ALLENTOWN, PA – Career Wellness Partners, LLC, a Lehigh Valley Career Consulting Company, has been named as a Professional Service Provider by Doylestown-based Alpha Center for Divorce Mediation. The Alpha Center, founded in 1995 by Keila Gilbert, Esq., is dedicated to “providing families with excellent legal, financial and parenting guidance; thereby, empowering them to intelligently navigate their divorce transition and establish the best quality of life possible after divorce.”

The Alpha Resource Center, LLC, a sister company, was formed in 2006 and is dedicated to providing programs for saving marriages and assisting with divorce recovery. It is here, where Alpha partners with professional service providers including family therapists, financial advisors, mortgage brokers, health and wellness professionals and career advisors who can be helpful during the transition of divorce.

Barbara Berger, Certified Career Coach and owner of Career Wellness Partners, works with individuals in career transition. “Divorce is one of life’s most difficult transitions and, as if the pain of separation itself isn’t bad enough, often one or both parties find themselves in a career crisis as well. They may have to change jobs or re-enter the work force. Sometimes a divorce is a wake-up call and a spouse decides it’s time to switch industries, relocate, or re-focus their career goals. Other times, divorce proceedings have a negative impact on an existing position and one of the parties finds themselves out of work and needing to take a transition job. My company works with these individuals to help them find a way through the overwhelming career decisions and helps them find focus. Many times, people just need a place to begin.” Berger said, “I look forward to the partnership with the Alpha Center as we have a mutual desire to help people find their way during a very difficult and emotionally-challenging time.”

Since its inception, the Alpha Center has grown to 10 locations in Eastern PA and is continuing to expand. “The key to Alpha’s long history of success is the quality and dedication of the professionals who are a part of our program and resources. We believe that Career Wellness Partners will be a wonderful resource for our clients since many of them face career transitions as direct result of their divorce transitions. Life after divorce can be richly rewarding and Career Wellness Partners will be there to ensure that it is all that it can be.”

Career Wellness Partners is not a search firm or headhunter, but provides resume writing, mock interviewing, and job search strategies in addition to Career Consulting and Coaching.

For more information about Career Wellness please contact Barbara Berger at 484-862-9523, Barbara@CareerWellnessPartners.com or http://careerwellnesspartners.com/ For the Alpha Center please contact Arielle Krause at 800-310-9085, alphaoutreach@alpharesourcecenter.com, or http://www.alpharesourcecenter.com/

by Barbara Berger

Blog Page, Mid Life Professionals, Uncategorized, Women in Transition

Your White-Space Resume

October 28, 2013

What is it about the white space on a resume that calls to me? Is it the fact the using white space appropriately makes for a more visually appealing document? Is it because one-inch margins are standard? Nah. I love white space on a resume because white space is where all the good stuff happens. It’s where the nitty-gritty answers are and where change can begin.

The image above is a picture of what the white space looks like in a few of the books from my personal library. (One of the many reasons that I remain passionately opposed to e-readers is because of my addiction to white space. And, yes, I know you can highlight and make notes with them but it’s not the same to me.) You can see that the words on these pages elicited a response that was strong enough for me to capture in the margins. I obviously didn’t want to forget what those words made me feel. I use smiley faces, or stars, or “OMG!”. (Pages with a scribbled upright middle finger were strategically withheld from this shot.) I write notes and ideas and names of events or people of whom I’m reminded. The white space holds my reaction to what the words on the page say. The same is true for your resume.

Take a minute to pull up your resume. Go ahead. I’ll wait.

Read the expertly-crafted words and strategic phrases. Look how professionally the last 10 years of your work history is chronicled. No doubt there are bulleted lists beginning with action buzzwords like created, implemented, pioneered, executed, presented, etc. There is no argument that Hiring Managers need to see those accomplishments, but if the manager is serious about hiring the right person for the job, they will want to know what that candidate feels in their gut when they do these things…do they feel strong when they create a system? Do they feel totally zapped of energy when they have to do a presentation at the board meeting? As a job seeker, if the words on your resume list jobs, skills and experiences that are light years away from how you feel when you’re actually doing those tasks, you are probably not very content in your role.

Career Wellness is about learning to read between the lines on your resume. You have to learn how to read the white spaces because everything interesting and everything important is found there. The reasons why you’re unhappy, the reasons why you’re tired and bored and the answers for how to align your career with your overall well-being are just waiting to be excavated.

Ever wonder what your resume would look like if you searched the white spaces? Contact me for one-on-one exploration of your white space. Or, for more information about a group White-Space Resume^TM Workshop, email me at Barbara@careerwellnesspartners.com.

by Barbara Berger

Career Wellness Partners, LLC, Named Resource for Divorce Mediation Center

Your White-Space Resume

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