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Six Tips for a Better Engineering Resume

by: Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC One of the most key elements of success in a job search is the resume and the engineering resume can often be one of the more difficult documents to develop. The engineering resume is the engineering job seeker’s primary marketing document that sells the product – the skills ...

Tips to Survive Offshore Outsourcing

by: Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC The cheap labor costs of Southeast Asia are like a siren call to more and more US employers seeking to lower support costs and improve profits. The increasingly common trend toward outsourcing labor to countries such as India, Malaysia, and Pakistan means jobs are leaking to a part of the ...

Specialized Cover Letter Writing

by Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC For insurance jobs or medical jobs – the cover letter is critical. Often when creating a resume that really speaks volumes about a candidates capabilities, one of the most effective tools in the job hunters arsenal is the cover letter. When composing a resume for an insurance job or ...

Career Builder: Using Job Boards for More than Jobs

by Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC If you are like most job seekers, you have registered your resume on the major online job boards such as Career Builder, Monster, TheLadders.com, Headhunter, etc. But are you aware of the plethora of good information and job search tools that are available on these sites in addition to job ...

6 Factors of Career Success

Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC What do employers look for in potential employees? That was the question that was posted recently on a career discussion forum online. Naturally, for each different position, the particular answers to that question would be different. However, there are some common skills that employers look ...

Seven Tips for a Better Resume

by Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC One of the most key elements of success in a job search is the resume. The resume is the primary marketing document that sells the product, the skills and experience of the job seeker. To be effective, a resume must grab the attention of the reader in 35-45 seconds, the average amount of ...

Working with a Professional Resume Service

by Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Most job seekers have never worked with a professional resume service before and therefore, are not sure what to expect from the experience. A professional resume service works like a public relations firm for the job seeker. The professional resume service gathers information about the ...

What’s in a Cover Letter?

by Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Some things are just made to go in pairs. Salt and pepper, knife and fork, wine and cheese are all good examples of pairs of things that work best when paired up. A resume and cover letter are two things that work best when used together. Sure, a resume would have some effect when used without ...

Sample Resumes

by Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Do you ever wonder why resume services post free resume samples on their sites for resume service clients to view? What do sample resumes provide? There is an ongoing argument among professional resume writers that posting sample resumes on websites is akin to giving away their work. True, ...

Navigating the Summer Job Market

by Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Most people believe summer is the worst time to conduct a job search. Between college students and high school students eating up the market, vacations, lagging budgets, etc. hiring would seem to lag during the summer making it a bad time to conduct a job search. In reality, summer is a ...

Free Resume Samples

by Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Free resume samples are happily provided by GetInterviews.com for visitors and prospective clients. Free resume samples are a way for clients to get a feel for our expertise, see how a professional resume differs from a self-written resume, and to show the professional level of ...

Executive Resumes 101

by Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC What makes an executive resume “executive”? Is it the format? Is it the content? Or is it the personal marketing strategy? Executive resumes are different in all these areas. Executive resumes are targeted toward a hiring agent that is seeking more than the typical job seeker’s ...

How to Get Answers to Questions You Can't Ask in an Interview

By Michael Evans – (Founder of JobCritic.com) www.jobcritic.com In today’s employment environment it is more difficult than ever to find companies that not only pay well but also have the stability and staying power to build a long term career. In recent years we have seen the fall of many major corporations ...

Resumes Win Interviews, But References Win Job Offers

by Terra L. Dourlain, President of Faith, Winter & Grace, Inc. Inquiring minds want to know, and no minds are more inquiring than those about to hire you. Rest assured, you will be investigated. As a rule of thumb, the better the job, the higher the pay, - the tougher the screening process. If you are up for a good ...

Maximizing Letters of Recommendation

by Terra L. Dourlain, President of Faith, Winter & Grace, Inc. Although letters of recommendation will not secure you a job, they are a very important part of the process. They are valuable to employers when many candidates have very similar qualifications. It is in these situations that the letters of recommendation ...

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