How to Become a Successful Freelance Translator
After completing their translation training programmes at higher professional education or university level, many students can't wait to set up as a freelance translator. However, gaining a foothold as a freelancer in a very competitive translation market may turn out to be a pretty complicated business. Translation agencies are not... Read More
Update Your Resume Today
A friend was just promoted to a position of vice-president of a company. I am happy for him and the first thing I told him after congratulations was "update your resume". He is now in a new league and if and when a headhunter should call or an opportunity to... Read More
How to Overcome a Bad First Impression
Have any of these situations happened to you? Forgetting your client's name, unintentionally insulting a co-worker, spilling coffee on your boss, not recognizing an old friend, drinking too much at the company party, sending a racy e-mail to the wrong person, or asking a woman's due date when she's not... Read More
Resume Success Factors--What Exactly Is A Resume Anyway?
You know you're good...real good. The problem, though, is that you are struggling to demonstrate just how good you are on paper.Ah...the resume. If you've ever written one you know what a challenging task it can be.The Gregg Reference Manual tells us some fundamental facts about resumes:The purpose of your... Read More
Planning To Work Abroad
Working abroad can be an exciting, rewarding and horizon broadening experience; and if you take the time to plan ahead carefully before you go, you will make your transition into the overseas work place a smooth and successful one.So, if you're considering relocating overseas to take up a temporary assignment... Read More
6 Vital Tips For Creating A Superior Resume
1: Keep It ShortConsidering that initially HR personnel only spend approximately 10-20 seconds on a resume, the shorter your resume, the most desirable it is. Aim for one page.Of course, it is sometimes impossible to create such a short resume. You might have to include a second page because you... Read More
Free Resume Template: Beware!
Downloading a free resume template can be so alluring. No work to do! You just download it, fill in the blanks, and get the job of your dreams!If you buy that, I've got lots of other things I'd like to sell you.That's a pipe dream. Listen, folks. All you get... Read More
Your Job Search -- a Marketing Campaign?
The successful job search is really just a personal marketing campaign. And the same techniques used in infomercials and junk mail can help you get hired, too.I'll prove it to you.First, let's define marketing. I like this definition: marketing is finding and getting customers.That sounds like a job search, doesn't... Read More
Adapting To Change In A Changing World
Have you learnt a new skill or improved upon your existing skill in the last six months to one year?According to the world acclaimed management guru and Writer Professor Peter Drucker - "The only skill that will be important in the 21st century is the skill of learning news skills.... Read More
Fear of Being Outsourced? Fight Back
Me, outsourced? Impossible. How could they replace a business-humor columnist? But my brother-in-law, the radiologist, told me his hospital was threatening to cut his position because they had found a medical group out of India that would read MRIs at half the cost.He warned me, "Hesh, don't be so smug.... Read More
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What is Contract Programming? An Alternative to the Conformity of Everyday Employment
What is contract programming, you ask? Well, when companies need... Read More
How To Receive Payment as a Freelance Translator?
A problem most freelance translators are facing with is how... Read More
The Background on Background Checks
In one of my past lives I held a Top... Read More
Creating Your Own Luck
Losing my job in the last recession of... Read More
Internships: Bonkers or Brilliant?
I have something to say that's driving me batty. It's... Read More
Writing a Must-Read Cover Letter
If you want to land an interview, you'll need more... Read More
Your First Summer Work in the UK - Picking Strawberries The Right Way
Most jobs on farms in the UK involve picking strawberries... Read More
Dressing Tips for Interview Success
Dressing appropriately for job interviews is one of those areas... Read More
Preventing The Runaway Candidate
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Online Resume Formats
There are several types of online resume formats that can... Read More
Resumes, Networking, Headhunters ? Useless Without Marketing Sweet Spot
A career transition is no longer about getting your hands... Read More
How to Write a Resume That Stands Out From The Crowd
Today's job market is competitive. Many companies receive hundreds of... Read More
How To Get A Job Fast
In today's unpredictable economy, the idea of job security with... Read More
Online Business: The Underground Railroad for Corporate Escapees
Millions of people everyday spend eight hours or more in... Read More
How Important Is It To Stand Apart From Others In An Interview And How Difficult Is It?
Any professionally trained interviewer can attest these questions are the... Read More
Seven Steps to Better Networking
If published statistics are accurate, employment agencies and search firms... Read More
Speak Up: Your Job Is At Stake!
How good are you at standing up for yourself?Do you... Read More
7 Steps to Effective Communication
The success of any business or organization depends largely on... Read More
The Best Business And Economy Solutions
In todays Business and economy, starting any business service requires... Read More
Interview Presentation Skills: Dealing With Your Nerves
Sooner or later, the interview invitation is going to say... Read More
Updating Your Plum Job Now That Youre a Parent
It's startling to discover how having kids changes the way... Read More
Loving What You Do
Man is a social animal and survival is his major... Read More
So, Your Made A Mistake
Of course, mistakes are important. Two facts put those you... Read More
Master Responding to Selection Criteria and Win Your Next Job!
