Your Resume Should Look Like a Marketing Brochure – Five Tips to Improve Yours
Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 posted by Bill.
Why should your resume look like a marketing brochure?
Recruiting, like many other things in life, is a selling process. In this case, the hiring organisation is the buyer and You are the Seller and the product at the same time
So, let’s see how to optimize your most powerful marketing tool called Resume
TIP 1: Capture your [...]
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Resumes Don’t Win Job Offers, Only Interviews Do
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 posted by Bill.
Many people put too much weight on the resume. Simply, the resume’s purpose is to get your phone to ring. It’s not going to win you a position before you get in the door. Sure, you can gain a competitive advantage with a well-written resume, since the interviewer will have preconceived notions of who you [...]
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Acing the Job Interview Takes More Than Just Being Qualified
Posted on 27. Feb, 2010 posted by Bill.
A few years ago, my local Chamber of Commerce commissioned a Workforce Needs Study of area companies. In one of the questions, respondents were asked what factors were important to them in hiring. I found the responses fascinating. Employers ranked “attitude and demeanor” and “communication skills” higher than “previous work experience.” And they ranked “appearance/dress/grooming” [...]
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Stop All This “Personal Branding” Nonsense – It is Too Complicated
Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 posted by Bill.
It is hard to be in a job search today and not run across two, overused and misunderstood terms, one is “networking” and the other is “branding,” usually “Personal Brand.” How did these words become the “buzz words” the “must do” the “most important,” words so critical that if you don’t do them, you are [...]
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Freelancing Career – New Ray of Hope
Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 posted by Bill.
It is an exciting career for many as it offers multiple benefits. Now any professional can render his specialized services to a freelance project from anywhere and anytime.
Here are some benefits of working as a freelancer:
1. Freelance freedom- One of the biggest benefits of freelancing is to work independently. A freelancer can self set his [...]
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Job Search 101 – Top Ten Ways LinkedIn Can Help You Get Hired
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 posted by Bill.
LinkedIn is the revolutionary networking website that has been trying hard to unite and empower all professionals since 2003. I can promise you, if you expend some effort on LinkedIn, you will get a fine return on those efforts for years to come. Creating a complete LI profile there may seem daunting at first. But [...]
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Risk Taking On Resumes
Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 posted by Bill.
When it comes to resumes we talk about format. After making sure your format is perfect (concise, easy to read, in the proper order) we talk about “standing out” among the hundreds of other resumes the employer receives. It’s enough to drive a resume-writer/job-seeker insane. You’re torn between being conservative and taking risks that will [...]
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Avoid These Common Resume Errors
Posted on 21. Feb, 2010 posted by Bill.
There are many common mistakes that people make on their resumes. These mistakes are often fatal. As the primary introductory marketing document for your job search. these are items to avoid:
An “Objective” statement. This is all fluff, and most recruiters and hiring mangers don’t even bother to read it.
Poor grammar: there is no excuse for [...]
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Information Interviews – Resume Editing & Following Up
Posted on 20. Feb, 2010 posted by Bill.
1. In preparing your follow up to information interviews, you will need the notes taken at the time of the information meeting, and a copy of your resume’. Consulting the notes from the interview, you will edit your resume to correspond with the job requirements.Now you have learned two things: First, that an information interview [...]
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Seven Tips to Find a Job by Using the Internet
Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 posted by Bill.
Your resume is posted on all of the career sites and you read Craigslist job postings everyday, but you are still not tapping into the full potential of the internet to find your job. Statistics show that more people find new jobs through networking than any other method. While the idea of networking can be [...]
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Finding a Job Based on a Geographical Area
Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 posted by Bill.
When you are looking at finding a job that is based around a certain area, the best thing that you can do is to get to know the area yourself. If it is the place that you are currently living, you have an edge, but if it is a place that you have always wanted [...]
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Careers and Job Search – Should I Get Help?
Posted on 17. Feb, 2010 posted by Bill.
How can you make the “right” decision about using professional assistance to enhance and accelerate your career change or job search? This article defines the main questions you need to ask yourself, and provides clear criteria for assessing your needs. To further support your decision-making, the article offers a simple cost-benefits analysis for using a [...]
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Group Interviews – What to Expect
Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 posted by Bill.
A group interview means that you will be assessed at the same time as all other candidates for the same position. If you are interviewed as a group, this is generally the first stage, and a one-on-one interview may take place afterwards or at a later date, if you are successful.
The main aim of a [...]
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