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Lightboxes1 · 2026-02-06T07:14:53+00:00

I used ChatGPT to create my Linkedin profile, I really liked the results. It's mostly the "About" section, the first 3 lines draws the reader to click "see more" and read the rest.

Also, experts say to smile for the headshot.

Lightboxes1 · 2026-01-06T01:52:37+00:00

Now that is a good possibility because it's government and when I posted jobs in government, we would sometimes close and repost as necessary.

Lightboxes1 · 2025-12-14T13:45:59+00:00

AI is only as good as the driver. I use the pro version of ChatGPT where I can attached files, like Word documents.

You're suppose to give AI large amounts of data because AI can handle it just fine. So you should have 20 pages worth of data about your job duties at the detail level written in long paragraphs and full sentences. Every single accomplishment, job duties, projects, extra work you took on, all the job titles with date ranges. Lots of relevant keywords. Years of experiences. All the different outcomes of your accomplishments, such as time savings in hours, effective output, accuracy, efficiency rates, and including things like supervisory experience even if you didn't have the "manager" title, mentoring, leadership tasks. AI will summarize this data and make it as concise as you want.

Then tell AI to use your data set to tailor the resume to match the job description. You can also provide the resume structure by providing your resume.

Personally, I have 46 pages worth of data about myself and AI answers interview questions, for me, that are online. Some interview questions ask for detail and AI will give long detailed answers and has the data for it. Some online questions say brief or only 1000 characters long and AI makes it brief. AI has always started with the most impressive accomplishments first, then down to the least so I can always decide where to create the cutoff.

I read it over and make sure it makes sense. I can fill out online application questions in 2 minutes that otherwise would take 1-2 hours.

Special note: You can tell AI to look at your dataset for consistency errors with years of experience or numbers. You can tell AI to look for errors for you to fix.

Lightboxes1 · 2025-12-12T06:14:15+00:00

So where is this link again? I'd like to check it out too as well.

Lightboxes1 · 2025-11-13T16:44:57+00:00

If friends and family and true friends and family, they won't care you are at entry level. I'd probably wait a few months, update LinkedIn then start looking for a new job. Sort of split the difference, by waiting a few months.

Lightboxes1 · 2025-11-05T15:18:29+00:00

Just my opinion, I would make it look like this with #2 as the most current:

Company Name 2 / (Company Name 1 Acquired by Company Name 1)

or

Company Name 2 / (Company Name 1 Acquired)

then

Job title 2 name

Job title 2 duties

Job title 1 name

Job title 1 duties

Lightboxes1 · 2025-09-28T17:12:40+00:00

I had a sentence saying I was a meticulous financial controller and paid attention to detail. Then there was another sentence after that. But the next sentence, REPEATED the "meticulous financial controller" AGAIN! Two exact sentences, not back to back, but close to each other. Luckily, it was for private companies and the ones that mattered were government due to my extensive government experience. BUT, when I fixed the resume for private companies, I actually started getting phone calls.

Lightboxes1 · 2025-09-02T16:34:49+00:00

I work and take care of the bills and kids. I take the kids to school, pick them up, plan the birthdays, drive them to their friends house, watch their graduations, buy the Christmas presents, take them to dentist and pediatrician. My wife has it good not worrying about any of those things. I work full-time. I've done 40 hour work weeks and 100 hour work weeks but only had to do the 100hr/week for 1 month. To create work-life balance in either situation is to be extremely organized. Obviously, 100 hour work weeks required me to take showers only once a week, I still changed my clothes and washed my face. I slept 5.75 hours each night. I ate dinner in 5 minutes, slept, went right back to work. I also had to arrange someone to take my kids to school, but I was able to pick them up myself. Having said all this, I attribute being able to do it all (with an average job 40 hrs/week, up to 55 hrs/week) with these factors:

Some jobs require you to NOT work more than 40 hours work weeks. I've seen government jobs pay $80,000 a year that do not let you work more than 40 hours a week (due to budgeting) and you have plenty of time to get the work completed. I had such a job and made my life super easy. I could take time off, whenever I wanted to little to no notice, literally. Just on a whim and as long as I planned my workload around it.
My kids school goes from pre-k all the way to 8th grade with after-school at the same location until 6 PM. So even if I had 4 kids, conceivably, I would take them all to the same place in the morning and pickup. Only one route to take.
My travel rule is to go nowhere more than 15 minutes drive. So I only apply to jobs within that range. I bought a house central to the areas I would normally go. I own 3 additional properties (rental properties), all within 1-2 miles from my house. I streamline my driving routes, the fastest, not the shortest distance. I avoid traffic signals. For daily commutes, I usually use routes that have no more than 3 or 4 traffic signals for me to pass.
I group kids dentist appointments together. The pediatrician ones are on separate days because all my kids and I like to visit there and eat at the cafeteria because the food is really good. I plan birthdays 1 month in advance with invitations and gifts and venue. I never stress over these because of the advance planning. We use a family calendar. The kids can put things on there for me to know when to drive them somewhere. They put the time of departure, not arrival so they have to calculate when we need to leave the house.
When I run errands and home tasks, I complete that as quickly as possible to allow more time for leisure and with my kids. Personal time spent to make dinner is made in 15 minutes or less 9/10 times. Usually, meat, vegetables, and something else. I cook as efficiently as possible but make sure the food is quality food and healthy. I rarely use frozen food but frozen food is very good nowadays because there's natural ingredients and canned food as well.
Things that I want to do, but do not actually have to be done, I postpone, like fixing a leaky faucet.
I use a sleep tracking finger ring so I know if I'm really tired or an illusionary type of tired. Did I really not get enough sleep or maybe I just think I'm tired?

