The problem for most job hunters is, not only has the job market changed dramatically, but so have basic job search tools like cover letters. Today, it’s a caffeine-fueled, face linking, blog eats blog world. Your cover shows how you’re razor sharp and savvy. That’s a lot of responsibility to lay on the shoulders of
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Been a while since you’ve had to apply for a job? Or new to the job market altogether? Join the crowd. Literally. There are now 14.5 million job applicants hopping into the dwindling job pool. And it probably feels as though most of them are competing for the job you want. Your cover letter is
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How many jobs are you applying to? More than you can keep track of, right? So you’re relying a great deal on your cover letter resume samples. They’re your spokespeople when you can’t be in front of the employer. Can a sample you got off the internet do that? Here are just a few tactics
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A cover note is a helpful tool to share your resume. More importantly, executives expect a cover note with a resume. In a recent survey of executives done by USA Today, 84% of executives polled expected to have a cover note accompany the resume. If your resume is the “meat and potatoes” of who you
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The problem for most job hunters is, not only has the job market changed dramatically, but so have basic job search tools like resume and cover letters. Today, everyone is working off the same examples and templates, and there are just too many competitors. If you’re not optimizing every piece of your application packet, someone
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The most common concern among job seekers over 50 is that their resume tends to date them. While it’s true that with age comes wisdom, it’s also true that securing a great new job becomes challenging after a certain age. If you are a member of the baby boomer generation you’ll want to take note
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In today’s economic times jobs are few and far between and there is a possibility if you are reading this that you may have even lost yours. I am sure you are aware that there are many others in your same shoes. Thus the job hunting process has become that much more difficult with reports
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It may feel unusual to back on the job market. You may be like many people who didn’t see it coming. With unemployment at 9.4% (whoa, it just ticked up again didn’t it?) you’ll find fourteen and a half million other folks jumping into the dwindling job pool. Your covering letter for job application can
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