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Deadly Cover Letter Errors

By Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC A cover letter is a crucial career marketing piece. Unfortunately, many job seekers ignore the cover letter or pass it off as “unimportant”. That is so untrue! The cover letter is very important and should accompany your resume whenever possible. “Resume and cover letter” ...

What Recruiters HATE in a Resume

By Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Recruiters can be valuable to job seekers who are looking for employment in professional positions, and recruiters should be considered a key part of an aggressive job search. It is a recruiter’s job to seek out well-qualified candidates to fill positions with companies. They review ...

Five Essentials for a Great Cover Letter

By Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Cover letters can be confusing for many job seekers. Writing a letter to an unknown entity is always difficult and when it is not clear what that letter should include, it is even more confusing. Cover letters are an essential part of the job search and should always accompany the resume ...

Branding – The Hot Trend in Job Search

By Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Start reading up on the latest job search methods and you will soon discover a whole new vocabulary is involved. Terms like keywords, tweets, tagged, and domain names are now as commonly bandied about as cover letter and informational interviewing was ten years ago. Just as in every other ...

Financial Adversity and Employment

By Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Steven, a computer programmer, had been laid off for six months. He finally received a job offer in a consultant capacity on a large project for a financial services company. He was thrilled to be back at work after beating the bushes for a new job for several months. A week into his new ...

Signs Your Resume is “Old School”

By Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Job search is not something many people do on a regular basis. Some professions experience shorter periods of employment than others, but no one is really “practiced” in hunting for a new job. Some people have never had to actively look for a job, while others only find ...

An Invective on Resume Objectives

If you are still using an objective on your resume, you are definitely behind the times in terms of job search savvy. Objectives have long given way to strong summaries which have been augmented in recent years with a branding line to establish one’s personal distinction. Unfortunately, we continue to see job seekers ...

Got Gaps? Three Tips for Handling Employment History Problems

By Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC The department staff gathers around to celebrate a milestone for a staff member. It is retirement day for Joe Smith who has been with the company for thirty years. Management is there to present a nice gold watch to Joe along with a plaque commemorating his extensive service and loyalty ...

Job Search Realities in a Tight Market

Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC The rapidly changing economic conditions are having a profound impact on the job market. If you are one of the thousands of professionals who are unemployed or who are facing unemployment in the near future, there are some Realities you need to face. Job search is never easy and it is ...

Be a Job Market Boy Scout – Ready for Anything

By Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Think back to last year. Were you in the same job then as you are now? Many people have seen their world change significantly since that time, often taken by surprise. People who had been employed for years and enjoyed long tenure with their employers have suddenly found themselves without ...

From 1999 to 2009 – A Decade of Resume Change

By Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC New Year’s Eve, 1999 was a day toward which the entire world had worked. Information technology professionals world-wide had been working frantically for several years to make sure all vital computer code was updated and ready for the big millennium date change. Pessimists expected ...

Top Three Resume Tips that Recruiters Love

Want to win points with recruiters? Make sure you are giving them what they want in a resume. Recruiters are dealing with hundreds of resumes, searching online databases, and managing tons of individual emails from job seekers on a daily basis. If you can avoid wasting their time, you will win favor and that is always a ...

Gatekeepers Replaced by Databases

With the change in the economy, many professionals are suddenly finding themselves in the job market unexpectedly. Sometimes, senior-level job seekers are searching for a job for the first time in many years. The phones of those who have been “headhunted” their entire careers are quiet and these job seekers ...

Understanding Job Search Technology

By Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Do you remember thermal fax machines? If you do, pause for a moment and consider how far we’ve come in terms of technology and flow of information. Resumes are rarely snail-mailed these days and usually are not faxed either. Resumes are sent via email or uploaded to websites. Companies ...

The Evolution of the Resume: 1999 - 2009

by: Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Job searching with an outdated resume in this market will only bring you frustration and missed opportunities. Make sure your resume lives up to the standards of 2009. Job searching with an outdated resume in this market will only bring you frustration and missed opportunities. In ...

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