Posts Tagged ‘Job search’
Monday, December 13th, 2010
Do you enjoy writing resume cover letters about as much as you relish root canals? Dread isn’t uncommon when it comes to resume cover letters. Experts say keep resume cover letters short, sweet and memorable.
Tags: career, Career advise, Career Path, Great Resumes, How to write a resume, Interviewing, Job search, job-seeker, Jobs, Resume, Resume Spider, resumes, ResumeSpider
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Amid fierce competition for every single job, where do you draw the line between embellishing and lying on your resume?
John O’Connor, Career Pro of NC, Inc.
A November 2008 review by the Wall Street Journal examined the careers and resumes of 358 senior-level executives and directors at 53 publicly traded companies. The result: At least seven [...]
Tags: Job search, Resume Fraud, Resume Spider, resumes, ResumeSpider
Posted in Job growth, Job search, Personal Branding, Resume Tips, Resume writers, Sourcing candidates, Working with recruiters | 1 Comment »
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Nothing has changed. Job Seekers still feel the only strategy to get noticed is to send their resume to all the job postings that narrowly match their industry experience and discipline.What happens next? You wait and never get any response.I’m not surprised. It went to “The Resume Black Hole!” Hiring managers and human resource reps receive [...]
Tags: Black Hole, Job search, Resume, Resume Spider, ResumeSpider
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Sunday, December 28th, 2008
Your Job Should Be Your Calling
In May of 2008 I attended a career conference sponsored by The Ladders and Kennedy Information as well as Career Directors International. A lot of well-known folks inside Career Management Alliance and around the globe attended. As the conference blogger and photographer I also represented one of my key vendors. [...]
Tags: Calling, Job search, Jobs, Mission, Purpose, Recession
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
ResumeSpider offers Career Seekers an alternative approach to getting noticed which leads to more activity; like phone calls, emails and interviews.
We are not claiming this is the silver bullet or some great new idea. However, ResumeSpider is a common-sense approach to networking and targeted list building. Both activities are crucial to a well rounded job search [...]
Tags: Job search, Resume Distribution, Resume Spider, ResumeSpider
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Now for a healthy outlook on your career path, I recommend you…
1. Accept Change. To open a door to a new career jobseekers must focus on accepting change as reality. So look at the ways you have learned and enjoy learning. Express this in achievements and keywords in your resume and career marketing materials. Be ready [...]
Tags: Career Path, Job search, Resume Spider, Resume Writer, resumes, ResumeSpider, Worklife Mission
Posted in Funny, Interviewing, Job growth, Plan and Organize, Recruiting, Resume Tips, Resume writers, Sourcing candidates | No Comments »
Friday, November 21st, 2008
Stand out by writing and living your Work Life mission and learn the new rules for careers. It also might help your parents if you moved out of your old room or the basement.
Start with a new paradigm, a new mindset. Find organizations that support your worklife mission and fight to join them. Generations ago [...]
Tags: Career Path, Job search, New Graduates, Resume Spider, resumes, ResumeSpider, Work Life Mission
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
The Jobseeker’s Situation and Dilemma:
Jane Harding, a top medical pharmaceutical sales representative, says that investing more in her personal brand could have gotten her hired faster. Here’s her story…
She interacted daily with regional medical health centers, gave educational presentations and felt strongly that her portfolio of drugs helped patients recover more quickly from surgery. She [...]
Tags: career, Job search, Jobs, Personal Branding, Six Figure Jobs
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
Check and Refine Your Existing Online Brand. Your personal life is part of your professional brand, so inventory every part of it – in person and online. “I realized that I was casually on MySpace, LinkedIn, Plaxo, Facebook and even YouTube,” Jane Harding says. “I didn’t have anything embarrassing out there, but I wasn’t doing [...]
Tags: career, Job search, Jobs, Personal Branding, Resume Spider, ResumeSpider, Six Figure Jobs
Posted in Job growth, Personal Branding, Plan and Organize, Resume Tips | 1 Comment »
Friday, August 15th, 2008
Are you planning your job search or expecting to get lucky?
Here is an example of a good plan…
Get a calendar and journal, and start to document your daily activity. If you don’t track your activity, there is no way for you to make a good decision if you need to change something.
Make contact with AT [...]
Tags: Get lucky, Job search, Plan and Organize, Resume Spider, ResumeSpider
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