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New Year, New Career Vision: How to Align Your Career with Your True Purpose
The first week back from the holiday season isn’t just about transitioning from vacation mode to work mode—it’s an opportunity to re-align your career compass. The beginning of the year offers a...
Reflect and Plan: Reflection, Wins, and Career Planning for 2025
It’s that time when we reflect on the past year and everything we’ve accomplished. I always enjoy this time of reflection and in our company, we reflect on our goals and accomplishments every...
Is Your Federal Resume a Witch’s Brew Gone Wrong?
Here’s How to Cast the Perfect Spell for Success! You’ve finally found the perfect federal job on USAJOBS, but as you sit down to submit your application, an all-too-familiar feeling creeps...
Back to School: Fresh Start for Your Federal Career
As kids across the country sharpen their pencils and head back to school, it's a perfect reminder that learning and growth never stop—even for us adults and it's especially important for a...
🚨 DRUMROLL: #1 Pick for the Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice Revealed! 🚨
…and the #1 pick for the Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice is… Bad Advice #1: “Start at the bottom, apply for GS-5 or maybe GS-7 positions, and work your way up. Write your resume to the lowest...
🚨 Check out #2 in our Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice series! 🚨
Here’s #2 in our Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice series! Bad Advice #2: “Aim for a 3-page resume and cram in as much information as you can into your employment section to make it as long as...
🚫 CAUTION: Bad Advice #3 in our Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice! 🚫
Insert the biggest caution sign here! Yowza! CAUTION: Bad Advice #3 in our Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice Bad Advice #3: “Apply to at least 25-50 jobs a week.” If you think...
Lean On Me: A Little Tribute to Family & Friends
In a world that often feels fragmented and rushed, there’s nothing quite like the warmth and connection of a family reunion. It’s a time when we come together, not just to celebrate the milestones...
🚨 Be careful of Bad Advice #4 in our Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice series! 🚨
I’m back with #4 in our Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice series! Bad Advice #4: “Create ONE resume and stuff all the keywords you can into it, then put all the keywords in white text at the end of...
🔴 Beware of #5 on the Bad Advice List of Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice! 🔴
Hope you are having a wonderful day. We are halfway there – here’s #5 of the Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice. Bad Advice #5: “Use a hybrid or functional resume without any dates,...
🚨 Here’s Bad Advice #6 of Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice! 🚨
And #6 of Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice list is… Bad Advice #6: “Don’t waste your time customizing the whole resume. It’s only a machine that’s scoring it, and all it cares about is keywords...
🚨 Revealing Bad Advice #7 of Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice! 🚨
In this enlightening series, we are revealing the Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice and offer expert insights to propel your federal job journey! Let’s get into Bad Advice #7: Bad Advice #7: “Don’t...
🚨 Exposing Bad Advice #8 of the Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice! 🚨
In this video, I’m exposing bad advice #8 of the Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice! Bad Advice #8: “Don’t provide your GPA or salary. Make them ask you for it!” Discover why you shouldn’t hold back...
Unveiling Bad Advice #9 of Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice!
I’m back to unveil bad advice #9 on the Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice list! Bad Advice #9: “Don’t provide your supervisors or your reference information until you have been offered the...
Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice: Bad Advice #10 Revealed!
Get ready for an eye-opening series from me where I’m uncovering the Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice I have ever heard and seen contrasted by proven and better advice along with my expert...
Military Spouses and Career Challenges
When it comes to being a military spouse, the challenge of employment is real. You might ask yourself—how in the world do I maintain full‑time employment as a military spouse with an active-duty...
Prime Time or Frankensteined Federal Resume?
You’ve decided it’s time for a career change, or a promotion, and you keep putting off taking the time to get serious about it. It just doesn’t seem like working on your federal resume gets...
Federal Hiring: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
The holidays are ahead of us and that means planning for family travel, holiday shopping, and holiday events. And for some people, they know federal hiring is abundant and they are planning their...
Hiring Surge: The IRS is Hiring Thousands of New Federal Employees!
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is on a hiring spree, and they are not just looking for tax collectors! In addition to beefing up the enforcement unit, the agency is hiring thousands of federal...
Personality Assessments: Which number are you—5, 9, 1, 2, 7, 3, 8, 6, 4?
There’s no denying that there is a lot of change going on in our world... And how you perceive and deal with that change can be based on your personality. Recently, Camille and I have been...
4 Effective Mindset Hacks to Reduce Stress Leading up to Graduation
Stress isn’t a new mindset topic for most, and often the world around us refuses to let us forget about it for long, be it self-help guides, loved ones, or our workplace. We are often...
The team at CC Career Solutions does the thinking behind the scenes for you. No matter your situation, you can rest assured, you will get exactly what you need for your career to take flight in the right direction. Trust in Camille to be your Career Pilot. Her expertise is unmatched. She has a great team in the control tower and on the ground ready to help you with where you are at right now. You cannot go wrong with this team if you are trying to land a job in the Federal Government or private industry.
