The various resume software offered, particularly on the internet, can seem very attractive to job seekers; especially to those not comfortable writing resumes. At first glance resume writing software can provide a number of perks and can appear to be the perfect solution to many job seekers. There are some disadvantages to using software, however;
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Bridge jobs fill gap between work and rest Just short of his 60th birthday, Sandy Blovad left his high-powered job in California to move to suburban Lake Worth. But Blovad isn’t kicking back on the golf course. He’s working. Blovad, now a teacher, has a “bridge job,” a new name for a new trend in
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Younger boss, older worker by Karl Ritzler Cooperation, communication can overcome age differences “Whippersnapper.” “Old coot.” You won’t — or shouldn’t — hear that kind of exchange on the job. In the new multigenerational workplace, what could have been a name-calling confrontation between an older worker and a younger boss is more often a partnership
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Regardless of your profession, learn how to market yourself Reality TV isn’t really my thing, but Fox Network’s latest offering about a wrestling maven-bikini model-turned-television-anchorwoman got me thinking about how we market ourselves. This young woman confesses that she may not have the years of training for the job, but she has always wanted to
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One of the greatest advantages to living in the world in which we live is that we are offered an incredible amount of choices with regard to our careers and our futures. If we were alive hundreds of years ago, our fates would have been decided virtually from birth; we would follow in the footsteps
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11 Tips That Guarantee Your Job Don’t get a job just because you can’t write a good employment cover letter? Do you think that someone else less capable than you is getting employed just because his cover letter was better than your’s? Maybe yes because cover letters play a very vital role in your job
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How To Create Multiple Income Streams By Leo Babuta What do you do if you have one main client and for some reason the work from that client dries up? Perhaps the client goes out of business or goes in a different direction or just has a lull in business? Your main source of income
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Little things count in job hunt Landing a job is not just about your credentials and experience. Sometimes it’s the little things that stand out and make you a desirable candidate. Paying attention to detail, leaving an impression at the interview and conducting a proper follow-up go a long way. So how do you go
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Taking Ownership of Your Career Path I had an experience today that became the catalyst for the topic of this week’s column. I had lunch with a career coach who commented that one of his clients expected him to do the work for him. When I asked him what he meant, he said that the
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Getting back to the basics Diane Domeyer started working as a recruiter back in the days when a well-thought-out cover letter always accompanied the résumés that landed on her desk. These days, the executive director of OfficeTeam, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based staffing company, says recruiters are lucky if they receive a full sentence in an
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If you’re networking for a job, it’s already too late As Hunter Muller sees it, professional networking is analogous to the TV game show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? “It’s the power of the network, the power of the lifeline that helps people out,” said Muller, president and CEO of The Advisory Council, a
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How to make your mark with recruitment agencies Get the CV right Recruitment consultant Kim Smith knows within five seconds if a CV that comes across her desk is worth reading. “[Consultants] have very short attention spans,” says Smith, division director of Robert Half Finance & Accounting in Auckland. “If a resume doesn’t grab us
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Job loss not end of world Over the past 10 years, Tom Wall of Loudonville, N.Y., watched as his position as commercial photographer for WNYT Ch. 13 changed. He had been at WNYT for 25 years and had built a career he enjoyed. However, the business of television changed, and Wall noticed that he wasn’t
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What to Do When You Hate Your Job By Marty Nemko Do you dread going to the office on Monday morning? If so, you’ve got lots of company. With the unemployment rate quite low, you’d think job satisfaction would be high, since employers, theoretically, would have to coddle their workers to avoid losing them. But
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Straight Talk on a Tough Subject for Job Seekers – Resume Fraud by John O’Connor So in Las Vegas, Nevada, at a casino in March of 2005 I found an attorney talking about résumé fraud, prosecutions and lies. As a certified professional resume writer and career coach, I paid good money to attend a conference
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