How to use keywords in your resume
Posted on 07. Mar, 2010 by bcoin in Blog, Job Hunting News, Resume Formatting, Resume Tips, Resume Writing
One of the biggest misconceptions about the job search these days is the notion that a human being is going to read your resume before deciding whether you’re a qualified candidate or not. While search has dominated how we do things online, many people still tell themselves an antiquated tale that stars an erstwhile [...]
10 Tips for Using Twitter to Find Your Next Job
Posted on 27. Feb, 2010 by bcoin in Career Advice, Job Hunting News
There’s no question that today’s job market has made finding work harder than ever. The saying “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know” has never been a more true statement. If fighting through thousands of resumes on an overworked recruiter’s desk doesn’t sound promising to you, then working your network is [...]
Top 5 Ways to Help Your Recruiter Help You
Posted on 23. Feb, 2010 by bcoin in Career Advice, Job Hunting News
Our Resume Writers are real-time Recruiters working every day to fill job openings for hiring managers across various industries. We polled our team to see what are the Top 5 most important things a job seeker can do to help make it easy on their Recruiter to give them the best chance of landing key [...]
Resume Writing Tip #1
Posted on 05. Jul, 2009 by Graeme in Job Hunting News, Resume Formatting, Resume Tips, Resume Writing
The most important thing when writing your resume, and this goes for any resume type (whether you’re in sales, operations, marketing, technology, you name it) is that you demonstrate positive results for your former employers. This is important so I’m going to repeat it. When you write your resume you need to write it with [...]
Staffing Levels Predicted to Stabilize in 3Q 2009
Posted on 09. Jun, 2009 by jay in Career Advice, Job Hunting News
New data from Manpower suggests that employers remain hesitant about adding staff but do plan to keep their staffing levels relatively stable during the third quarter of 2009. Based on additional data, the U.S. Manpower Employment Outlook Survey for the current quarter was revised to -2 percent and the same level is projected for the [...]
Tips for naming your resume file
Posted on 05. Jun, 2009 by jay in Job Hunting News, Resume Formatting, Resume Tips, Resume Writing
The Internet and computers have profoundly changed how people look and apply for jobs. They have opened up job opening announcements to candidates beyond the immediate local area and facilitated potential employer/employee communication. They have also presented jobseekers and recruiters with some interesting challenges including how to name resume files so they can be easily [...]
More job ads posted online in May
Posted on 01. Jun, 2009 by jay in Career Advice, Job Hunting News
The number of job opportunities advertised online grew by a quarter of a million to 3,367,000 in May according to The Conference Board Help-Wanted Data Series (TM). This is the first gain since October 2008 when the number of ads increased only 21,000 and the largest increase since October 2006. Despite the May increase, the [...]
5 Tips for broadening your work experience
Posted on 21. May, 2009 by jay in Career Advice, Job Hunting News, Resume Tips
Ninety-three percent of the Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) interviewed by Accountemps for their latest employment survey indicate that it is important for job seekers to have gained work experience while in school.
“New entrants to the job market should bolster their resumes with internships, volunteer work and community activities – anything that demonstrates a strong work [...]
Social Networking: Risks and Rewards
Posted on 18. May, 2009 by jay in Career Advice, Job Hunting News
“One-third of employees surveyed never consider what their boss of customers might think before posting material online,” said Sharon Allen, chairman of the board at Deliotte LLP. “This fact alone reinforces how vulnerable brands are as a result of the increased us of social networks.”
Even more important, from the employee and job hunter perspective, is [...]
The .PRO advantage
Posted on 11. May, 2009 by jay in Career Advice, Job Hunting News, Resume Tips
“Professionals need a way to get noticed by employers,” said Thomas Barrett, President of EnCirca, a leading .PRO domain name registrar. “Creating a website for their resume or blog is an approach that will pay dividends far into the future.”
Establishing an online presence using a .PRO domain name can give licensed professionals a competitive advantage [...]