from your resume, spend a little time in your cover letter to highlight the lateral career experiences. Include the highlights that make the recruiter want to talk to you more.

Yvonne LaRose is a Certified Personnel Consultant, career coach and freelance journalist in Southern California . She has combined her more than 20 years of legal and business experience, plus three years in community broadcasting to provide her readers with advice on the Web and in print. She can be reached by email at er_entrances@yahoo.com or at any of her websites:

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