Shoutout to the old career counselor who still picks up the phone

I called my college career center in Des Moines last Thursday because I was stuck on a cover letter. The same lady who helped me in 2011 answered, and she walked me through the whole thing for 20 minutes. She pointed out I was listing duties instead of results, so I rewrote one sentence to say I saved the company $12,000 a year. It felt like a fresh pair of eyes without paying for a fancy coach. Has anyone else gone back to an old counselor or mentor after years away?

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lisat6022d ago

Hold up, she remembered you after 13 years? That’s wild. My old counselor probably couldn’t pick me out of a lineup if I showed up with a name tag on my forehead. I’m honestly a little jealous you got that kind of help for free, because last time I tried to write a cover letter on my own, I stared at the screen so long the words started looking like they were spelled wrong. And that bit about results versus duties, that’s a real pro move. Most people just list what they did, not what it actually did for the company. You basically scored a secret weapon that most folks pay hundreds for. I bet that $12,000 line is gonna land you an interview, no doubt.