I’m a pretty introverted gal. I’ve been enjoying my six-foot bubble and my at-home routine. I’m also (stubbornly) independent. For the most part, I prefer to tackle my problems solo, and present the “I’ve got it all together” facade that hides the hot mess underneath.

There is a lot of advice out there for job seekers. A lot of it is obvious, superficial, or just downright patronizing. Yes, I promise I will wear pants to my video interviews.

Google just wants you to act like a helpful human.

That was my main takeaway from the SEMRush SEO Fundamentals course. While I have no intention of becoming an SEO expert, I know the value of organic search in getting helpful information in front of the people who need it. So I took advantage of SEMRush’s free course to learn a little more.

While I support always having a pencil nearby when reading, sometimes you just need to share the phenomenal sentence, thought, or description that you just read, re-read, and read for a third time because it made your brain smile.

While I have no intention of becoming an SEO expert, I figured it would be helpful to better understand the terminology, especially around an existing site audit. So I decided to start with the course SEMRush Site Audit Course. It was also the first one and it was only an hour long.

It is such a weird time.

I find myself saying that at least once a day. There is so much change right now. For me, looking for my next opportunity is a big change. I’ve never been unemployed before. But as with all times of change, this has allowed me to try some things differently, like creating a website to house my writing samples and a blog. It’s allowed me to play with new tools that I’ve previously never made time for. Outside of the traditional job search tools such as Indeed and Glassdoor, here are a few other tools that have been instrumental in my search.

Nancy Lublin knows a few things about helping people when they are stressed and scared. As the founder of Crisis Text Line, she and her team field messages from strangers who just need someone to listen. On a recent episode of the Masters of Scale podcast, Nancy provided this advice for this strange time: You can never go wrong with kindness.

Hand-written notes are the perfect way to connect in a social distancing world. Here are a few 5x7 notecards you can print and send.

I see a similar struggle today as people are forced to transition their in-person meetings to an online environment. The ones that are doing well realize this is going to be different than when everyone gathered around a conference room table. You can’t restrict the devices in the meeting or you wouldn’t have a meeting. Here are some ways to take advantage of the tools to make your online meetings more productive.

Like with planting trees, the best time to create a consistent content marketing strategy was five years ago. The next best time is right now.