Monday September 6, 2010

Significance of Checking For Details in Your Resume

As a job seeker, your first responsibility is your resume. It has to be perfect. There is no room for errors, big nor small. Begin with keeping your resume as current as possible. The best time to look at your resume is when you are contented and relaxed. This way, you are [...]

Preparing A Cover Letter

Cover letters are an incredibly powerful but often misused tool in many job searches. They are the first, and possibly the last, glimpse that a potential employer has into who you are and what you are offering. Maximize the effectiveness of your cover letters by following these tips.
When considering [...]

Making A Successful Job Application

Modern technology seems to have replaced the “good ole days” of job hunting and applying. The internet has become an invaluable source for finding jobs; supplying access to far more opportunities, companies, and locations than a local newspaper or any other print publication’s classifieds section. Hands down, it is the best [...]

Tips to Recover From Layoff

Have you been laid off from your job? Here are some tips on how to survive the layoff. We all know that right now the unemployment rate is the highest in the country for a century. However, there are a few key things you can do to survive being laid off from [...]

Preparing A Winning Resume

A resume is the most important document you’ll present to potential managers and members of the human resources department. Depending on the industry and the position available, there may be more competition than others, so make sure your resume is a winner. Here are a few tips to consider when writing [...]

Career Portfolios: Why should you have one?

Every job seeker’s dream is to get the right job. They use every possible way to search for the perfect job. Looking for job is a very strenuous process and you need to spend hours searching through jobs that are available in the job portals, government websites, employer’s website, association websites [...]

Tips for Handling Office Politics

Even though office gossip is different from office politics, they are related to each other. Office politics is executed with a purpose of gaining personal benefit, but gossip is completely a social activity at the work place. People interested in office politics often use gossip to place themselves in a position [...]

Smoke Alarms, Time Change and Resume Updates

Just as the time changes twice a year, we generally change the batteries in the smoke alarms located throughout our homes. Unfortunately, people don’t update their resumes as often as they change those batteries. The new year is usually when most people – 60% of people, by some accounts – update [...]

Legal Resume Writing Tips

If you want to catch the eye of a legal employer, you should be armed with both a quality legal resume and a good legal cover letter. They are the most essential documents and can make a difference for you in the eye of the legal employer. If you wish to distinguish yourself from the [...]

Romance and Work?

The popularity of new television shows such as ABC’s The Deep End, includes interpersonal and romantic relationships. One couple is married and experiencing significant marital problems that are spilling over into their work days and another couple is just beginning to explore a new relationship that, of course, is spilling over into their work days [...]