Jack Kim
Although not a job getting guru, Jack's been around the block a couple of time. So, come over and take a look at some of the strategies, tips and advice, a few laughs and a couple of words of wisdom that he's dispensing, plus his great list of resources at Landing on Your Feet Blog, come over, take your shoes off, stay awhile.
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In this day and age, who in their right mind would even consider lying on their resume? And this would include embellishing or exaggerating what you done or accomplished?
Thank goodness, because being creatures of choice; our horizon is limitless. Your horizon is limitless, but I will not deny that the choices before you are hard.
One such difficult choice is whether to relocate or not. Regardless of your home condition or situation, you must explore this option well. There is an old saying, "you must fish where the fishes are."
A cover letter's only objective is to compel the reader into contacting you. In some ways, it is also to introduce yourself and set the stage for the resume. Yet, if you can write a cover letter that compels the hiring manager to call you, then the resume simply becomes what it is meant to be; a documented list of past experiences and accumulated skills.
Let us talk about what constitutes a good cover letter. Check any ezine site and you will find hundreds of articles on how to write a good and compelling cover letter. Yet, based on the hundreds more articles of cover letters to be written, including this one, I have concluded there are still some questions on how to write a good cover letter. First, let us understand that it is in essence
Too often, many job applicants get rejected because they wrote a poor cover letter. Here 6 common mistakes you can avoid to write a good cover letter.
So, what the heck is an elevator speech? Well, it's a quick 15 to 30 second introductory statement of yourself. Some call it an elevator speech, because if you ran into someone in an elevator, you do not have much time to get your point across. Obviously, you will use this micro statement in a whole lot of other places than in an elevator, but you get the point, right.
I read an article in today's newspaper and came away, asking myself, "Is there worse way to look for a job?" Evidently, there was a job fair downtown yesterday. 135 companies and/or employers were present and about 5,000 job seekers attended. Right off the bat, on a straight line average, that is about 37 applicants to every company. Second off the bat, I hate those odds.
