4 Tips for Designing a Resume That Will Get You Hired

While the information on your resume can qualify you for a job, how it is presented is also an important factor for consideration.  In the following post, learn four tips to make your resume more attractive to a potential employer.

You’ve read all the advice for writing a stellar resume and applied all the tips for great content. You’ve spent hours reviewing and perfecting it line by line. Friends have checked and double checked your spelling and grammar. But you’re still not getting callbacks. Is there anything else you can possibly do to improve your

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4 Tips for Designing a Resume That Will Get You Hired

Volunteering Your Way to Steady Employment: How to Gain Experience Without Having a Job

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One of the main attributes employers look for when reviewing potential candidates for a job is experience in the field. Unfortunately, there’s a catch-22 with this because job-seekers can’t exactly gain experience for the job when employers only hire those with experience. Although this fact might make the situation seem hopeless, one viable solution for gaining experience is by taking advantage of volunteering opportunities relevant to your industry. If you’ve been struggling to gain experience and/or find a job in your field, consider the following advice for finding the right volunteer work for you. Continue Reading

Corporate Culture 101: Applying Personal Brand with Social Skills

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The series started with a look at the importance of creating a strong professional image online and developing self-management skills. However, adapting to corporate culture involves another important element related to self-management and social media: people skills. Social skills might seem irrelevant to a position that doesn’t explicitly require a lot of interaction with others; however, studies have shown that hiring managers are more inclined to weigh social skills and likability with other factors like education and professional accomplishments. Continue Reading

Building a Winning Military-to-Civilian Cover Letter

Along with submitting their resumes, military job seekers may want to include a cover letter.  In the following post, find out how they can create one that is ideal for a military transition into a civilian workforce.

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Building a Winning Military-to-Civilian Cover Letter

5 Programs You Should Know Before You Get that Diploma

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Learning the ins and outs of a specific major may be the main reason most students enroll in college, but, used wisely, your time spent at college can do more than train you for a single career path. Getting a job in the field of your choice may be ideal, but any additional skills you learn along the way will help you land a job right out of school until you can find work in your dream industry. While it won’t guarantee you’ll have a job waiting on the other side of graduation, having a background in a few computer programs can greatly enhance your résumé, making you more attractive to potential employers. Continue Reading

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Your Transition Timeline

Recent Grads: 3 Reasons you lack confidence in your resume

Are you a recent college graduate who is ready to enter the workforce, but not confident about your resume?  If so, the following post tells you why this may be and what you can do about it.

I often meet with recent grads to review their resumes. Usually, they start with some kind of apology about how bad it is. Maybe it’s not THAT bad. But for whatever reason they lack confidence in the piece of paper they’re carrying around intended to convince someone to

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Recent Grads: 3 Reasons you lack confidence in your resume

Advice for State Department Entry Level Officers: Gangnam Style …

The following post offers advice to entry level officers working in the U.S. State Department.  The knowledge that is shared should help these young officers with how to conduct themselves.

Of the many, many ironies of the past year, my role as an author and blogger has enabled me to speak with a very large number of young people either thinking.

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Strategies for Career Advancement, Part Two

In the first installment of this series, we discussed the value of using existing connections to create new networking opportunities and, ultimately, more attractive job prospects. But your network is valuable primarily because it has been built with your professional pursuits in mind. When you decide to switch those pursuits by changing professions, your network is thrown into flux and is less of an asset in helping you get ahead. Continue Reading

Job Hunting Tips Part 3: The Dos and Don’ts of the Phone Interview

Traditional in-person interviews are no longer the only option for job-seekers to meet with employers and put their best foot forward. In addition to the phone interview, modern technology even enables long-distance video interviews for an experience that’s closer to the real thing. Although each interview has the same general purpose—to determine whether or not the applicant is right for the job—they each have distinct differences that affect how one should approach the process. For a better understanding of how the phone interview in particular should be approached, the following dos and don’ts can act as a helpful guide for those who may be looking for a foolproof strategy. Continue Reading