Job Seekers: Did You Know
Spell-check is a great thing. What did we ever do without it? Spell-check is also a curse; it’s imperfect and we rely on it too much. A resume is too important to trust it to spell-check alone. Human eyes on words are needed when proofreading a resume, preferably human eyes that have a good grasp of grammar.
We tend to read what we think we wrote, especially when we work on documents for long periods of time or documents which have many iterations. How many hours have you spent on your resume? Most people devote over twenty hours to working on their resumes. At some point, things blur together and words start to lose meaning. When that happens, errors are overlooked and grammar demons have a feeding frenzy.Read More...
Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC
GetInterviews.com
It had been one of those days. You know the kind when everything goes wrong. Murphy’s Law kicked in and just as you struggled to put out the latest fire, you received a call from a hiring manager or recruiter about a great job. The phone call is always the first interview and it is crucial. You knew that yet you were distracted and stressed.
The employer had already reduced the candidate pool to a select group and you made that group based on your resume. That day he was calling candidates for further elimination in order to whittle the group to a smaller number for face-to-face interviews. Unfortunately, that call came right when chaos broke loose in your world and you crashed and burned. What can you do to salvage the situation?
First, take a deep breath and get past the urge to kick yourself. Okay, so you blew it but it doesn’t have to stay a hopeless situation. Be proactive and take some steps to turn the situation around rather than indulge in self-pity. Attitude is everything! Read More…
Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC
GetInterviews.com
Salt and pepper. Peanut butter and jelly. Resume and cover letter. Some things just go together. One of the three types of cover letters should always accompany a resume in job search activities. Cover letters come in different “flavors” depending on their use and target audience. Let’s go over the main three cover letters you need for your job search. Read More…
1 – General Cover Letter.
2 – Targeted Cover Letter.
3 – Recruiter Cover Letter.
Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC
GetInterviews.com
