Job Seekers Slack Off After Encouragement
What’s more likely to cause a job-seeker to take a break from the search, a lack of progress or an encouraging interview?
The Dangers of Overconfidence
When you’re looking for a job you never know how long it’s going to take. It’s not like golf when you can tell whether the hole you’re playing is a par 3 or a par 5. At any given point in the game, a golfer can see exactly how far the flag is and what
Six Resume Phrases That Every Hiring Manager Hates
Lately, I’ve been seeing so many hackneyed phrases on resumes at every professional level. Here are the top six phrases I see job seekers using to describe themselves over and over again that are sure to get your resume tossed in the no pile.
Job Search with Help
Do you remember when you were young, and your mom grabbed your hand to help you cross a street or properly navigate you through a crowd? The same concept applies to job-search strategies. It’s been proven that an individual can perform better when paired together with someone that is positive, informative, challenging, and focused. That’s why networking has
Create a Network and Catapult Your Job Search
Networking is still known as a great job-search strategy, yet it eludes some individuals simply because they don’t know how to go about it. Individuals also tend to shy away from networking because it’s time consuming. Unlike online resume submission or folding a resume, stuffing it in an envelope, and adhering a stamp, networking requires
A Must Read for Job Seekers and the Unemployed
I’d like to start out by wishing everyone a happy holidays. Many job seekers are feeling the pressure of being unemployed during the holidays and some may use them as a time to start to relax and slow down with their job searches. The thing that many job seekers don’t realize is that January is
Career Planning Tips for College Students
A career is basically a profession one wishes to major or focus in. It is determined through many aspects of an individual like the personal interests, talents and even the background. A plan is an outlay of the vision or mission one wishes to achieve.
The Changing Financial Jobs Market
The economic downturn of recent years has had a massive negative impact across all industries worldwide. The finance industry has been hit particularly hard and has seen the shedding of large numbers of staff by major players in the industry. This has meant that existing staff are reluctant to change jobs and that there is
Options for Healthcare Training
If you are between jobs, or having to work several jobs on the side to make ends meet, consider a career in the healthcare field. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, healthcare is a growing field with a positive employment outlook. Healthcare providers in all fields have a need for qualified staff.
Difference between Cover Letter and Application Letter
After my last post on Cover Letters, a lot of job seekers have been asking me the difference between a Cover Letter and an Application Letter. I admit the difference between those two documents is quite subtle. In fact, most articles you’ll find online will compound your confusion. However, I have done a great deal
What is a Cover Letter – How to Write a Cover Letter
From my survey while communicating with job seekers on BBM, one of the most widely asked questions is : “What is a Cover Letter”. I will put you through on this and also show you a sample template which you can always use in applying for jobs. According to Wiki or Google, A Cover Letter
The Traps Job Seekers Fall for Before, During, and After a Job Interview
There are certain sections of an interview that can either make or break you, depending on how you go about them. Employers lay out several traps during the interview to see how you react. You, as a job seeker, can lay traps yourself by not being prepared or not taking initiative to qualify yourself as
Hiring Pros Share Insights About Social Networking Sites
The Recruiter Roundtable is a recurring feature that collects career and job-seeking advice from a group of recruiting experts throughout the United States. The question we put before our panel this month is:
25 Things To Avoid In An Interview
1. Poor personal appearance 2. Lack of interest and enthusiasm; passive and indifferent
The 5 Rules That EVERY Perfect Cover Letter Follows
Given the tough competition that we have in the job market with fresh graduates still perky to grab the spotlight and early retirees updating their resume with more experience, grabbing the job of your dream becomes more challenging than before. Today, it’s a matter of who can amaze the employer more and make a memorable
Summer jobs to be more plentiful, many paying more than $15 hourly
Good news for summer job seekers: Jobs should be more plentiful this year and a majority of employers have jobs paying more than $15 per hour, according to a new report. The $15-per-hour wage has been highlighted this week by thousands of demonstrators at McDonald’s headquarters, where workers demanded higher wages for frontline employees at