Category: Blog
AUTHOR: Darlene Z.
CATEGORY: LinkedIn Profile
POSTED: April 16, 2013 at 8:20 am
By now, we all know the importance of having a LinkedIn profile to promote our brand and visibility in the business world. However, it’s not enough to simply copy and paste your current resume into the various LinkedIn fields and call it a day. LinkedIn is an advertisement for you, and you need to treat it... » Read Full Article
AUTHOR: Darlene Z.
CATEGORY: Tips
POSTED: April 12, 2013 at 9:23 am
I recently watched a YouTube video 10 Resume Tips, Improving Your Resume & CV – Advice From Justin. He provided solid tips, including the following: Each resume and cover letter should be tailored to each position sought Never make the mistake of creating one resume and cover letter then sending it to 10, 50, 100 or... » Read Full Article
AUTHOR: Darlene Z.
CATEGORY: Cover Letter
POSTED: April 9, 2013 at 8:24 am
Whether cover letters are essential to your job search or not (some hiring managers and recruiters believe they are), many candidates believe there’s no correct or wrong way to write one. That’s wishful thinking and it could result in not being considered for a position. Cover Letters Must Be as Stellar as Your Resume In... » Read Full Article
AUTHOR: Evan Roth
CATEGORY: Job Search, Tips
POSTED: April 5, 2013 at 2:00 am
How much would you pay to kickstart your job search? What would it be worth to increase your job opportunities and decrease the time spent on your search? What if you didn’t need to pay anything to get these results? We all have a resource that we can tap into – our own personal energy. ... » Read Full Article
AUTHOR: Darlene Z.
CATEGORY: Job Interview, Tips
POSTED: April 2, 2013 at 9:44 am
This isn’t a topic that has come up often during the Great Recession. Many of us have felt it necessary to take what we could get and be grateful for it. Times, thankfully, are changing, even if it appears to be at a snail’s pace. Hiring is up and employees are feeling more confident in... » Read Full Article
AUTHOR: Darlene Z.
CATEGORY: Job Interview, Job Interview Edge, Tips
POSTED: March 29, 2013 at 10:23 am
The American culture is a bit contradictory about its approach to introverts and extroverts. A recent book, Quiet, discusses how we’re trained from an early age to be extroverts, the one who gets noticed. However, we’re also admonished not to brag about ourselves because that makes us appear arrogant. Most parents have told their children that nobody... » Read Full Article
AUTHOR: Darlene Z.
CATEGORY: Cover Letter, Tips
POSTED: March 26, 2013 at 9:11 am
Although a cover letter can have a more personalized tone than your resume, by no means is that license to be unprofessional. Too often, candidates believe that they can bare their souls in a cover letter, that such honesty will endear them to the hiring manager. If anything, it will make your letter and resume... » Read Full Article
AUTHOR: Darlene Z.
CATEGORY: Resume, Tips
POSTED: March 22, 2013 at 2:00 am
Many of us have had a break between jobs due to our positions being outsourced, eliminated or because we had personal obligations that demanded our time. As most job seekers know, hiring managers and recruiters take job gaps into consideration when they’re determining whether they’ll call a candidate in for an interview. You Can’t Change... » Read Full Article
AUTHOR: Darlene Z.
CATEGORY: Job Interview Edge, Resume Writing Services, Tips
POSTED: March 19, 2013 at 8:34 am
A resume is your first chance to make a favorable impression on a hiring manager. An interview may be your last chance to convince the individual to give you a shot at the job. This video from Career TV, provides excellent advice to make the most of your chances. You need to avoid: Profanity Slang... » Read Full Article
AUTHOR: Darlene Z.
CATEGORY: Job Search, Tips
POSTED: March 15, 2013 at 9:20 am
According to an abcnews.com article, a Census Bureau report states that the majority of new mothers are returning to work within a year of giving birth. The piece continues: “Of the 3.6 million women who gave birth from July 1997 through June 1998, about 59 percent returned to the work force within a year of having... » Read Full Article