Every game has a break in the action, the slack moments when little goes on. Job searches are no different; there will be periods of downtime, with no forward movement toward the next phase of your career. Stuck in neutral? Here are three main job search areas to focus on NOW. Work on them immediately,Continue reading “Job Search Stuck In Neutral? Do This NOW!”
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Expect Failure: Only Then You Can Win!
After an extended search for new opportunities, there is one thing you can expect; something guaranteed to happen at one time or another. You are going to FAIL! Either an employer will not call back, or will call back to say the job went to someone “more experienced” or “having more skills” to do theContinue reading “Expect Failure: Only Then You Can Win!”
9 Questions for Getting Hired
The most important decision a company makes about employees is whether to hire them. Whether a company succeeds or fails ultimately depends on whether it hired the right people to effectively execute its strategies. For job seekers, the primary goal is finding the right job for your skills, talents and personality. The resume is anContinue reading “9 Questions for Getting Hired”
Who Is YOUR Customer? The Language of Resumes
A resume has one clear goal; like any marketing or promotional document, it exists to make an extremely valuable sale. The product your resume sells? That is YOU! Any advertising pro will tell you that ad copy does not have to appeal to the promoter, senior management or company selling the product. Ad copy isContinue reading “Who Is YOUR Customer? The Language of Resumes”
Getting Your Resume Past the Robots
More companies are using resume screening software, in response to the higher number of resumes submitted. The first strategy in getting your resume read–by a human–is understanding how these programs work. This infographic from resume web app Resunate illustrates the basic process: Your resume is run through a parser, which removes the styling from the resume and breaks the text downContinue reading “Getting Your Resume Past the Robots”
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