When people are out of work, they’re a bit panicky. That’s human nature.
Picture yourself without your steady income. Think you wouldn’t get a little dizzy thinking of how, exactly, you’ll be paying that mortgage? I know I’d have my head in the oven. Blogging doesn’t do much to help make a mortgage payment.
These nerves can [...]
By reading the newspapers, you might think that there isn’t a single career out there that’s actually experiencing growth right now.
After all, the unemployment rate across the nation is soaring. Companies are laying off workers every day. Others are cutting hours and benefits.
But, surprisingly enough, there are some careers that are actually booming — at [...]
It’s a terrible economy out there, and job hunters are plentiful. Everyone is searching for ways to stand out from the rest of the unemployed.
So how about online resume’ sites, those Web sites promising to create an electronic version of your resume’, tricked out with video, pictures and whatever else you’d like to throw on [...]
Employers may receive as many as one hundred resumes for every one available position. Highly competitive, highly salaried, and niche positions can receive many more. So, when an employer is looking for any reason to weed out your application from the pile into the circular file (the garbage), it is important to be sure not [...]
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Posted by Dan
January 26, 2008 | 1 Comment
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One of the easiest ways to make your resume’ seem outdated and irrelevant is to include that ol’ resume’ clunker- the “objective statement”. Generally listed at the top of a resume’, objective statements make sweeping goal-based, unnecessary objectives the first thing a prospective employer sees about you. Applicants returning to the job market after several [...]
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Posted by Dan
January 23, 2008 | 1 Comment
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It’s a brand new day here at Career Search, and I, Amy Loveridge, am your new guide to all of your career search needs. In the coming days, you will see some changes around here, an updated blogroll, some new posts to get you started on your job search, and a full profile of yours truly.
This [...]
Video resumes are becoming more and more popular among active, as well as passive, job seekers. I believe that people who take the time to create a video resume truly do want to project the best of themselves to their viewers. But, this can be difficult if you’re creating a do-it-yourself’ video, since we probably [...]
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My years of recruiting in the high tech industry have given me many opinions on resumes and cover letters. Bottom line regarding a cover letter — always send a targeted cover letter with your resume.
Why put in the extra effort you may ask? First off, that’s one answer [...]
I am a huge advocate of targeting resumes for specific positions. Generic resumes are gone with the wind. Targeting is the only way to grab a recruiter/employer and keep them reading — “what’s in if for them†if they decide to bring you in for an interview. The only problem is with so many options [...]
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Posted by Dan
July 29, 2007 | 1 Comment
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How do you get your resume to stand out from the pack with a company who receives 1300 resumes each day’ and is one of the hottest companies to work for in the world?
I wish I had the answer that could help your resume jump out, do handstands, curls and walk-the-dog, but if you’re submitting [...]
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