Writing Powerful Resumes ? 10 Golden Rules
Your resume is your sales letter. It may not get you the job. But it must get you an interview. The resume should be written to arouse the interest of the employer so that you get your appointment for an interview. This is the primary purpose of a resume. Here... Read More
Are You Sabotaging Your Career?
My experience working with thousands of leaders world wide for the past two decades teaches me that most leaders are screwing up their careers.On a daily basis, these leaders are getting the wrong results or the right results in the wrong ways.Interestingly, they themselves are choosing to fail. They're actively... Read More
Seven Steps to Better Networking
If published statistics are accurate, employment agencies and search firms fill about 20% of all jobs in the US. Job boards fill anywhere between 2% and 8%. So how do the others get filled?Networking consistently fills more jobs than any other method. Yet people often don't know how to network... Read More
Sweeping Up Worms
With the opening of a new venture and numerous reporters arriving in an hour, it felt like one of those "chickens with heads off" days. We were close, but not ready. So like locusts to a wheat field, a swarm of people were devouring the last minute details. Then, it... Read More
The Executive Resume - Moving Beyond Accomplishments
There is a major difference between conventional resumes and executive resumes. Accomplishments are usually the center point of a conventional resume (i.e., indicating how much money was saved, how sales increased, what processes were proposed, planned, initiated, implemented, or streamlined). The executive resume, on the other hand, has more than... Read More
How To Write A Resume Cover Letter That Will Get Your Resume Read
A Resume Cover Letter has only one purpose - to stimulate the recipient of your resume to review your resume. This free resume cover letter tutorial assumes that you will be sending your resume and resume cover letter by email.In the age of e-mail your Cover Letter should go in... Read More
Ten Great Careers For Single Parents
The challenges of raising a child by yourself, whether you're a mother or father, can be very difficult. Add the burden of having to be out of the home for 40+ hours per week to work and raising a child at the same time can be nearly impossible. This article... Read More
Cover Letter Magic: 4 Ways To ASK For The Job Interview - And Get It!
Just how important it is to ASK for the job interview clearly and directly in your cover letter?IT'S EVERYTHING!So the question remains: how effectively are you ASKING? The following four ways will help you nail down many more job interviews. Try them all and see which ones work best for... Read More
Spiritual Practices Offer Peace and Acceptance
Facing career transitions and daily life challenges can leave us feeling lonely, stressed and anxious. How do we manage to deal with the financial and emotional stress of having a home, a car, work (or no work), kids and a spouse in this too-busy world?Spiritual practices can help us navigate... Read More
The Top 10 Ways to Achieve Balance in Your Life
1. Define Success for YourselfClarify and write down what success means for you. What would it look like, feel like, what would you hear if you were successful. Use these answers as your barometer....not somebody else's.2. Get a Handle on Your finances TodayPay your bills on time, do a budget,... Read More
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Five Mistakes That Can Derail Your Job Search
No matter how much time and energy you invest in... Read More
Job or no Job: The Certainty of Uncertainty
Headline from AP via Yahoo News! January 11, 2005: "Chrysler... Read More
Employment Law: Attendance Rewards - Legal Ramifications
If you were thinking of offering your employees special rewards... 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
8 ?Thurvival Skills? for 05
Just what is a "thurvival skill?" It's a skill that... Read More
Cross Cultural Interviews
At this moment in time, the increase in cross border... Read More
Interview Tips, How to Get the Job You Want
Enter into a state of relaxed concentration. This is the... Read More
Ideal Job and Handling Criticism
How many times have you been asked, "What is your... Read More
Serious Business Networking
As they always say "It's not what you know, it's... Read More
How To Receive Payment as a Freelance Translator?
A problem most freelance translators are facing with is how... Read More
How to Get the Job You Want in Any Economy... Act Like a Headhunter
Having spent the last few years of my career in... Read More
Six Factors That Can Cost You the Interview/Job
Most job seekers know that an unprofessional appearance will count... Read More
Cover Letter Magic: 4 Ways To ASK For The Job Interview - And Get It!
Just how important it is to ASK for the job... Read More
Why Should We Hire You?
This is one of those broad questions that can take... Read More
For Effective Decisions, Look Beyond Career Stereotypes
You've probably been taught not to stereotype people based on... 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
Why One Word Answers are Bad News at Job Interviews
It takes a lot of time and effort to get... Read More
Five Powerful Tips for Interns
Interning is about more than earning money during summer break.... Read More
Staying In The Game
The message came from Human Resources. There's nothing to worry... Read More
Protect Your Business by Performing a Background Check
The success of a business endeavor involves a concerted efforts... Read More
Conducting an Effective Interview
An employment interview is a goal oriented conversation in which... Read More
Surviving in Corporate Amercia: Part 1 - Email
There is a saying that goes, "The best offense is... Read More
How Can You Find Freelance Writing Jobs?
