Changing Careers - Basic Preparation (Carole Martin ) Changing careers could be one of the best decisions you make in your life. It may also be one of the more difficult things you will do.
Job Fair Tips Job fairs, also known as career fairs, are a great way to meet with a number of employers at one location. Here are a few tips to make your next job fair experience a positive one.
How to Manage your Career ('Four Minutes to Job Interview Success') To succeed in today's demanding and ever-changing work environment, you must take charge of managing your own career.
Focus on your strengths (Brenda Koritko) Taking time to discover or confirm your key strengths and skills will empower you to make important decisions about your career.
WHY IS CAREER PLANNING IMPORTANT (JEFF ROWE) What comes to your mind when you think about career planning? Many people aren’t sure what career planning means. For our purposes we will define career planning as “A goal that you desire to achieve in a selected field or occupation with a well thought
Writing Cover Letters for Recruiters Depending on how you view writing cover letters, this next piece of information may be comforting or disappointing. Recruiters dont look at your cover letter first, and theyll only read the letter if they like what they read on your resume.
Tips for Writing Email Cover Letters Writing email cover letters is subtly different from writing a standard letter. The basic principles are fairly similar, but you’ll need to modify and add to an email letter in certain respects.
How To Ace An Interview - The Checklist (Deborah Brown-Volkman ) A job interview is a screening tool. For you, it's an opportunity to assess whether or not you want to work for a company. For the employer, it's an opportunity to decide whether or not they want to hire you. Both sides are looking for a match.
Dont just Answer Interview Questions - Ask Them Too In many interviews, the last question youre asked is something along the lines of do you have any further questions? Answer that with a no, and you risk losing points with an interviewer, no matter how well youve done up until then.
Tips for Successful Phone Interviews Many of the techniques that job hunters use to prepare for face-to-face interviews can also be applied to phone interviews youll need to be prepared to both answer and ask questions.
Tips for a Successful Interview After making your way through the maze of job openings, the next stage is the most critical for job seekers the interview. Interviews can be made or broken within the first few moments. Here are a few suggestions that will help you stand out.
When Bad Interviews Happen to Good Candidates (Linda Matias) Going through the motions of a bad interview is like peeling back the layers of an onion. Sally learned this lesson the hard way, hands-on during an interview that should have been a piece of cake. Sally applied for a position that fit her qualifications
Resume Advice
Resume Action Verbs & Keywords If your resume is scanned electronically by a potential employer, the computer scanner will pick up on these keywords.
Building a Strong Resume A strong resume is vital to finding a job. Think of your resume as a marketing tool that grabs the attention of a hiring manager and gets you in the door of the company to make your sales pitch.
Common resume mistake (Killer Resume) Be sure to avoid these mistakes when writing your resume.
Salary Advice
Is that your best offer? (Debbie O'Halloran) Dealing with the salary question is often the most difficult interview question facing job seekers.