Since the resume is a key tool in finding a job, taking some extra time preparing it is time well-spent. While updating your resume on a regular basis is a very good thing to do, there are definitely some “do not’s” when it comes to making a best resume. I am sure the following list is not all inclusive, but represent items that bother me the most: Read the rest of this entry »
12 Things Not To Do When Writing Your Resume
February 26th, 20105 Reasons Not To Copy Someone Else’s Policies
February 26th, 2010There are well publicized incidents these days of plagiarism. Stories of people in universities and print media come to mind. But what if someone copies a policy or handbook from another company or the Internet? You may not run afoul of copyrights, but there are many other risks and problems such a practice can bring about. Following are a few examples: Read the rest of this entry »
Make Your Resume User-Friendly and Persuasive
February 25th, 2010When writing your resume, it must be usable, user-friendly and persuasive in conventional as well as cyber formats. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s Important To Emphasize Right Skills In Your Resume
February 24th, 2010You must determine which skills and experiences are relevant to your position objective. You are writing a word picture of yourself in the proposed new job, created out the best of your past experience.
Steps in building this word picture include: Read the rest of this entry »
Develop A Vision for Your Career
February 9th, 2010People head straight for problems when they fail to have a clear vision for their career, fail to define important values, and fail to clearly know career expectations. So, what is a vision and how does it affect your job search? Read the rest of this entry »
Body Language In Job Interviews Is Important
February 4th, 2010There is value in the details. Managers are often incredibly busy, which makes for short interviews. Therefore lots of importance may be placed on maximizing the time available and key focus required on the more subtle points of job interviews, such as the body language messages you are sending. Theses subtle points may very well be the difference between your getting a job or not. So, what is good body language and what is not? Read the rest of this entry »
Make Best Impression In Job Search Meetings
February 2nd, 2010In the job search process, you are representing a salable product: YOU. The way in which you walk, speak and appear makes an impression.
What’s Your Sales Pitch?
What is your body language saying? Do you look trustworthy, confident, and competent, or ill-at-ease and timid? Much has been said about the importance of body language when greeting people, yet examples abound every day of people getting it wrong. Here are a few things to remember when greeting people. Read the rest of this entry »
Be A Better Communicator
January 29th, 2010We’ve all seen them. The person who seems like he/she has a way with words in personal conversation and always gets their point across. What do they do that makes them different? How do they do it? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could do it too? Though some people are born with natural ability to communicate, you can learn to be a better communicator with a little practice.
Following is a random series of observations regarding good communicators and what you can do to be more like them: Read the rest of this entry »
Five Things You Must Do Whether Working or Unemployed
November 24th, 2009Our society is made up of two groups of people: those with jobs and those without. Many people with jobs are greatly over-worked, and those without a job are struggling to find one. It is common practice in many organizations for employees to work much more than 40 hours per week. Many people never get around to taking vacation. They work at their job until they’re physically spent. Because they feel needed or fear job loss in this economy, they are motivated to overwork. Those without the routine of day-to-day work outside the home may struggle to maintain focus and a direction.
Here are several key actions that are vital to the ultimate success of people in each group: Read the rest of this entry »
In Resumes, Honesty Is Still Best Policy
October 8th, 2009It is tempting to believe that everyone inflates their resumes by exaggerating past work experience or credentials. It is true that many people do misstate important facts on their professional resumes. They can sometimes rationalize such indiscretions because in their minds life experience is equal or better than a degree. Others simply do not care, adopting an end justifies the means or “catch me if you can” attitude. Many employers are busy, short-staffed places, and surely will never know the difference.
In these recessionary times, despite busy-ness and being short-staffed, organizations are checking references more thoroughly than ever. My heartfelt message to anyone thinking of fudging key information on their resume is DON’T.
Exactly what untruths are people tempted to claim on their resume? The U.S. Department of Labor tracks these things, and when you look at the data it breaks according to those who were not hired as well as those who were hired but ultimately terminated due to resume fraud. Read the rest of this entry »