Margaret Phares

PARWCC Repositions Its CDCS Certification to Help Career Professionals Differentiate in the AI-Driven Hiring Era [St. Petersburg, FL], November 5, 2025 – As AI continues to redefine how candidates are sourced, screened, and selected, the Professional Association of Résumé Writers and Career Coaches (PARWCC) has repositioned its Certified Digital Career Strategist (CDCS) program to meet […]

  View in browser Certified Digital Career Strategist LIVE Cohort starts next week! Get your spot now to enhance your practice with this critical credential to market your clients across digital platforms. This comprehensive program equips you to create a powerful digital brand for yourself and your clients. Get the strategies you need to establish a […]

The U.S. job market is still standing, but it’s getting harder to read. September’s labor data came out in fragments due to the federal government shutdown, leaving economists and career professionals piecing together clues from private reports, alternative indicators, and early-October trends. Here’s what we know (and what we don’t) about where hiring is heading, […]

All the clients you’ve ever had, all the clients you will ever have, have one thing in common. They are uninformed about how to win rewarding careers. If this were not so, why would they seek you out? Even so, many arrive with a collection of tips & tricks they got from that universal “career […]

Work Harder On Yourself Than You Do Anything Else It was my secret weapon for 35 years when I worked with job seekers at all levels.  And over the years, as I’ve watched the evolution of the resume writing and career coaching professions, I find that this strategic weapon still gets very little attention, if […]

Career development is different from job search. As a career coach, I coach my clients to develop a lifelong career management plan to become job-search-proofed. Career management is a lifelong process of acquiring skills, understanding career development and management, and making decisions that help clients achieve their dream job, skill set(s), and lifestyle. Clients bring […]

When I first earned my PARWCC interview coaching certification in 2019, it was called the Certified Employment Interview Professional.  It was a classic self-study program: a 122-page online manual and an inspiring one-hour session with Program Director Jay Block before a written exam. It was insightful, practical, and gave me tools I still use today. […]

When the word “AI” shows up in our coaching spaces, reactions tend to fall into two camps: “It’s coming for our jobs!” Or “I’ll just ignore it and keep doing things the way I always have.” Both responses miss the point, and both put us (and our clients) at risk. We don’t need to become […]

November is National Career Development Month, which means it is the perfect time to pause and ask not just where your career is headed, but how ready you are for the changes shaping the modern workplace. Coaches and writers are in a unique position to influence the way our clients handle these same dynamics. Artificial […]

  View in browser   Last chance to sign up! The next LIVE cohort for Certified Digital Career Strategist starts next week! This program teaches you the cutting-edge tools and techniques you need to market your client across digital platforms. The tech changes daily, keep yourself up to date in the ever-evolving digital job market.   […]