Workers Feeling Job Stress, Too

Yes, managers are under a great deal of pressure turbulent times and all of us are well advised to take this condition into account in managing relationships with them. It has never been more important for everyone to focus on the job at hand, do it in the best way possible and tread lightly so as to avoid undue confrontations.
But there is another side to the coin.
Managers need to keep in mind that employees are under the gun to cut costs, increase production … in other words, do more with less.
People Are Frightened
It is well to remember that people generally are frightened about their jobs and the future as a whole. It is not possible to read in the morning newspaper and hear on the evening news about companies failing and even the strongest laying off people right and left.

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Keyword-Rich Resumes Get You Noticed

The demands on job seekers, in respect to writing resumes, seem to increase daily. Of course, it’s not really that often, but it does seem as if the list of resume dos and don’ts has grown exponentially over the past few years. It hasn’t. In fact, much of what was important 20 years ago – yes, I’m old enough to actually remember – is still important today … with a modern twist. Adding email addresses to headings and using keywords to catch the attention of scanning equipment or software are pretty much all there is that differs.
Including keywords was probably important 20 years ago, too, but went by another name, the way “reputation” morphed into “personal brand.” Anyway, what’s important for job seekers to know is that adding words to their resumes that pertain to their career fields or mirror those they read in job postings will get them noticed faster.

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Keywords Keep Resumes Relevant

As if the stress of finding a job before graduation isn’t enough, college seniors are now learning that if their resumes don’t have the “right words,” they won’t be read by recruitiers or employers at all. The recession has caused the job market to become flooded with qualified applicants from various levels of experience, so to even be considered, every job seeker, but particularly college seniors and recent graduates, have to make sure they get past the resume scanners first.
“It is critical that candidates prep keyword-rich resumes,” advised Krista Ulatowski of PR firm, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide. “HR coordinators are scanning resumes so quickly these days that these keywords need to catch their eyes and give them a reason to hang onto that resume for that much longer.” Students and recent grads can get more information and help from the Microsoft Office Online Career Center, Ulatowski added.

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Working With Disabled Co-workers

What’s the best way to prepare my team for a new hire who’s blind and will be accompanied every day by a guide dog?

Giving Feedback During an Internship

Should I give our new interns feedback as a group or individually? And what should I do if one of them just isn’t working out?

Virtual, Physical or Both? How to Create a Brag Book.

Should my brag book be an actual book that I can take with me to interviews, or should I only have one online?

Team Leader, Interrupted

What’s the best way for a team leader to handle someone who constantly interrupts and tries to take over every group discussion?

What NOT to Wear During Your Internship

How can I tell our new intern that her clothes, which are technically business casual, are clearly too close fitting and inappropriate for the workplace, without hurting her self-steem?

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