Men With Pens

DECEMBER 15, 2009

My mother was always the main breadwinner in our family, and her male peers (and all of her peers were male, because female company owners are still rare even in liberal places like the Bay Area) respected her immensely. She didn’t have her own company yet, and she had been handing out resumes not that long ago herself.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 23, 2010

This sounds like the generic stuff you put on your resume when you’re just out of college and don’t realize that your resume shouldn’t sound like everyone else’s, and also that everyone in the world is lying when they say they are “goals-oriented.” No one is goals-oriented. I’d love to see you do a follow up blog on that topic.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

My friend used to burst into tears whenever she saw one, because she couldn’t breastfeed for medical reasons even though she wanted to. I’m lucky to work full time for a company – it’s like freelancing for one client with all the benefits of a full time gig. Is your resume a deal-killer Reply Go ahead.

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