Useless Resume Objectives What's wrong with an objective on a resume? The problem with objectives on resumes is that a typical objective is self-centered and self-serving; therefore, it is useless. Instead of an object...
Moving From A Weekend Hobby To Career In The Arts Building a career as an artist takes hard work. Because the field attracts so many talented people, jobs in this field remain competitive. If you major in an art program at the university level, the ...
Get a Job! Tips for Organizing Your Resume Whether you're a Vice President of Marketing or a recent college grad, your resume is the 'key' to opening the doors of employment. It is an employer's first impression of you and believe it or not, ...
The 6 Stages of Modern Career Development Career experts say that people will change careers (not jobs) 5-7 times in a lifetime. This being true, career management is an important life skill to develop and cultivate. There are six stages o...
Resume Success Factors--What Exactly Is A Resume Anyway? You know you're good...real good. The problem, though, is that you are struggling to demonstrate just how good you are on paper. Ah...the resume. If you've ever written one you know what a challengin...
Thank-You Notes: An Integral Part of Your Career Design There is one little practice that is vital to generating the interest of potential employers. It is critical, but very few job seekers actually do it. What is it? The THANK YOU NOTE! Interview exp...
How to Overcome a Bad First Impression Saying the wrong thing at the wrong time can tarnish your image and close doors. Learn how to recover from life's embarrassing moments.
20 Ways to Advance Your Career To survive and thrive in today's competitive environment, it is not just what you know. You also need to be competent. You must stand out from the crowd - be memorable, impressive, credible, trusted ...
The Executive Resume - Moving Beyond Accomplishments There is a major difference between conventional resumes and executive resumes. Accomplishments are usually the center point of a conventional resume (i.e., indicating how much money was saved, how ...
Job Interviews and The Secret of Selling Yourself A very effective and persuasive tactic when selling something is to promote its benefits as well as its features. When you're preparing your resume or answering questions during an interview, you're selling yourself, so use that same tactic: sell your benefits along with your features! Here's how...
Using Journal to Support Your Job Search With the job market tight you need to be on your toes on
what type of job you are looking for, what you provide, not
just skills, and how it matches your path. Life and
business coach, Catherine Franz, discusses how you can use
journaling to help you pursue and land your next job -- the
ideal job.
Business Careers: Keys to Moving on from Retrenchment As common as retrenchment is, when it happens, no one likes it. Whatever range of emotions initially emerge - fear, anger, resentment, retaliation, humiliation, disappointment - we should recognise as being quite normal. How we respond and deal with the situation will influence our entire financial future and how quickly we move through these negative emotions.
