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A Professional Cover Letter In Tough Times
April 2, 2010 - 8:58 am
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Make no mistake! All cover letters are not the same. Some are at best, ho hum. Others are professional in every way. In these tough economic times, any old cover letter won’t cut it with the hiring manager. You can imagine which one he or she will move to the top of the pile.
There are [...]
Are You Shooting “PAR” on the Resume Course?
February 28, 2010 - 7:34 pm
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Shooting PAR on a golf course is tough! Shooting “PAR” with your resume is easy if you know the P-A-R formula. Here’s a specific strategy that will impress any hiring manager and benefit you in a BIG way.
P = PROBLEM
A = ACTION
R = RESULT
When writing about your experience at your previous place of employment, state [...]
Social Media Muddies Waters For Jobseekers
Invited to an interview, you step into the room and unload that heavy photo album you’ve been clinging to onto the conference table. In addition to a resume and brag book, you have pictures on your iPhone of your dogs and the neighbor’s cat stalking the birds enjoying your new bird feeder. The interview progresses [...]
Three Interview Secrets
February 18, 2010 - 6:43 pm
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Be ready.
Be your self.
Be attentive.
What’s so ’secret’ about these precepts that surely every person knows? The secret is that number of persons live by them when it comes to landing a career interview. Many task hunters comply with these instead:
Safeguard your emotions.
Guard your privacy.
Secure your rights.
In other words, their focus is all about them, as [...]
How to Write a Positive Cover Letter
February 12, 2010 - 3:42 pm
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A lot of job-seekers miss the opportunity to get past first base whenever it comes to getting the career of their dreams. Just what holds them back? A damaging attitude reflected in their cover letter to potential employers.
Negative Thoughts Lead to Negative Actions!
They may really feel bitter with regards to the way in which their [...]
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