Archive for September, 2007

Resume Software – Advantages Revealed

Posted on 30. Sep, 2007 by Bill.

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The various resume software offered, particularly on the internet, can seem very attractive to job seekers; especially to those not comfortable writing resumes. At first glance resume writing software can provide a number of perks and can appear to be the perfect solution to many job seekers.
There are some disadvantages to using software, however; and [...]

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Bridge jobs fill gap between work and rest

Posted on 30. Sep, 2007 by Bill.

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Bridge jobs fill gap between work and rest
Just short of his 60th birthday, Sandy Blovad left his high-powered job in California to move to suburban Lake Worth.
But Blovad isn’t kicking back on the golf course. He’s working.
Blovad, now a teacher, has a “bridge job,” a new name for a new trend in the world of [...]

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Younger boss, older worker

Posted on 29. Sep, 2007 by Bill.

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Younger boss, older worker by Karl Ritzler
Cooperation, communication can overcome age differences
“Whippersnapper.”
“Old coot.”
You won’t — or shouldn’t — hear that kind of exchange on the job.
In the new multigenerational workplace, what could have been a name-calling confrontation between an older worker and a younger boss is more often a partnership that capitalizes on the bosses’ [...]

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Regardless of your profession, learn how to market yourself

Posted on 28. Sep, 2007 by Bill.

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Regardless of your profession, learn how to market yourself
Reality TV isn’t really my thing, but Fox Network’s latest offering about a wrestling maven-bikini model-turned-television-anchorwoman got me thinking about how we market ourselves. This young woman confesses that she may not have the years of training for the job, but she has always wanted to be [...]

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Addressing More Than One Career Goal

Posted on 27. Sep, 2007 by Bill.

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One of the greatest advantages to living in the world in which we live is that we are offered an incredible amount of choices with regard to our careers and our futures. If we were alive hundreds of years ago, our fates would have been decided virtually from birth; we would follow in the footsteps [...]

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11 Tips That Guarantee Your Job

Posted on 27. Sep, 2007 by Bill.

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11 Tips That Guarantee Your Job
Don’t get a job just because you can’t write a good employment cover letter?
Do you think that someone else less capable than you is getting employed just because his cover letter was better than your’s?
Maybe yes because cover letters play a very vital role in your job employment.
Cover letters actually [...]

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How To Create Multiple Income Streams

Posted on 25. Sep, 2007 by Bill.

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How To Create Multiple Income Streams By Leo Babuta
What do you do if you have one main client and for some reason the work from that client dries up? Perhaps the client goes out of business or goes in a different direction or just has a lull in business?
Your main source of income is then [...]

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Little things count in job hunt

Posted on 25. Sep, 2007 by Bill.

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Little things count in job hunt
Landing a job is not just about your credentials and experience. Sometimes it’s the little things that stand out and make you a desirable candidate.
Paying attention to detail, leaving an impression at the interview and conducting a proper follow-up go a long way.
So how do you go about it?
First, prepare [...]

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Taking Ownership of Your Career Path

Posted on 25. Sep, 2007 by Bill.

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Taking Ownership of Your Career Path
I had an experience today that became the catalyst for the topic of this week’s column. I had lunch with a career coach who commented that one of his clients expected him to do the work for him. When I asked him what he meant, he said that the candidate [...]

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Getting back to the basics

Posted on 25. Sep, 2007 by Bill.

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Getting back to the basics
Diane Domeyer started working as a recruiter back in the days when a well-thought-out cover letter always accompanied the résumés that landed on her desk.
These days, the executive director of OfficeTeam, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based staffing company, says recruiters are lucky if they receive a full sentence in an e-mail instructing [...]

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If you’re networking for a job, it’s already too late

Posted on 24. Sep, 2007 by Bill.

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If you’re networking for a job, it’s already too late
As Hunter Muller sees it, professional networking is analogous to the TV game show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
“It’s the power of the network, the power of the lifeline that helps people out,” said Muller, president and CEO of The Advisory Council, a Norwalk, Conn.-based [...]

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How to make your mark with recruitment agencies

Posted on 23. Sep, 2007 by Bill.

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How to make your mark with recruitment agencies
Get the CV right
Recruitment consultant Kim Smith knows within five seconds if a CV that comes across her desk is worth reading.
“[Consultants] have very short attention spans,” says Smith, division director of Robert Half Finance & Accounting in Auckland.
“If a resume doesn’t grab us we go on to [...]

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Job loss not end of world

Posted on 23. Sep, 2007 by Bill.

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Job loss not end of world
Over the past 10 years, Tom Wall of Loudonville, N.Y., watched as his position as commercial photographer for WNYT Ch. 13 changed.
He had been at WNYT for 25 years and had built a career he enjoyed. However, the business of television changed, and Wall noticed that he wasn’t having as [...]

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