As a human resources specialist for many years, I've seen... Read More
Analysing Adverts for the Creative Response
The fundamental rule is: if you are going to apply... Read More
Feedback: Take It or Leave It ... But Get It
The expense was substantial. An immersion workshop with twelve participants... Read More
Why Employers Want an Employee with a Degree
You wake up in the morning, head to work, and... Read More
Before You Begin, Know What To Expect - How You Can Make a Living Proof Reading From Home
Proof reading from home is an excellent way to make... Read More
What is Workers Compensation Fraud
What is FraudFraud occurs when a person knowingly or intentionally... Read More
Career Strategy When Your Boss is a Bully
Q. Right after I accepted my new position, the manager... Read More
Job Search - 6 Tips to Boost Your Campaign
Does your job search feel like a big weight on... Read More
How to Transform a Boring Note Into A Killer Cover Letter - Part II
In Part I, we covered how to grab the reader's... Read More
Create A Rappin? Resume
(Percussion sounds emanating from who knows where while you listen... Read More
Writing A Great Resume, Part 1
Need a great resume to land that great job coming... Read More
Career Advice: Are Resumes Obsolete As A Primary Job Search Tool?
In a day of background checks, pre-employment drug screening and... Read More
What Exactly Online Recruitment Agencies Do?
Any online recruitment agency can help you to submit for... Read More
Mastering The Lunch Interview
Interviews can be nerve-racking, brain-draining, headache-inducing experiences. These days, recruiters... Read More
Network Now
Have you ever been to a networking event that was... Read More
Conflicts With Your Boss Are Inevitable, But Can Be Healthy
If you are a pro-active, get-things-done type, sooner or later... Read More
What Everybody Ought To Know About How To Change Their Career or Profession and Still Survive...
Dr. Denis Waitley, trainer of leaders, including Super Bowl and... Read More
Giving Notice: 6 Things to Do To Prepare to Leave
After days, weeks, months or longer of interviewing, you have... Read More
How to Terminate an Employee and Live to Tell the Tale
1. Employee Backdrop in AustraliaThe whole arena of Industrial Relations... Read More
Are You Ready To Start A Business? Take This Quiz and See
Don't get discouraged! A "no" answer to any of the... Read More
It is Still Possible to be Upwardly Mobile in America!
Yes, it's still possible to be upwardly mobile in America:... Read More
Drive Your Career Change ? A Direct Approach
If your career has gone off the road, take control... Read More
Do Your Very Best in All Things -- Because Someone Is Looking....
Your job is to rise ABOVE the challenge. Do more... Read More
Why Well Produced Career Portfolios Are Replacing CVs
What is a Career Portfolio?The original portfolio used by artists... Read More
Prepare for YOUR Future now --
All Presidential candidates (before and after) make all kinds of... Read More
Factual Employment Screening Part 1
We have all heard in recent years that the need... Read More
So you want to work at home
There are several ways to work from home. Some of... Read More
Nine Ways to Tell Youre Ready for a Promotion
So you noticed the new job board posting on your... Read More
Get That Job: Mastering Job Interviews
I've heard it said?in fact, it might well have been... Read More
Create Your Plan B Before the Layoff Axe Falls
In one short week, the axe fell at a number... Read More
Writing a Must-Read Cover Letter
If you want to land an interview, you'll need more... Read More
Medical Billing And Coding Profession
Medical billers and coders are in high demand among the... Read More
Sample Resume Objectives: What They All Tend To Miss
Sample resume objectives. When a harried and possibly panicked job... Read More
Staying In The Game
The message came from Human Resources. There's nothing to worry... Read More
In Control - Inside Tips on Interview Success
No, you can't control how the interview will be conducted,... Read More
Avoiding Tire Kickers as Job Seekers
With the economy heating up and employment prospects opening up... Read More
What Not To Include In Your Resume
Do you have a difficult time determining what does not... Read More
Writing Great Cover Letters
Cover letters are an essential ingredient to your complete résumé... Read More
The Changing Values Landscape of the U.S. and How It Impacts Midlife Job Searchers
Imagine a huge river that has been flowing for centuries:... Read More
Acceptance is the Answer to All Our Problems
Many people today have lost jobs after decades of service;... Read More
Six Sure-Fire Ways to Get Yourself a Pay Rise
Many employees do not care too much for their bosses... Read More
Seven Steps to Making a Successful Career Change
My first job was secretary to Moses. Having to transcribe... Read More
Create a Network and Catapult Your Job Search
Networking is still known as a great job-search strategy, yet... Read More
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