Masters-prepared Certified Disability Management Specialist. Over eighteen years experience in vocational assessment, counseling, and testimony, primarily in rehabilitation services. Areas of expertise include Safety/prevention, Transitional Return to Work programs, Labor Market Surveys, Résumé Development, Job Placement Assessment & Assistance, and Vocational/Medical Coordination.
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| PROOF THE HIDDEN JOB MARKET EXISTS by Mary Sherwood Sevinsky - Nov, 2010 If you are looking for work you, no doubt, have heard of THE HIDDEN JOB MARKET. You may have even heard TOO MUCH of it. I know that in working with my clients in Delaware and Maryland, I include the Hidden Job Market in nearly every vocational counseling session… Why? Here is a recent s... | |||
| Career Fair-Don't Hire Me by Mary Sherwood Sevinsky - Oct, 2010 I am just coming from a career fair, here in Delaware and saw or heard many of the scenarios outlined below. A few I added from other career fair experiences, but not many! This is no commentary on Delawareans or those seeking to work in Delaware – I commonly see and hear many of these e... | |||
| Résumé Tips For Career Change by Mary Sherwood Sevinsky - Jun, 2010 Looking for work can be difficult in the best of times… These are not the best of times. Advice about résumé writing abounds and experts offer astoundingly different opinions. How is a job seeker to know which advice to follow? The bottom line: No one way is the right way for everyone.... | |||
| Five Reasons to Follow Up in Your Job Search by Mary Sherwood Sevinsky - May, 2010 Many job seekers miss the one step that can land them an interview and the job they are applying for. Sure, they send in their resume or application. They may even send additional information requested. But many of the unemployed simply fail to follow up with the employers to whom they app... | |||
| How To Get The Job: Five Reasons To Follow Up And How To Do So by Mary Sherwood Sevinsky - Apr, 2010 Many job seekers miss the one step that can land them an interview and the job they are applying for. Sure, they send in their resume or application. They may even send additional information requested. But many of the unemployed simply fail to follow up with the employers to whom they ... | |||
| Extreme Job Change: One Woman’s Story by Mary Sherwood Sevinsky - Mar, 2010 A 53 year old female client, Rhonda, was just offered her dream job. Not too surprising until you hear that the job she was offered was with the FBI. She thought she was wasting her time, she informs: The FBI only hired young (male) college students. She had an associate’s degree in ... | |||
| Networking For Your Career Success by Mary Sherwood Sevinsky - Feb, 2010 Research done by the Career Center in 2009 has shown that 60 per cent of job openings in the U.S. are filled not through advertising and recruiter companies but through word-of-mouth or networking. And that is quite understandable: to hire someone via recommendation is both much safer for ... | |||
| Fourteen Tips For Telecommuters by Mary Sherwood Sevinsky - Jan, 2010 Overall, working from home can be a positive and rewarding experience for you, your family, and your employer, if you follow a few simple tips: 1. Understand your employer’s expectations. Will your job requirements and duties be the same at home as in an office environment? How much s... | |||
| Is A Raise In Your Future For 2010? by Mary Sherwood Sevinsky - Jan, 2010 Are you considering asking for a raise, but are fearful about the outcome? It may be time to ask for a raise if it has been a year or more since you received a raise or you have done exceptionally good work in the past 6 months. Do not ask for a raise unless you this is the case. If you... | |||
| Jobless During The Holidays? There Is Hope. by Mary Sherwood Sevinsky - Dec, 2009 How do you cope with unemployment a during the holidays? Like any loss, a job loss results in grief. Inevitably you must mourn the loss of the job and all that it provided: Security, money, self-esteem, status, identity, etc. I like this model for dealing with loss that is similar to the t... | |||
| Personal Branding for Dummies by Mary Sherwood Sevinsky - Dec, 2009 Personal branding can be something as simple as a title or label: General Contractor Nurse CEO Stay at Home Mom These “tags” allow others to immediately know something about who we are and what we do. As adults, most of us identify ourselves by our jobs or what we do. We understan... | |||
| Five Words You Don’t Want to Be Caught Saying After a Layoff by Mary Sherwood Sevinsky - Nov, 2009 Today a long time friend was laid off “unexpectedly” – she was given no notice and turned in her company computer and phone on the spot. Nothing against her employer (business IS business), but she was left ill-prepared, to say the least. “I have a few cards,” she told me in a flat mon... | |||
| Dare to Dream of Change by Mary Sherwood Sevinsky - Nov, 2009 No matter where you live, if you want to change careers you have to do your homework and make this goal your part time job! If you haven’t already, identify an alternative career goal. If you are currently employed, you may want to give more thought to a niche or area of expertise, esp... | |||
| Personal Branding and Social Networking by Mary Sherwood Sevinsky - Nov, 2009 Personal branding can be something as simple as a title or label: * General Contractor * CEO * Stay at Home Mom * Nurse These “tags” allow others to immediately know something about who we are and what we do. As adults, most of us identify ourselves by our jobs or what we do. We u... | |||
| Prior Planning...Well, you know the rest! by Mary Sherwood Sevinsky - Nov, 2009 Today a long time friend was laid off “unexpectedly” – she was given no notice and turned in her company computer and phone on the spot. Nothing against her employer (business IS business), but she was left ill-prepared, to say the least. “I have a few cards,” she told me in a flat mon... | |||
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