Gone are the days where you signed on for a job with a major corporation and then spent the next 40 years loyally toiling away before retiring with a gold watch and nice pension. Today, the average person will hold 5 and 15 jobs in his lifetime, maybe even more! Many factors contribute to this
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What Color is Your Cover Letter? Most letters that come across my desk, both at the University of Wisconsin Law School and in my business, are very standard, and rather boring. I equate the blandness of these letters to the color gray. And gray doesn’t stand out. It just blends into the background. A Little
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Interview questions and answers are only part of the overall preparation for the interview. The interview is the big event. All of your time spent completing job applications, submitting resumes, tailoring cover letters and responding to job advertisements have led you to this. Over the next several posts, I am blogging on information that will
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Are you looking for the perfect job, but don’t know what it is? Need to be pointed in a direction for your career path? Many people are in the same position. They posses a great set of skills, but are unsure about the best job match for their skills. Taking a self-assessment test can answer
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As a new employee you may have to complete several tests or screenings before you actually start working at your new career. As a new employee you should not be intimidated from the pre-employment steps. All of the pre-employment steps must be completed for several reasons and are only protocol. 3 Steps That You May
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This global economic recession is a blessing in disguise. Historically recessions give birth to new companies and start-ups. If there are not jobs to be had, then people invent them. What is the secret to success? Founders identify new market needs and then fill that gap. Examples of now world wide corporations that launched during
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London, UK – 20 September 2010 – K2 Advisory’s research study, “Digital Workplace Choices: Preparing for the 2020 Workplace,” reveals that UK employers are handicapping corporate productivity by failing to measure employee satisfaction of technology devices or whether they are even fit for business purpose. Most ‘millenials’ or ‘echo boomers’ in their 20s are more
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Generally speaking, a career change can be an extremely challenging and testing period in an executive’s personal and professional life. It can result in many uncomfortable situations where perspective of what is really important can be lost. You lose the proverbial forest from the trees. It’s in times like these you may be considering an
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If you’ve been searching for assistance with how to write a resume, the chances are you know a good resume could really mean the main difference between obtaining a position and not obtaining a position. Additionally you understand that you should possess a cv that’s designed appropriately which will reveal you, your work capabilities, as
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There are a lot of different tactics and techniques that are discussed in conjunction with resume distribution. The problem is that most people spend so much time promoting resume distribution as a concept and as a service that they never discuss what you can do to really make your resume distribution efforts successful Here are
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Job seekers need to take note. The market is tough, but your future is controlled by your own actions. I believe having a plan is the key to make this happen. More important, I believe knowing how to put together the right plan is the first most important step. I’ve spent a lot of time
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The short answer is they don’t. They scan your resume with a very specific set of data in their mind and if they determine your resume matches this data only then will they decide to actually read your resume. I’ve personally reviewed probably at least a million resumes in my 40 years in this business.
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For every employer who must downsize, there is an employer who needs to hire the right person for the right job. In any circumstance, businesses are always hiring someone that can make them profitable now! “We have a hiring freeze,” does not mean they are not hiring. It means they are not increasing their headcount.
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A video resume is a brief account of a job applicant’s professional experience, qualifications and interests, stored up and submitted to a prospective employer in a form of a video. A candidate can customize his video according to the job opening through simple edits on a computer. A video resume has many benefits over paper
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With more people than ever vying for the same executive job opportunities, it’s important that you take every unique step possible to make sure that recruiters can find your resume among the many others out there. But how exactly can you get this done? Here are some tips to make sure to help your resume
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