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Make Your Resume a Best Seller!

The resume is your best sales tool, so you need to make certain it is doing its job of selling you to the hiring manager! A novel approach is to think of the resume in terms of a best-selling book, where you are the hero of the story. First, be sure you are writing to your audience. Reread the job posting ...

Back to School, Back to Work

The end of summer often signals a return to a more structured schedule. Even if you don’t have anyone in your family who is in school, the marketing messages about preparing for academic endeavors can’t be ignored. In translating this to your job search, it might be time for you to consider additional training ...

Buzzwords versus Keywords

Selecting the right language to get your resume noticed is a critical factor in your success. But this is often overlooked by job seekers focused on landing an interview. Keywords vary by industry and represent important qualifications and skills that gain the attention of hiring managers, search engines, and electronic ...

Play the Job Search Odds in Your Favor

Although hiring is showing modest movement, competition in the job market remains fierce. You may need to up your game in order to stay ahead of the twenty or so other candidates whose qualifications match or exceed yours. Now, this is not to suggest that you need to panic, or even worse, stop looking. You just ...

LinkedIn or LimpedIn: How Strong Is Your LinkedIn Profile?

Almost everyone is aware of the power of LinkedIn when it comes to networking and increasing one’s visibility in a professional way. However, many people don’t make the extra effort to ensure that their profile is working for them. Compare your profile against the list below to make sure you are getting the ...

Make Your Job Search Less Painful

Let’s face it, job searching is hard work! And depending on the circumstances that precipitated your job search, you may not believe you are the best candidate for any position right now. Confidence tends to falter after the loss of a job, even if you chose to leave. But it’s important to keep in mind that negative ...

Become An Employer’s Perfect Match

BECOME THE PERFECT MATCH We all know the resume is your calling card, and its job is to get you noticed. Since February is associated with perfect matches, use some of that synchronicity to get you noticed despite the tight job market. Focus on improving your interactions with everyone you meet during your job search ...

Don’t Let Your Resume Get Buried

Don’t Let Your Resume Get Buried Competition is usually fierce for available jobs at the beginning of the year, so how can you make sure your resume gets noticed? Hiring managers need even fewer reasons than usual to set aside your resume when their inbox is overflowing as a result of everyone pursuing their New ...

Five Top Mistakes Made with Online Profiles

by Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC 1. Thinking what you have is good enough already. The problem with this is that sadly, 85% of the profiles listed on any given site do not maximize the potential for the candidate. If you want to be found by recruiters and hiring managers, and/or you want to build a great group of networking ...

8 Ways to Lose an Interview

by Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Everyone knows the importance of the resume as the most critical tool in your job search toolbox. Small details can make or break the effectiveness of your resume and cover letter in landing your interview. Review your resume to make sure you don’t fall into these traps and lose that ...

How Organized is Your Resume?

by Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Organization may seem like a dull topic that is unrelated to the success of your job search. However, the thought you put into the message in your resume is critical to gaining positive attention from hiring managers. Everyone knows that the resume has become the calling card of the successful ...

Fresh Out of Ideas? Online Resources to Boost Your Job Search

by Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC If your job search has stalled, you may need some fresh ideas to get your search back on track. Simply posting your resume online and waiting for employers to call you is a common mistake that also leaves applicants feeling disheartened about their job search prospects. You must maintain ...

New Year, New Resume

by Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC The beginning of the New Year often signals a time of reflection and looking forward. To remain viable in the job market, it is productive to apply that process to your resume as well. Follow the tips below to make sure your resume presents you in the best possible way in the New Year. 1) ...

Expand Your Job Search With Virtual Career Fairs

by Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC If you feel that your job search has stalled or companies don’t seem to be hiring near your home, you may want to add virtual career fairs to your toolbox. Many companies are using the Internet to save on recruitment costs while broadening their ability to reach qualified candidates. ...

Go Mobile With Your Job Search

by Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC You don’t have to be sitting in front of your computer to be effective in your job search. Expand your basic Internet searching to maximize the chances of positive outcome from your efforts. Using only traditional job posting sites is unlikely to produce the results you want. Many ...

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