Cover Letter Questions to Answer Struggling to write a cover letter? You’re not alone. Based on the dozens of inquiries I get every week on this subject, here are four common cover letter questions, with answers to guide you How can I write a cover letter that really stands out in this economy? You can …
How to Avoid Bad Resume Advice We’ve all received bad career advice at some point. Mine came from an aunt who said: “You should be a chemical engineer. You’d be good at it.” Two years of advanced math and 627 headaches later, I decided she was wrong. Here’s some bad career advice on resume writing …
How to handle the intimate Questions of Salary You want a higher salary in your next job, right? Yet, you’re worried about discussing salary, right? If you’re like most people, you answered, “yes” to both questions. Let’s face it, discussing salary is a touchy subject in any job interview — what if you ask for …
Resume Mistakes To Avoid How would a busy recruiter react to your resume? Would it make the “A” pile, or get tossed into the “round file” (i.e., the trash)? To find out, I interviewed Victoria Potter, an experienced recruiter from Edina, Minn.-based Princeton Search Group (www.princetonsearch.com). She reads nearly 300 resumes every week and has …
Guerrilla Marketing: Why it Works The government estimates that between 20 -40 million Americans change jobs every year. That’s a staggering number when you think about it. There are no statistics on the number of mismatches vs career advancers – it’s been this way for years. Already reeling from the struggling economy, competition for the …
Taking Charge: How to be Persistent I just returned from vacation in the Dominican Republic – great place. One of the most interesting aspects for me as a “social scientist” was watching the interaction between the sunbathers and the folks selling cigarettes, sunglasses and hair-braiding on the beech. Every morning the same team of 5-6 …
Are you too easy to let go? Where you one of those guys in high school that always seemed desperate for a date?If so it was probably because you were a real pleaser, An eager beaver? Did it annoy you that the guys who seemed indifferent where the ones the girls where most interested in? …
When it comes to Personal Branding, here’s what you can count on! Veteran Ottawa Citizen Reporter Juliet O’Neil has delivered a brilliant 5 part series on the growing phenomenon of temporary workers entitled “Trapped & Temporary”. It’s brilliantly researched, well written and a must read. “Temping, Contracting and Offshoring” aren’t going to go away. They’re …
How To Start An Instant Job Search How soon do you want to get hired for your next job? Today? That would be nice. Yesterday would be even nicer, right? We all want instant results. Well, I can’t promise you’ll get hired in an instant, but I can give you three ways to generate job …
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