Proactive Career Management

By P Joseph

So there stands before all of us a terrific opportunity here surely! If the majority of people are reactive about managing their careers, both generally and within the organization that they themselves work for, then if can we learn to be more proactive about the development and management of our own career, thus moving closer to the 5 per cent proactive category, then we will achieve competitive advantage and ultimately more success with our career achievements? The answer to this question of course is YES. Continue reading Proactive Career Management

Self Employment – Is it Really Where You Belong?

By Clair A. Schwan

It’s tough to think about self employment when you’ve been an employee of someone else for most of your working life. Well, it isn’t tough to think about it, but it’s probably difficult to do it. For you it might not be. Continue reading Self Employment – Is it Really Where You Belong?

Beat the Unemployment Trap – You Too Can Be Self-Employed

By John L Murray

How do you become self-employed? It’s not magic, it’s an attitude. Self-employed people are not necessarily smarter or have better skills than you do but they have a desire for independence and self confidence they can survive on their own. Continue reading Beat the Unemployment Trap – You Too Can Be Self-Employed

From Employed to Self-Employed

By Dhyan ATkinson

Despite the economy, this is actually a good time to start your own business. Whether you have been laid off, have taken early retirement (but are not ready for knitting or golf yet) or whether you are still employed and have been dreaming of the freedom and benefits of self employment for a long time, this article will give you vital tips on how to get started. Continue reading From Employed to Self-Employed

Market Yourself with a Resume That Gets Results

by Michael Fleischner

Your resume should be like any good marketing plan — designed to sell! It needs to hook potential employers as soon as they see it, so they bypass the discard pile and take a second look. Creating a resume that accomplishes that can’t be done in just a few minutes because there’s much more to it than listing your work history and year of graduation. Try thinking of it as an art form, because it is. Great resumes get a second look and an interview, but bad ones don’t get a second thought. Continue reading Market Yourself with a Resume That Gets Results

Write Your Perfect Resume

by Steve Dolan

Writing a Resume

Not that long ago, the easiest way to get a job was to visit the company you wanted to work for and ask for one. Today, however, it’s not quite that simple. Most companies require you to submit your resume to them before they’ll consider you for a position. So the resume has become a great deal more important, because it’s the first, and possible last, chance you have to make the right impression. That’s why it’s so important to get it right! Continue reading Write Your Perfect Resume

The Easy Way to a Stellar Resume

by John Mehrmann

The rules have changed. Shopping for employment is a hybrid of automated filter applications, on-line search engines and good old fashioned human interpretation. To be effective you need to make sure that your resume is designed to perform in all of these areas. In the hunt for a new job, a better job, or just keeping your Resume current, use these ten simple steps to draft a stellar resume. Continue reading The Easy Way to a Stellar Resume

Federal Resumes – 10 Tips For Success

by Heather Eagar

Applying for A federal job requires you to take a different approach and adhere to a different set of rules and techniques. Unlike private sector recruitment, the procedures followed in federal recruitment goes by certain criteria and rules. The basic idea here is to provide every applicant an equal opportunity. Of late, the OF-612 form, or Federal Resume, is the accepted resume form for federal jobs. Here are 10 key tips to writing a Federal Resume that works: Continue reading Federal Resumes – 10 Tips For Success

Writing Effective Cover Letters

by Paul Hegarty

The cover letter is often overlooked when preparing a resume. Your cover letter is just as important. In actual fact the cover letter will yield the first impression. Have a terrible cover letter and the next step will be the trash can. When writing the cover letter we want to be short and snappy. We want to create interest. We want it to be clean and concise. Continue reading Writing Effective Cover Letters

Cover Letters – An Important Introduction

by Simone Emmons

Your resume can present your skills, education and experience to a possible employer, but your cover letter must encourage the perspective employer enough to consider you from hundreds of candidates competing for a particular job opening. Continue reading Cover Letters – An Important Introduction

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