So you feel the time has come to ask your boss for a pay rise. You’ve worked hard all year and really put in the hours where it was needed. Now you want the reward of a pay rise. All you need to do now is Ask For A Pay Rise. Going in for a
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As a restaurant management recruiter I am constantly bombarded with resumes all day, every day, on weekends and holidays. It is amazing how many great managers out there can run a profitable restaurant operation inside and out, but they have no idea what to write when it comes time to shop for their next opportunity.
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Social Networking Sites Become Vital Tools in Job Searches When Jen Vargas suddenly was laid off from her job as a senior administrative assistant at Universal Orlando in June, the 30-year-old’s resume was out-of-date and she had no active job prospects. John Alvin McClatchy-Tribune But she did have one advantage: She’s a member of the
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With the current problem of jobs lay-offs, and stiff job competition, you want to make sure that you keep your job . After all, you don’t want to relive the hardships of job hunting and application. Now that you have a job and have adjusted with your colleagues and the nature of your work, it’s
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Suggest a topic or article headline you would like the author to write about.When you were a kid grownups always asked you “what do you want to be when you grow up?” Now may be the time to ask yourself “is this what I really wanted to when I grew up?” Your first career may
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I’m going to take a wild guess and say that you’ve learnt how to write an effective resume. In schools they’ve been teaching students how to write effective resumes since the olden days! But let me tell you right now, that the methods are changing. Back a few years ago resumes were simple, these days
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Never send a perspective employer your standard resume without attaching it with a cover letter. The resume cover letter is your personal sales letter. You have one full page to sell yourself using this letter for opportunity to be called for an interview. Through this one page letter, you need to promote yourself, your skills,
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Since the dawn of free trading only two things have ever mattered; producing a quality product or service and the ability to sell it successfully. By successfully, I mean ensuring that you achieve maximum profit from the sale, while the customer is delighted with their purchase. In most cases the Business owner understands what they
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The euphoria of graduation day has worn off. You have done it – finished up that degree, made your family proud, and now it is time to strike out on your own. Your love of the field led you to seek and earn a degree in biotechnology, but how do you go about finding a
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Writing cover letters is a strategy of words and thoughts being conveyed to a prospective employer. If you’ve hastily typed up a cover letter, it quite often ends up in the shredder. The resume is data, but the cover letter is your voice. Whether you are a graduate, professional or executive, a well crafted cover
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There are three key ingredients to a cover letter. Ready? 1. Know the job you are applying for 2. Know the company you are applying to 3. Know their requirements for that position Simple right? In a way, yes. In a way, no. Conceptually it’s obvious that these things should be identified. Realistically no one
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When looking for our dream accountancy job or public sector jobs we spend a lot of time researching, preparing our cv’s and rehearsing interview questions, but a lot of people overlook the importance of your appearance in a job interview. One of those things we get told growing up is, “don’t judge a book by
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I am always surprised when I am talking to an executive in the midst of an interview…and they share with me how they approached the money topic. Here are two very common things I hear: “They asked me how much I needed and I said at least $250k.” “I asked them what they had in
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Branding, once the domain of corporate America, has made the quantum leap to personal America. According to William Arruda, branding means “identifying and communicating what makes you unique, relevant, and compelling.” In basic marketing lingo, the word is “product differentiation.” Today, it means, as Arruda writes in his Reach Branding Club workbook, “understanding your attributes
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Video resumes can work for you Experts say they are a coming trend but warn: Be concise As good jobs become increasingly hard to find, a small but growing number of would-be employees are turning to video resumes to get noticed and get hired. Advertisement At their best, these videos share personal values and communication
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