Resume Blog May Archive

Tips during Job Hunting

05/28/09 07:30

At this time of economic crisis were recessions are spreading all throughout its best to know some tips to acquire a job. In Barbara Pachters' "New Rules@Work: 79 Etiquette Tips, Tools and Techniques to Get Ahead and Stay Ahead", she shares six tips to help job seekers to avoid mistakes during their job hunt.

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Is your Resume on the right pile?

Kirby Glad, a Marriott School alumnus and works as a chief information officer has hired about 200 applicants by sorting sorting resumes into three categories; “Probably can do job,”

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Beating the Competition in the Great Job Hunt

With more companies trying to save money by giving layoffs or freezing their hiring, competition in the labor market has become stiff for the applicants.

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Resume in a Pocket

When people get desperate to look for jobs, practically everything may be a potential source (assuming that they have good networks). It may be a simple conference call, a chat, or what-else, but the point is, we can never be sure.

You will always have to bring your resume then, but is that what we really want? Carry around a pile of paper resumes? Why not carry them in your pockets instead?

Link: Always be ready with your 'pocket resume' card - NWjobs