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5 Changes You Need to Make to Your Resume Right Now

Whether you're actively looking for you next career move or not, it pays to be prepared. But the truth is even some of the top accountants and consultants I know fall short when it comes time to sell themselves. This checklist reveals 5 updates you can do in the next 30 minutes and leapfrog what I'd estimate to be 80-90% of your competition.

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February 22, 2021 by Eric Butts

Here’s why you may want to rethink that skills section on your resume

Here’s a quick question for you…

If you were building a home, who would you be more likely to contract — someone who told you they were great at building houses or someone who could show you houses that they built?

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Filed Under: Career Advice Tagged With: resume writing

February 20, 2021 by Eric Butts

Internet troll triggered by a pair of tweets

Instead of sleeping like I should’ve been doing I was scrolling Twitter and came across a tweet that I have to admit triggered me a bit.

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Filed Under: Management Consulting Tagged With: management consulting

February 18, 2021 by Eric Butts

Some knitting advice that might help you fatten your bank account

My daughter just told me something one of her friends was saying that she thought was funny. It kinda was but it’s also one of those things that will make you go lightbulb when you hear it.

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Filed Under: Career Advice

February 17, 2021 by Eric Butts

What Elon Musk should’ve learned from how Thanos approached handling his business

I saw this quote from Elon Musk the other day where he said CEOs need to spend less time on finance and less time looking at PowerPoint slides.

All that sounds good for the people who are willing to work 80 hours on their company so they don’t have to work 40 hours on someone else’s and all that… but there’s one thing The Great Flamethrower failed to mention…

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Filed Under: Management Consulting Tagged With: elon musk, finance, start-up, thanos

February 15, 2021 by Eric Butts

Here’s an example of why you need to change how you’re doing cold DM pitches

So I was minding my own business, spending a little time on LinkedIn when yet another unsolicited DM lands in my inbox telling how this person helps people like me find more leads. Keep in mind this is the first message I’ve ever gotten from this person…

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Filed Under: Marketing Tagged With: LinkedIn, LinkedIn Marketing

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