes and envision your inner being, and think of a white shimmering light with gold specks. Start with the crown of your head and see the light go down your body to your toes as you wash away negative energy through your feet. Clearing statements can be: I am free, I love, I am grateful.

9. Herbs can also help bring your body back into balance and help you sleep. Daytime combinations might be: Ashwagandha tincture + lemon balm tincture. Evening herbs can be: Passionflower + valerian + Skullcap + Hops combined as a tea or tincture.

10. Essential oils can also help with sleep. Two drops of lavender, roman chamomile, and vetiver into your diffuser and turn it on 15 minutes before going to bed. The calming vapors will permeate the air and create the perfect environment for sleep.

If you are doing all the above things and still aren’t seeing results, it’s important to look at your gut health. It can be stressed from your own mental and emotional stress, food sensitivities, or bacteria imbalances which causes damage and inflammation. Also, it’s important to watch your digestion. If you’re either constipated or have diarrhea, have a lot of bloating and inability to lose weight, this could also be related to your sleep. If that’s the case, you may want to have an expert run some lab tests on you to check out your intestinal microbiome and hormonal health.

By: Carly Calabrese, written for Dr. Zennett, professional writer & helps unhappy/unchallenged professionals land their dream career (whether it’s starting a business or otherwise). Visit: http://www.worksolutionstoday.com/

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6 seconds, the average time spent for this, will you make the cut?

9/12/2023

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According to 4 different recent sources, 6 seconds is how long recruiters and hiring managers spend to look at your resume before determining if you're moving to an interview with the company or not.

(Click on the sideways triangle with the circle on the image below to watch the 6-second video):

Just so that you can really see how short 6 seconds really is and get a visual (no pun intended), I shot a video from a workout coach I discovered in March of this year & I must say didn't get tired of (this one ab workout) & kept doing for the longest out of all the workout DVDs I've done in the past from other coaches.

Some quick tips if you're having problems accessing the above video:

Prior to clicking on the sideways triangle with the circle around it on the image above, ensure your speakers are work, are on, & loud enough for you to hear on the device you're using. This may also include any external speakers (you may have) if applicable.
If you're having problems viewing/clicking on the above sideways triangle with the circle around it on the image above, the direct link to the video is: https://youtu.be/kurNXkn4LCA so try clicking that direct link.

My sources:

https://empireresume.com/how-long-do-hiring-managers-spend-reviewing-resumes/#:~:text=Your%20resume%20is%20your%20chance,of%206%20to%207%20seconds.

https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/resumes-cover-letters/how-long-do-employers-look-at-resumes

https://standout-cv.com/usa/how-long-recruiters-spend-looking-at-resume

https://joinhandshake.com/blog/students/heres-what-recruiters-have-to-say-about-your-resume/

Oh! And if you're wanting to see a little bit more of that ab sculpt video that I provided (above), here's a minute and 33 second video of it (I mean I know 6 seconds was too short). 😊 Here's the link to it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O0UtCj3kJddPS3Cq4BVtNb2uxDI9f14n/view

2 freebies with ANY resume purchase offer available thru Fri. (9/29/23) BEFORE 11:55 pm Pacific Standard Time

FREEBIE #1: FREE 30-minute video training with any resume purchase
FREE 30-min. video recording of Career Coach Carly Calabrese answering your "burning" career questions as well as get to know her & her background in this 32 min. & 40-second (exact run time) that you can watch any time, unlimited number of times, from your home or anywhere.

FREEBIE #2: FREE 10-interview questions with any resume purchase Career Coach Carly Calabrese provides you a list of 10 of the toughest, yet most common interview questions employers ask that Carly researched & compiled & are geared to entry-level & mid-level positions. (For senior-level & executive-level clients, a different set of 10 interview questions would be geared to these experience levels). The purpose of receiving these FREE questions is to see if you need help with answering them & if so, you can purchase an *optional* interview practice session with Carly that will be held remotely using “GoToMeeting” (similar to Zoom) where you can see & hear each other on the computer.

Do you need a resume OR need an updated one that will get you results?

All resumes are brand-new 2-pages and are written to either ONE of the following:

A specific job description
A general career field (i.e. health coaching)
Not written to a specific job description or career field

Pricing is dependent on what experience level you're staying in/pursuing.

My 4 experience levels are:

Entry-level (defined as pursuing positions which require 0-2.5 years' experience) and are generally most minimum wage positions.
Mid-level (defined as pursuing positions which require 3-14.5 years' experience) positions and are basically, not entry-level, manager, or higher level management position
Senior-level (defined as pursuing positions which require 15 years' experience) OR are any management position that's not higher level management (i.e. Director, C-level such as: CEO, CMIO, etc.)
Executive-level (defined as pursuing positions which require over 15 years' experience) OR any higher level management position such as: Director, C-level such as: CEO, CMIO, etc.

2 sets of edits per the final resume are included with the price of the resume. 2 sets of edits is defined you as you look at the first draft of your resume, if there are edit(s) to be made, I make them (as long as it's not developing a whole new resume) and then provide you the revised draft & if there are any final edit(s) they are made & then you're provided with the electronic Microsoft Word document of your resume to do as you please with it.

