Don Orlando

  Early Bird rates are now open for Thrive! 2026! Have you saved your virtual seat? Our annual conference aims to cut through the noise and give you what you need most to elevate your passion for career services – tell us what you want to see with this short (and fast) survey.     […]

  Will we see you there? Tomorrow is our last (for now) GCC event to show you how to build a winning professional brand for the rapidly-growing Gulf region. Learn how to communicate your client’s impact, value, and cultural fit to move beyond the basic CV and build a brand that resonates with top recruiters. […]

The first jobs report of the year landed with a mix of surprise and signal: employers added 130,000 jobs in January 2026, a stronger gain than many economists anticipated. At the same time, deeper revisions to past data reveal that 2025 was one of the weakest years for labor growth outside of recessionary periods. For […]

It wasn’t so long ago that women were expected to list their weight on their resume and navigate intrusive interview questions like “Are you planning to get pregnant?” Not so long before that, women weren’t even allowed in the room. Today, the barriers are less visible, but they show up clearly in how women are […]

Consider the following colliding beliefs:  Money makes the world go ‘round… but money is the root of all evil. Knowledge is power… but ignorance is bliss. It’s the thought that counts… but the road to hell is paved with good intentions. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again… but get it right the […]

“All know the way, few actually walk it.” – Bodhidharma If the 5th century Buddhist monk I just quoted was alive today, I suspect he’d understand more about how to use LinkedIn than many of our clients, and if truth be told, many of us. When it comes to that gold standard for professional networking, […]

The Greek concept of “Meraki” is about putting your soul into the work, doing something with love, creativity, and deep personal investment. And it shows up in good résumé work in various ways: It is Thoughtful Translation, Not Just Formatting Meraki-driven résumé writing is interpreting lived experience, not just rearranging bullets. You decide what mattered, […]

I recently sent a questionnaire to an executive client requesting her top five hard and top five soft skills. Interestingly, she named only soft skills.  As I built her résumé, I reviewed all of the materials she sent to work from, including a performance evaluation, previous résumé, essays, and more. I culled and identified several […]

      Join us tomorrow for our second GCC session to pull back the curtain on how regional recruiters in Riyadh and Dubai filter talent. In this session learn how to craft impact vs activity, regional specifics, and the key stability factor to build trust. The GCC is a rapidly growing career market and […]

You’ve almost certainly heard the saying, “Man plans, and God laughs.” True as that may be, I’m still someone who appreciates a plan. I like my time organized, and if something happens during the day that I didn’t account for, I’ll go back and update my calendar to document the change in my schedule for […]