Job candidates often give no thought of designing their resume for the new digital world. Once sent, a system will likely review their resume several times before it lands on the desk of a real-live person. There are several major things a candidate can to do to help themselves when building a resume destined to be submitted online. Read the rest of this entry »
5 Steps To Designing Digital Resumes
March 11th, 201012 Things Not To Do When Writing Your Resume
February 26th, 2010Since 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 »
5 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 »