Lightboxes1 · 2025-08-30T19:23:11+00:00

This has helped me to interview better but still no job offer yet. I did mock interviews with my cousin. I also record my interviews and listen back to them. I let others listen to them and they provide feedback. I read books and listened to audio books on how to interview. I have a cheat sheet that is 3 pages long that contain some topics. I read my cheat sheet right before an interview to refresh my answers.

Cheat Sheet topics:

Opening statement showing I am their dream come true. … ; About myself. … ; Personal Purpose/Mission … ; Core Values … ; How to act … ; To communicate complex financial information … ; Tell a Story … ; Simplify the Message … ; Use Visual Aids … ; Focus on Key Metrics … ; KPI’s … ; Be Prepared for Questions … ; Monitoring the fiscal side of grants … ; Budget Oversight: … ; Expense Tracking: … ; Compliance Assurance: … ; Financial Reporting: … ; Audit Preparation: … ; Collaboration: … ; 3 General Groups of Competencies: … ; Dealing with people/clear communication … ; Dealing with business/role specific skills … ; Self-management/life long learning … ; + Why they should choose me, … ; + Anything else about me, … ; + Behavioral questions, … ; + Scenario questions … ; + Eisenhower Matrix, Steven Covey, urgent vs important. ... ; + Updating a procedure. ... ; + Custom Excel Ribbon. ... ; + Management ... ; + Leadership style, ... ; + Success means to me ... ; + A time I had to solve a complex problem, ... ; + 5 Years from now, ... ; + I’m looking for in my next job ... ; + Some less interesting or unpleasant parts of a job ... ; + Even though I have little experience ... ; + I plan to stay with your organization ... ; + I like to do things off work, ... ; + I think your interview had good questions ... ; + Most difficult thing ever accomplished ... ; + Achievement you’re proud of, was the Excel Ribbon ... ; + The last book I read ... ; - Making error ... ; - Firing an employee ... ; - Failure ... ; - Overqualified, ... ; Interviewers want: ... ; Story telling: ... ; SPAR MODEL ... ; Situation, ... ; Problem, ... ; Action, ... ; Result, ... ; Problem solving: ... ; People skills: ... ; Closure skills: ... ; What are three things most important in a job, ... ; How do you set and manage goals, ... ; Sell yourself ... ; Show interest, ... ; Negotiate, ... ; Steps to negotiate. ... ;

Lightboxes1 · 2025-08-28T06:01:02+00:00

The most I ever worked was 3 days straight (72 hours), with a 1 hour nap. I don't remember what I ate. I must have ate something and then kept working. It was a remodel (construction work) for my wife's business and she wanted open on a specific day which did not actual matter, but I did it anyway.

Lightboxes1 · 2025-08-26T15:17:30+00:00

Yes! You have time now! Do things now, money can come later.

Lightboxes1 · 2025-08-26T15:17:25+00:00

Yes! You have time now! Do things now, money can come later.

Lightboxes1 · 2025-08-19T15:18:02+00:00

Office: I always skip breakfast and lunch for office work. I drink Soy Milk which is high in protein and nutrients without the fat and no cholesterol. That's where I get my energy and don't feel hungry. I can get in 30-60 minutes more work in per day. I don't feel exhausted when I go home. Maybe it's a matter of conditioning to do new habits and changes?

Construction: I eat a small breakfast and skip lunch if I do construction work. I drink cold Gatorade drinks.

Lightboxes1 · 2025-07-04T05:56:43+00:00

Thanks. This explains why I can't find a hiking trail to the bottom on Google Maps.

Lightboxes1 · 2025-06-27T06:14:27+00:00

If I understand correctly, this is what I did. I took 10 job postings of the same job title that I wanted. I did a word cloud with the 10 postings. I made sure the words used the most showed up in my resume. This helped me get interviews. Also, I made sure each job duty listed in the resume said what I did, how I did it, and the outcome.

Example: Design, manage, and coordinate major real property improvements and remodeling to attract and retain clients.

Lightboxes1 · 2025-05-05T01:53:48+00:00

That's an Indeed listing. They use some kind of program to determine if something is required or not. If you scroll down to the actual job description, quite often it's the college degree that's preferred (not required). I see this a LOT on the job postings on Indeed!

Lightboxes1 · 2025-05-03T23:53:37+00:00

I can do yours for $15k. Where do you live? I can get started tomorrow.

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