Most of us underestimate the time it will take to become re-employed. The general rule is 3-6 months for a professional or manager, regardless of the economy or other factors. You can also estimate that it will take one month for every $10,000 of salary you were making at your previous job. There are ten
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Put simply; your resume is the single most important resource you have available for your job search, except yourself. However, being as you will not be able to present yourself until invited to interview, it is important to discover how to write resumes correctly. No matter how well suited you are for the position, if
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The cover letter is the first contact that will happen between you and your prospective employer. It is therefore important that you make it impressive and interesting. The challenge is in how to make a cover letter that will serve your purpose. Writing a cover letter takes focus and effort. There are a number of
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Human resources professionals, recruiters and others who interview job applicants seem to have a fondness for that much-dreaded question about how you would describe your own weaknesses. As much as those hiring love to ask the question, almost every job seeker hates to answer it. Describe your weaknesses is a double-edged sword of a question.
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Do you know why this question is asked so often in most job interviews? This question is actually an ice-breaker. Asking this question starts the conversion. So you should better be ready with an answer. This question gives the interviewer a chance to know about the interviewee. Once you start talking about yourself, interviewer starts
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