Archive for May, 2006
Make your resume shine online
Use online tools. If you’re posting on a job board, investigate the site first to see what it offers. For instance, Hotjobs.com lets you post up to ten different resume, while Monster.com offers a diversity and inclusion feature. Also check out “career tools” for general job-search tips on interviewing, trends and other helpful info.Craft an eye-catching header. It’s easy to get lost in the point-and-click stampede. That single line in the header of your E-mail is valuable advertising space; it separates you from thousands of other job seekers. So make It shine. If you’re a go-getter looking for a challenging position, say it in your header.
Use key words. Tailor your resume and cover letter to the job-posting description suggests Chris Jones, vice-president of content a Hotjobs.com. Include a “key words” section at the bottom of the resume Many employers use auto. mated systems to flag resume with certain key words that highlight areas of expertise.
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No commentsInterview Bias: Overcoming the Silent Forces Working Against You
Interviewers are human, and all carry with them some assumptions about different types of people. You need to recognize the most likely biases people have toward you and prepare to address these biases in interviews to minimize their impact.
Your job interview is tomorrow. You know your appearance will matter, so you polish your shoes and brush your hair. You realize your interviewer will have your resume in hand, so you’ve come prepared to explain every minute detail included on it. You’ve even done practice interviews and prepared your responses to all the trick questions. Are you ready? Not yet.
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No commentsSelling yourself to a prospective employer
So far, so good. You’ve been “selling” yourself on paper for weeks. You wrote the perfect cover letter–right tone, right information. You enclosed the perfect resume–concise, clear, and confident. Together, the two made a terrific impression, and now it’s time for the real test in the job search–the interview. Time to sell yourself to a potential employer, but this time, it’s face-to-face. This is the important part, too. While your cover letter made claims about what you can do and your resume gave the specifics that backed up those claims, the interview is your chance to take all that information and put it into an attractive package–you!
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