April 2007
Tips for internship resumes
There is a special style of resumes called Internship resume. As its name implies, this style of a resume composed with a goal of getting an internship in a desired field. While Internship resumes are usually chronological in format, they have different goals than a resume created for purposes of acquiring a full-time professional position.
March 2007
4 great books on resume writing
resume writing is a difficult task. While you can research information online, or seek assistance from a professional resume services, it is always helpful to have resources on hand that can assist in writing a new or rewriting your existing resume and/or cover letter.
February 2007
Searching for a Used Car at a Dealer's Lot
No matter how much dealers tell you they've "changed the customer experience" and how many dealerships advertise that they have a strict "no haggling" policy, dealerships remain pretty strange places. The used car lot may be the strangest of all.
Wanted: Commercial truck driver jobs in the USA - USA Jobs
With the impeding growth of the trucking industry in the USA in the next couple of years, truck drivers will be in constant demand to meet the supply. Right now, the industry has been suffering from the shortage of qualified drivers.
Outsourcing Blunders - Free Online Course Outsourcing Directory
It was 25 years back when the first corporation thought of this bright idea of farming out part of its IT department to somebody else. They called it time-sharing, and it was supposed to cut costs dramatically.
Qualifications what do employers look for?
When applying for jobs, it is important that you read through the job description thoroughly before submitting your application. A lot of what employers are actually looking for in their potential associate is written right in the job description and requirements.
January 2007
Prioritizing job descriptions in your resume
The most difficult and time consuming section of any resume is the listing of your work experience, no matter the level you have reached in your professional career. If you have just graduated college and dont have any full-time professional experience, you are concerned if your part time job and summer internship are enough to get your foot in the door.
Switching Jobs How to adapt your resume to your new career choice
Changing jobs has to be one of the more difficult decisions a person can make; staying in the work environment we are used to can sometimes be easier than having to embrace uncertainty, and having to prove your professional qualifications and credibility in a new workplace.
Helpful tips for emailing your resume
In order to seek out and apply for the jobs you are interested in, you will most likely post your profile and resume on a job search web site, such as monster.com or hotjobs.com.
November 2006
The Job Hunters Handbook
This course helped me find a much better job. Best part is the course was free.
Positively Thinking Out of the Box
How can one person “think out of the box?” This should be done independently, but how? Here’s an example: Cut a cake into eight slices but you have to make no more than three cuts. Most people will have trouble coming up with a way to cut the cake.
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