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Resume the Attack

April 25, 2011

Offer more than just yourself. Offer some proven or potential experience. Be original without being flaky. Ask for an interview. Don’t ask for a job. And don’t even think of mentioning salary or salary levels. Get all that. It’s essential. Do all of the above in less than one page. Less than half a page [...]

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Education

August 21, 2010

Your education provided you with a good start in life, but keep in mind that your most important assets are the experience you have gained and your accomplishments during the past 25 or more years. That’s why you should emphasize your experience and maturity by giving top billing to experience. List your education last. (The [...]

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Part II: RedHot Cover Letters That Say You're Hot

August 16, 2009

Disadvantages of a resume letter: One glaring typo or error and, for this employer, your whole life could wind up as a wad of recycled paper. Because this format is expected (conventional formatted letter plus a resume), the presentation must be outstanding or the letter risks boring the reader. The T-Letter: The New Champion My [...]

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Personal Hiring Recommendations

July 30, 2009

In employment networking there is no question what so ever that connections do help. It has been estimated  that between 70 and 80 percent of all jobs get filled by networking more commonly known as “the grapevine”.   These positions filled  through word of mouth , often informally , sometimes formally via an employee recommendation program [...]

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Social Networking Tools as Interractive Job Networking Assets

July 23, 2009

One of the more recent phenomenons in social networking and the internet as a whole is “Twitter”.  Twitter can be simply described as “Micro-Blogging”.   For those who are not up on “Twitter’  and the “Twitter”  craze – this is a text service that lets users (registered and confirmed with the Twitter service or on its [...]

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