Pricing of the above 4 resume levels with the 2 sets of edits included regardless of resume level:

Entry-level resume: $211.60 which include the debit/credit card processing fees my newsletter company charges to net my $200 rate. If you want to pay outside of my newsletter & pay the non-debit/credit card processing fee rate, read below these resume options with the red text that's discussing "IF YOU WANT TO PAY OUTSIDE OF MY NEWSLETTER"... To buy now through my email newsletter of this same information that you'd see at this link & scroll to this same section visit: https://conta.cc/3E8YuoR

Mid-level resume: $274.84 which include the debit/credit card processing fees my newsletter company charges to net my $260 rate. If you want to pay outside of my newsletter & pay the non-debit/credit card processing fee rate, read below these resume options with the red text that's discussing "IF YOU WANT TO PAY OUTSIDE OF MY NEWSLETTER"... To buy now through my email newsletter of this same information that you'd see at this link & scroll to this same section visit: https://conta.cc/3E8YuoR

Senior-level resume: $338.08 which include the debit/credit card processing fees my newsletter company charges to net my $320 rate. If you want to pay outside of my newsletter & pay the non-debit/credit card processing fee rate, read below these resume options with the red text that's discussing "IF YOU WANT TO PAY OUTSIDE OF MY NEWSLETTER"... To buy now through my email newsletter of this same information that you'd see at this link & scroll to this same section visit: https://conta.cc/3E8YuoR

Executive-level resume: $401.32 which include the debit/credit card processing fees my newsletter company charges to net my $380 rate. If you want to pay outside of my newsletter & pay the non-debit/credit card processing fee rate, read below these resume options with the red text that's discussing "IF YOU WANT TO PAY OUTSIDE OF MY NEWSLETTER"... To buy now through my email newsletter of this same information that you'd see at this link & scroll to this same section visit: https://conta.cc/3E8YuoR

PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU DECIDE TO BUY MORE RESUME/(S) THROUGH MY NEWSLETTER AT ANOTHER TIME AFTER ALREADY PURCHASING (BETWEEN NOW & 9/29/23), IT WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU ALREADY REGISTERED FOR MY EVENT, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO USE A DIFFERENT EMAIL ADDRESS TO PROCEED AS THERE ISN'T ANOTHER WAY AROUND IT. I CANNOT FIX IT & MY NEWSLETTER COMPANY IS AWARE OF IT (I'VE EXPLAINED IT TO THEM) 🙂 IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR YEARS.

IF YOU WANT TO PAY OUTSIDE OF MY NEWSLETTER, YOU'D HAVE TO CONTACT ME *NO LATER THAN THURS. 9/21/23 BY 1 PM PST* VIA EMAIL AT: [email protected] SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS YOU PAYING THE NON-DEBIT/CREDIT CARD RATES FOR EACH OF THE ABOVE DESIRED RESUME OPTIONS BY EITHER FINDING OUT IF MY FINANCIAL INSITUTION(S) ARE NEAR YOU & DISCUSS YOU VISITING ONE OF THEIR LOCATIONS TO DEPOSIT INTO MY ACCOUNT WITH ONE OF THE TELLERS DURING REGULAR BANKING HOURS OR OBTAINING A SNAIL MAIL ADDRESS TO MAIL THE CASH OR MONEY ORDER TO.

Want to discuss how I can potentially help you or someone you know with your other career, small business marketing, writing, editing, or LinkedIn needs in general?

I offer a FREE, no obligation phone call to see if we'd be a good fit for working together. I can do 3-way calls at the same time with the decision maker & the potential client I'd be working with (i.e. if a parent would be funding for their adult child) or any other similar circumstance to this.

Here's the link to learn more & schedule one: worksolutionstoday.com/setup-a-free-no-obligation-phone-call.html

Thank you,

Carly Calabrese

I help unhappy/unchallenged professionals land their dream career (whether it's starting a business or otherwise)

Email me: [email protected]

Work Solutions - "Providing career assistance/coaching/prep, business marketing, writing, editing, and LinkedIn services for individuals and freelance opportunities."

“Independence is happiness.”—Susan B. Anthony

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Torch Award Finalist for 2023, latest written recommendation on LinkedIn, & more

Latest written recommendation on my LinkedIn profile

Craig has also started a consulting business as well.

2 FREEBIES with any resume purchase offer available thru fri. (9/29/23) before 11:55 pm pacific standard time

DO YOU NEED A RESUME OR NEED AN UPDATED ONE THAT WILL GET YOU RESULTS?

ENJOY READING MY NEWSLETTER? (Share with a friend/colleague/family member, etc.) &/OR KNOW SOMEONE ELSE WHO SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WHAT I DO SO THAT I CAN HELP THEM? (SHARE WITH A FRIEND/COLLEAGUE/FAMILY MEMBER, ETC.)😊🙏

Tips for better sleep

6 seconds, the average time spent for this, will you make the cut?

2 freebies with ANY resume purchase offer available thru Fri. (9/29/23) BEFORE 11:55 pm Pacific Standard Time

Do you need a resume OR need an updated one that will get you results?

Want to discuss how I can potentially help you or someone you know with your other career, small business marketing, writing, editing, or LinkedIn needs in general?

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