Many people question the differences among resume services, and it’s no wonder: the Internet is bursting with companies that claim to make you “look good” with a minimum of investment. Considering that you’ll spend more waking hours on your career than any other activity (with your salary riding on this decision!), it makes sense to
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Job hunters may face new sort of interview The average worker over 35 will job hunt every five to eight years (those under the age of 35 every three to five years). Though most would agree that interviewing well is critical to securing a good job, a surprising number of job hunters are poorly prepared
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It ‘s no secret that corporate downsizings are stressful. A recent study found that employees over fifty who lost their jobs involuntarily more than doubled their risk for heart attack or stroke. (Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 7/2006) The outlook isn’t any rosier for those who remain. According to a Finnish study, survivors
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Video resumes? Not there yet Not quite. Video resumes not the boon to employment as expected Only a couple of years ago, Internet trollers were predicting that video resumes were the wave of the future for job applicants. The colorful, visually striking and varied short videos that provide information similar to what you might find
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We know many people struggle with interviews though they are the most experienced and best qualified for the job. When you are invited to an interview it means that the hiring manager believes you may be a good match for the job opening, and he or she wants to know for sure. The interview is
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Stop wasting your time… and your energy… Looking for a job in a way that’s not going to get you the results you want… As a job hunter, you can spend a lot of time looking for decent work. And for most of us, that time is something we’d like to minimize. So it’s pretty
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Searching for a new job is stressful in the current tough job market. You need to be very clear about what you are looking for in your new job and how you will identify it during the job interview. Current thinking is that the most important factor people seek is engagement with their work. What
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Why do employers always ask the “greatest weakness” interview question? It seems like they are trying to throw you off. I mean, you rehearse the answer to every possible question that you can think of, and then they ask, “What do you think your greatest weakness is?” Job interviews are stressful even if you don’t
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Having worked in travel recruitment and headhunting for some time, I’ve learned a great deal about the way executive search agencies work. Even if you’re not actively looking for work, an enquiring headhunter call can boost morale or prompt a wage boost by your current employer eager to keep you at the firm, and of
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Many people feel that once you have reached middle age that it is far too late for a career change, but nothing could be further from the truth! Sometimes it can take years to figure out what it is that you really want to do, and with more and more people changing careers at later
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Honesty always best policy when writing up your resume Fibbing on your resume is a really bad idea. First, you probably will be found out by the army of commercial background screeners that employers deploy to scour resumes, check criminal records and pull credit histories. Plus, you don’t need to. Many bosses are pretty forgiving
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You might be leaving your job for lots of reasons – you have a new role, starting study, going on your OE, have had enough of your job or it may just not have worked out as you hoped. Whatever the reason, how you exit your old job, is just as important as how you
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Persons in highly technical professions possess much-need skills and belong to exclusive circles. Today’s business cannot function without these talented individuals, despite that many of us may not be able to hold our own in a professional conversation with them. But don’t just think of these positions in terms of rocket scientists or chemical engineers;
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If you intend to start with your next career, why not sit down and work out a career blueprint first? A career blueprint is a plan where you plan to be in the future. It should also be a guide to assist you to make career search decisions at different stage of your life. Our
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Are you getting ready to face a job interview? Feeling nervous in preparing yourself for the D-day? Afraid of making the wrong impression? Well, there is no reason to be worried anymore. An interview is just like a normal meeting, and with a little homework, the battle might easily be won. Here are ten great
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