This was my recent answer on a Goggle+ thread as to whether the resume is dead: No, because the resume ultimately helps you to develop the information/data/verbiage to communicate your personal brand – essentially it is a marketing document and tool, no longer just static and non-interactive because of its multiple uses. From utilizing content […]
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By Adrianne DeWeese – adrianne.deweese@examiner.net The Examiner Posted Feb 16, 2013 @ 12:20 AM Independence, MO — From the advent of online job-searching websites, many people have assumed they can go online, post their resume and automatically get a job. That’s not really how it works, said Karen Silins, president and owner of A+ Career
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Company research is imperative to your job search and interview success and there are ways to capture that information for better interview preparation. I recommend creating an email to yourself, or using a Word document, to copy and paste hyperlinks of research information you would like to recall for a phone or in-person interview. Include a description of what information
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Clients regularly ask that I coach them through various interview questions, and one of the most requested is “Tell Me about Yourself.” I definitely understand why this question creates so much anxiety on the interviewee’s part, mainly because they have no idea what the interviewer really wants from them. Here is how I coach my
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I am often asked by clients, seminar and workshop attendees and colleagues to recommend websites to bolster professional development, career and networking/business opportunities. With the myriad of sites available on the Internet, culling the herd can be exhausting and time consuming. My recommendations will come in blog posts over the upcoming months in three subject areas:
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Links for articles and blogs with similar topics, some of which I am citing are pasted below and I encourage you to read them, as the information is exceptionally topical. From the time I started my full time resume writing and career coaching business in 1999, scanning systems – called ATS (applicant tracking systems) have
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A new TLNT article regarding “Caustic Twitter Rants Cost Employee His Job AND Unemployment Benefits” showcases the need for common sense in all Internet-based communications (email, social media, article comments, etc.). Thus why I tell clients, just because you think it, doesn’t mean everyone has to hear about it. While we have freedom of speech,
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Years ago, around 2006/2007, a survey was done by a large national media outlet on how many people admitted to lying on their resume – this was prior to the full economic meltdown. Answer – 83% admitted lying on a resume in the past! During a critiquing session at a career fair, I once had
Too many articles are currently talking about the talent shortage, but the sad thing is many of these companies that say they have difficulty finding good candidates are discriminating against the unemployed, sometimes those with as little as one month of unemployment. I highly encourage organizations to take a hard look at their system if they
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A recent article stated that HR is the main issue in employees not staying with an organization or not feeling engaged, however I would like to counter that this is a combined problem of HR and the Executive Suite. Too much work and no reward for extra effort, limited, cost of living, or no raises, employee
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