How To Evaluate a Job Offer

“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.” – George S. Patton

Congratulations! You’ve received a job offer. Now what?

First of all, ask yourself if you want this job. Hopefully you spent the time up front to evaluate the company and the position prior to pursuing it.  Sometimes things happen faster than you expect and you haven’t fully explored the opportunity. There are a lot of important aspects to research and consider when you are evaluating an employment opportunity. The more you know before the offer, the better position you’ll be in. Continue Reading

Power Verbs…

When it’s time to assemble your resume or spruce up a cover letter to a potential employer consider adding a few words that will help to create an exciting image of your work experiences in the mind of a potential hiring manager. Don’t just become a needle in the hay stack enhance your presentation with a few the power verbs from the listings below. Continue Reading

How an elevator pitch can help you find a job abroad

There are many reasons you can find yourself abroad and in need of a job. Maybe you are studying overseas. Or you moved with your spouse or partner. Perhaps you have always dreamed of living overseas and you managed to get a Visa. However you got there, now you need to get a job. Here is how a really good elevator pitch can help. Continue Reading

Why Company Research Is Important in an Executive Job Search

As an executive-level job candidate, you know your field inside and out, which is why conducting a job search can initially seem like an easy task.  But if you haven’t searched in years, you might find that the task is more involved than you first thought.

Believe it or not, there are a lot of highly qualified executives looking for work just like you, which means you need to give yourself an edge in order to obtain an interview—and hopefully snag a position.  One way to increase your odds is to conduct thorough research on each company as you write your resumes. Continue Reading

Finding a Job in a Competitive Market

Unemployment is unbelievably high in the UK as fewer job positions are emerging. According to Fresh Business Thinking, UK employers are reluctant to hire new employees which, combined with public sector cuts, could spell an increase in unemployment figures. This is bad news for those who are currently job seeking as competitiveness for positions could increase further.

If you’re currently unemployed and looking for a new position, getting hired could prove more difficult than ever. It’s not just about impressing the interviewer, the number of applicants for each position makes it harder than ever for you to be top of the pile. In order to seek employment you must source job vacancies which aren’t as competitive as others and be one step ahead of the job market. Continue Reading

C x 5= PL–What Every Employer Assesses for When They Hire Someone

What does a company want to find out about you when they interview you? What are they trying to find out when they evaluate and assess you?

In most cases, hiring staff or temporary workers starts out with a job description. Someone sat down and consciously thought of what skills and experience they needed on their staff. As such, most firms hopefully start off by assessing for competence (I say “hopefully” because so many people report that they work with incompetent colleagues). Hopefully an employer has developed a series of questions that help them evaluate and assess skills competency for the skills that are needed. Continue Reading

Accounting Manager Resume & Sample Cover Letter

Jennifer Louis of Best Cover Letters

Accounting Managers share a major responsibility in maintaining the accounts of a firm. They coordinate with various departments and ensure that all financial information and reports are up to date, accurate, and complete. The accounting manger profile being quite dynamic, one need to make sure that the resume and cover letter for this job profile is drafted accurately and yet is impressive. Accounting Manager resumes and sample cover letter should include all the ingredients of a professional document. It should be precise and effective.
Below is an accounting sample cover letter followed by a sample accounting manager resume for the candidate’s reference. Continue Reading

Five Career Tips for College Freshman

If you are a college freshman, time is on your side. How, you may ask. Well for one, hopefully the job market will be better in four years. And for another, you have 4 years to do all of the things you really need to do to set yourself apart from your classmates and the millions of other people that are competing for jobs. I know some college grads that are working in liquor stores or as cashiers in clothing stores. I don’t think this is where you want to work when you graduate (not that there is anything wrong with that). You need to position yourself now to be in the best bargaining position 3 and 4 years from now. Now is your chance to get ahead of the game rather than wishing you had been more diligent. So where to start? Take a read. Continue Reading

Are You Holiday Shopping for a Job?

While many people are shopping for gifts during the holidays, others are looking for employment.  Just like trying to get the best deals when shopping, job searching requires preparation to get the best results.  Some tips to remember if you are shopping for a job include: Continue Reading

Have You Mastered Your Master Resume?

One of the great organizational tools of resume creation is the master resume.  Although it’s considered an optional tool designed to ease the writing process, for those who use it, the benefits are enormous.

If you have created your own master resume, you may have quickly realized that the greatest benefits come when you put more effort into making this document serve its intended purpose.  If you utilize it as intended, you can indeed create great submission resumes that do a good job of snagging interviews. Continue Reading