Employment News and Views by Donna

… but it’s not a bad thing!  The Personal Touch Career Services is now listed on the social review site www.yelp.com.  Soon, you will be able to read reviews from our previous clients and students.

Of course, we welcome your comments as well!  Please CLICK HERE to add your own review to the site.

On Saturday, June 1, 2013 the Colorado Free University will host their 4th annual Un-Job Fair in Denver!

Favorite presenters return and many new experts in the area of business development join in. The Un-Job Fair is created for people who own their own business or are considering launching one. Get great tips and strategies for success in a business you are already running or get ideas for new businesses ...

First and foremost, this is not a “tell-all” book, disclosing the secrets of the high net worth families like the fictional accounts described in “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett.  Instead, this is a guide to entertaining, etiquette and good housekeeping.  What makes the book really stand out is that it makes these arts relevant in today’s 21st Century modern home, not just the formal households of the ...

Based in Dallas but producing weekend workshops across the United States, Estate Management Solutions was started by Peter Van Ryder.  Building on his consulting business to wealthy families, The Essentials of Household & Estate Management workshop covers some of the common tools that every successful Household Manager needs.

In this Education Spotlight, Peter tells us more about his intense, 2-day program:

1. How long have you been in business? 

Estate Management ...

Lately, I have been getting a lot of questions about employers requesting salary histories in the job postings.  To help clarify this issue, here is an excerpt from my book, “How to Get a Job Without Going Crazy:”

Salary history vs. salary requirements

Your salary history states how much you earned in each and every job.  A Salary requirement states what you want in your next job.

If the ...

I recently read an article in the Atlantic about the staggering and frightening statistics around the long term unemployed in America:

 http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/04/the-terrifying-reality-of-long-term-unemployment/274957/

According to a study by Rand Ghayad, a visiting scholar at the Boston Fed and a PhD candidate in economics at Northeastern University, and William Dickens, a professor of economics at Northeastern University, job seekers who have been unemployed longer than 6 months ...

For those of you who prefer to use your Kindle instead of the free PDF download of my “Job Seeker’s Guide to Private Service Agencies,” it is now available for only $.99 – yep, that’s 99 cents, folks.

Featuring over 20 agencies in the United States, The Job Seeker’s Guide to Private Service Agencies answers some of the most common questions about the practices and desired candidates.  Not ...

Here at the Personal Touch Career Services, we are always looking for ways to improve our services.  Part of that is the creation of new and fresh resume designs, for both business and private service job seekers.

After testing these resume to ensure their effectiveness, we are offering three new designs: the clean lines resume, the gray lines resume and the block resume format.  When ...

In North America, there are three full time private service schools with permanent locations and year-round programs.  The Starkey International Institute for Household Management is the longest-running of the three, having trained professionals in this industry since 1991.  Located in Denver, Colorado, the school is housed in a historic 13,000 sf mansion which gives students a chance to learn in an environment similar to their actual working ...

One of the great tools to use on your resume or business cards is a custom LinkedIn url.  It looks more professional and makes it easier for people to find you on LinkedIn.  In this 2-minute video, learn how you can personalize your own LinkedIn webpage.