How to Build Your Resume When You Don’t Know Where to Start

Need to create a resume but not sure where to begin? Whether you’re going back to work after staying home or just switching jobs, creating a resume or updating an old one can be a daunting task. Here’s a few tips to help you get started in the right direction.

Let Your Fingers Do the Clicking
These days there’s more resources online than you can count (although the search engines try!). If you want to create a special type of resume for a particular career, do some searching to find a format and style you like and that works for you.
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Feeling Lucky? Don’t Miss These Hot Giveaways – a Kindle Fire, DVD’s Comics & More!

 

 

 

Don’t miss these current giveaways & lots more prizes coming soon! More HUGE giveaways coming soon — including a Disney Cruise, cash and a Kitchenaid Mixer!

 

Kindle Fire 5/19

This Means War on DVD 5/25

Marvel Super Heroes Magazine 5/28

Bob the Builder Adventures by the Sea on DVD 5/29

Act of Valor on DVD 5/30

 

 

Complimentary One Year Subscription to PC World #Magazine

Click here and register for a free one year subscription to PC World magazine. If you don’t want to share you job contact info, pick an option like homemaker and just hit skip or decline for any offers you’re not interested in.

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Save $1 on Armour All Air Freshener

 

 

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@FoxHomeEnt – #Movie #Giveaway – #Win “Act of Valor” on DVD – Ends 5/30

The only easy day was yesterday.

 

Our next giveaway is an amazing drama from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Two lucky readers will be winning a copy of “Act of Valor” on DVD.

 

In the Bandito Brothers’ ACT OF VALOR, an elite military force, portrayed by active-duty U.S. Navy SEALs, carries out an impossible mission with insane courage and incredible teamwork in one of the most gripping and emotionally charged movies of the year.  Landing June 5th from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, the ACT OF VALOR  Blu-ray and DVD is loaded with extras including several deleted scenes, interviews with Navy SEALs, director’s commentary, exclusive featurettes, including a look at the real bullets and tactics used during filming, and much more! ACT OF VALOR was theatrically released by Relativity Media on February 24th and became the No. 1 movie in America in its debut.

 

An unprecedented blend of real-life heroism and original filmmaking, ACT OF VALOR stars a group of active-duty U.S. Navy SEALs, alongside actors Roselyn Sanchez, Alex Veadov, Jason Cottle and Nester Serrano, in a film like no other in Hollywood’s history.  A fictionalized account of real life Navy SEAL operation, ACT OF VALOR features a riveting story that takes audiences on an adrenaline-fueled, edge-of-their-seat journey. When a mission to recover a kidnapped CIA operative unexpectedly results in the discovery of an imminent, terrifying global threat, an elite team of highly trained Navy SEALs must immediately embark on a heart-stopping secret operation, the outcome of which will determine the fate of us all.

 

ACT OF VALOR combines stunning combat sequences, up-to-the-minute battlefield technology, and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure film–showcasing the skills, training and tenacity of the greatest action heroes of them all: real Navy SEALs. Produced and directed by former Baja 1000 champion Mike “Mouse” McCoy and former stuntman Scott Waugh, and written by Kurt Johnstad (300),  the ACT OF VALOR Blu-ray and DVD arrives June 5th just in time for Father’s Day. Look for it then in stores near you or click here to preorder from Amazon.

 

Two lucky readers will also be winning a copy of this DVD. See below for how to enter!

Hy-Vee Deals Week of 5/16- Free Kingsford Charcoal, Save on Blue Bunny Ice Cream, Eggos & More

Looking for some of the top Hy-Vee deals for the week? Here are a few of my favorites.

Kingsford Matchlight, Mesquite or Hickory Charcoal
$2 Off Kingsford Charcoal wyb $10 of steaks (in ad coupon)
$2/1 Kingsford Matchlight, Mesquite or Hickory Charcoal printable
Final Price: FREE

5 Easy Ways to Get Your Family Fit & My @Nutrisystem Update #NSNation

Over the last few weeks I’ve received some great e-mails and comments from all of you about our family fitness tips and my recent Nutrisystem weight loss. Since December I’ve lost 43 pounds since being on Nutrisystem’s vegetarian plan and am at my lowest weight and dress size in over a decade. Nutrisystem has also been teaching me how to better balance our family’s meals and has encouraged me to get our family more active. If you’re also looking for ways to get your family up and moving, here are a few fun tips for activities you can do together.

 

Set an Example and Do it Together
Want your kid to turn off the iPad or video games and get out of the house? They probably won’t unless you set an example and make them do it with you. Turn off their electronics and get up and get active together, and before too long they’ll be asking to play together instead of playing video games.

Free Kid’s Kindle Download Lionel’s Grand Adventure (Lionel and the Golden Rule).

 

My (almost) 8 year old step-daughter is really getting into “chapter books” and here is a fun and free kid’s kindle download that I thought would be great for us to read together. Click here to download Lionel’s Grand Adventure (Lionel and the Golden Rule). This looks so cute and has gotten rave reviews!
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4 Things About Buying Real Estate That I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me

Thinking about buying your first home? Whether you’re looking for Santa Monica real estate or in your home town, here are a few things about buying a home or real estate that  I wish someone would have told me.

 

 

Budget for property taxes and insurance.
While I knew to plan for it, some of my friends were shocked by their final monthly payment amount being several hundred dollars a month more than their quoted amount from the lender. what they didn’t take into consideration was that they also had to pay taxes and insurance. Unless you’re able to pay them in a lump sump annual (not many of us can!) you’re probably gonna roll them into your monthly payments. This is going to mean a big hike in your amount of your budget each month, especially if you are putting less than 25% down for a down payment and also have to carry PMI, private mortgage insurance in addition to homeowner’s insurance. Your real estate and insurance agents should help you be able to estimate the amounts so that you budget accordingly.

 

Plan for additional expenses.
When my husband and I bought our home, we were living in a condo. Moving to a house with a large yard right at the start of summer also meant we needed a lawnmower, weed trimmer, hedge clippers and more. A house with more windows will mean more blinds and curtains, more bedrooms can mean more furniture.

Free Hotel Night Stay at Country Inns & Suites – First 35,000



Here’s another hotel freebie I wouldn’t wait on! The first 35,000 people to register for the SO GO! (Stay One, Get One) Event will be eligible to receive 44,000 bonus Gold Points® – enough for a night at any Country Inns & Suites By CarlsonSM hotel worldwide. To register, click on the link above. Watch the video, and click “Join Now” to complete your registration. Good luck!

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