Do you think that there is a big sign that... Read More
Old Hiring Foxes vs. The Hedgehogs
You are about to compete for the best people again.... Read More
Ask the Recruiter
We all have career goals, big or small. Here are... Read More
Get Your Dream Job!
Anyone who is a jobseeker knows that looking for a... Read More
What A Former Stay At Home Mom Knows About Creating A Stunning Resume That You Dont
Recently I was asked to touch up a friend's resume.... Read More
What Turns Potential Employers ON; What Turns Them OFF?
According to an annual survey conducted by the National Association... Read More
Seeking Knowledge Will Give You Power
What are you interested in? We all have a passion... Read More
Don?t Discount the Temporary Position Interview
If you think, 'it's just an interview for a temp... Read More
Federal Job Search Strategies: 7 Tips to Help You Succeed
Despite constant calls by politicians and policy makers to reign... Read More
Career in the Toilet?
Individuals not within their target career field may feel insecure,... Read More
The Group Interview
Sometimes, when going on job interviews, you might end up... Read More
How To Receive Payment as a Freelance Translator?
A problem most freelance translators are facing with is how... Read More
Are You Living Your Career Dreams?
Inherent within the human spirit is a desire for fulfillment,... Read More
How To Choose The Right Resume Format
After a thirty (30) second glance lots of resumes get... Read More
Prepare for YOUR Future now --
All Presidential candidates (before and after) make all kinds of... Read More
What To Do When HR Calls...
Generally, when you present yourself as a prospective candidate for... Read More
Five Fabulous Resume Tips for College Grads (or Anybody)
Fluffy clouds. Chirping birds. Green trees. Colorful flowers. It's springtime!... Read More
What Is Your Greatest Weakness?
The fastest way to make a good interview go bad... Read More
Getting Started: 5 Things You Need to Decide When You Get Started with a Job Search
There are few things more frustrating for a headhunter than... Read More
So Youre Thinking of Changing Careers
"You don't have to take life the way it comes... Read More
The Top 10 Ways to Achieve Balance in Your Life
1. Define Success for YourselfClarify and write down what success... Read More
The Springtime of Your Career
Rick Jarow, author of Creating the Work You Love, introduced... Read More
Reactions to Job Loss; Getting Past the Emotions
Without doubt, job loss through downsizing or redundancy, is a... Read More
Is Your Resume Doing ITS Job?
Is it opening doors to new opportunities? Does it compel... Read More
Theres No Need to Pad Your Resume
It seems like a good idea, harmless in fact. Your... Read More
Finding Your Ideal Career
In the current climate, many people are looking away from... Read More
Where Did All The Farmers Go?
Several times a year, I hear someone complain about the... Read More
Have You Given Up On Yourself?
Have you given up on yourself? Have you decided to... Read More
Power Resumes ? Writing Your Objectives
A powerful resume starts with a good statement of objective.... Read More
Do You Have a Hotsy-Totsy Resume?
I begin this article with a bit of slang description.... Read More
Don?t Discount the Temporary Position Interview
If you think, 'it's just an interview for a temp... Read More
Surprise! Accounting is the Hot New Major
There was a time when accounting was the boring college... Read More
Job Interviews: Plan Your Appearance to Make a Great First Impression
Your personal appearance is a critical component of that all-important... Read More
How to Write a Scientific Resume
You're a scientist, you're very well educated, you're intelligent, and... Read More
10 Things to Do to Get the Job
10. Understand all of the opportunities available to you. Don't... Read More
Make A Lasting Impression With Interview Etiquette
(Des Moines, Iowa - February 2, 2005) Behaving appropriately during... Read More
The Top 10 Reasons to have a Career Coach
Many people in the last decade have experienced for themselves... Read More
Using Recruiters: How To Get A Step Ahead Of The Crowd
When there is an opening to fill, a company has... Read More
Dealing With How Would You...? Questions
I'm always preaching about proper preparation prior to interviews. If... Read More
Knowing and Guessing
The line between average and exceptional work performance is dotted... Read More
How to Become a Successful Freelance Translator
After completing their translation training programmes at higher professional education... Read More
Ten Great Careers For Single Parents
The challenges of raising a child by yourself, whether you're... Read More
What To Do
Ever had that perfect life when everything seems perfect yet... Read More
Serious Business Networking
As they always say "It's not what you know, it's... Read More
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