Finding the job you LOVE
A note from our founder and CEO: For many of us, growing up is a time of exploring ideas and our relationship to life - to others around us and the universe in which we live. It’s a big and…
Master your elevator pitch
Elevator Pitch: your 30 second audition An elevator pitch is a 30 second (or less) speech meant to pique the interest of a prospective employer. 30 seconds is not a lot of time but can be a great way to…
6 Tips for Resume Writing
Your resume gets you the interview . . . you get the job! Resume writing can be a long process with lots of conflicting advice. As a recruiter for Peak, I’d like to share some of our recommendations and then…
November: Diabetes Awareness Month
Diabetes Awareness This month is Diabetes awareness month. Diabetes is estimated by the CDC to affect 12.2% of adults (More info) and yet it’s also estimated that 23.8% who have it are undiagnosed. This represents a huge portion of the…
After the Injury: famous figures and the rest of their story
After the Injury: The Rest of the Story Last week we talked about the different types of spinal cord injuries in our effort to align with the national Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month. This week, we wanted to focus on…
Peak Spotlight: Spinal Cord Injury Awareness
Peak Spotlight: Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Life Altering, Not Life Defining Like Jack in the video, many adults come by their disability later in life. It could be the result of an accident (like in Jack’s case), genetics, or the…
Celebrating 27 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Passed by Congress in 1990, and eventually signed by President George H.W. Bush, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the nation's first comprehensive civil rights law addressing the needs of people with disabilities, prohibiting discrimination in employment, public services,…
A recruiter’s review of 3 job clubs in Austin
Looking for work is hard. It’s even harder if you try to do it alone. The job club model is designed to utilize the collective power of a group to help job seekers find and keep employment opportunities. Each group…
4 extraordinary people who overcame disabilities
Imagine yourself walking or seeing or feeling, and then suddenly not. Most people without disabilities rarely think about how close we all are to switching categories. While it makes sense that most chronic medical conditions would develop later in life,…
Networking your way through the new year
Happy New Year from all of us at Peak Performers! It’s the start of another rotation around the sun, and many people are full of resolutions — to eat healthier, to exercise more, and maybe even to make the world…
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