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The Career Summary

April 19, 2010

1. Monopolize it, it’s important for you to reach an agreement with your family. Tell them I am looking for a job. I need your cooperation. You must keep your phone conversations to 5 minutes or less until I find a new job. The only alternative is to have a second phone installed – not [...]

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Openers: Identifying Information and Career Summary

April 15, 2010

Lines that are so well-written and sparkling that they guarantee the reader will look at the rest of the ad. You want to “hook” readers and drag them in, make them read what you want the to read. Journalists use the same idea when they write a lead, an article’s first paragraph. Leads must be [...]

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Openers: Still Identifying Information and Career Summary

April 11, 2010

Just type it like this: Jack M. Washington 232- 15th Street Royal Oak, Michigan 48233 (313) 255-1345 Take note: Name typed in capital letters (bold type, if available) Double space after name Address in initial capital letters and lower case Name of state spelled out (not initials – some people don’t know that “MI” is [...]

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Openers: Identifying Information and Career Summary

April 7, 2010

Whether you’re applying for a job at a Fortune 500 company or a local store, chances are the employers are looking for the same thing: What can you do for their company and for their customers? As they look over your resume, they’re going to be asking themselves the same questions: What do you bring [...]

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