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How Numbers Can Enhance Your Resume l Did you know that numbers can make a huge difference in your ability to create a quality resume? Date: 2009-12-15 Switching Careers At The Executive Level It may seem like a bit of an impossible task switch careers once you've reached the executive level, but it happens more than you think – and it is contemplated even more than that. Date: 2009-12-01 What Your Body Language Says In Your Interviews Did you know that the way you sit, smile and shake hands can speak volumes during a job interview? It's true. Date: 2009-11-17 How Volunteering Can Enhance Your Executive-Level Job Search If you're in the middle of an executive-level job search, you're probably hoping that you can get back in the workforce sooner than later. Date: 2009-11-03 Thinking about Sending a Cold Cover Letter? Have you ever thought about sending out a cold cover letter to company in search of a job that you’re not sure even exists? The thought of a cold cover letter just may give you cold feet. But it’s good to know that there are plenty of success stories that come out of sending out these types of letters. Date: 2009-10-19 Strengthening Your Executive Resume with the Right Keywords You've probably heard about the various ways to improve your resume so that it can be moved to the top of the talent pool instead of the top of a trash pile. Date: 2009-10-09 Preparing for Executive Interviews As an executive, you've probably been on plenty of interviews in your lifetime - from that entry-level position to the management positions you've held. Date: 2009-09-21 Tips for A Fabulous Tech Job Resume The technology industry is booming more than ever. Even with many hard workers losing their jobs left and right, the IT field is doing just fine thanks to the Internet. Date: 2009-09-08 Tips for Executives: Searching for Jobs the Right Way Possibly one of the largest mistakes that an executive could make when searching for a job is conducting the job search as if he were a manager. Date: 2009-08-24 What You Should Know About Writing An Executive Resume If you have worked your way up the corporate ladder from an entry-level position to that of a professional - and now executive - you know how different the world can look at each stage in the game. As an executive, a lot more is expected of you, and probably no one is a harsher critic of you than yourself.. Date: 2009-08-11 Keeping Your Spirits Up In A Tough Job Search Environment No matter how you've become unemployed over the past year or more - whether through choice or force - if you're looking to regain employment, this is a tough time to make your dream a reality. With millions of jobs lost in the past few months, acquiring a new gig is not a simple task. Date: 2009-07-27 Getting The Job You Desire: Preparing For Various Interview Types If you've been on multiple job interviews then you know that you might encounter a different environment depending on the company you interview with. This is pretty common because every company has its own culture. And more importantly, each company - and even department - instills its own interviewing strategy. Date: 2009-07-14 Reinvent Your Career By Knowing You If you've been thinking about starting a new career, you may be feeling confused as to where to start. You know you don't want to continue on your current path, but you don't exactly know what new path to take. Date: 2009-06-30 Social Networking And The Job Search For Baby Boomers In the new world of technology, it's very common for job seekers to work via the Internet to find their employment. This is mainly because many employers have moved their application processes to the Internet - as well as their headhunters. In other words, if you want to find employment, your best bet is to do it online. Date: 2009-06-19 Pimp Your Resume: 5 Cool Resume Tips You've probably heard of the show "Pimp My Ride," where a lucky person has a chance to turn an otherwise crappy vehicle into the beautiful car of their dreams. Well, as beautiful as a 1978 Ford Pinto can get, that is. Date: 2009-06-09 Past Employers Have Equal Power Over Credibility As Your Resume Louis Gray wrote an article about how Skill or Luck can influence how people perceive your ability to do work. Sometimes a bad organization can haunt you forever, and this goes for just about any place you choose to work. Date: 2009-05-26 Making Electronic Resumes Work For You We're living in an electronic world, which means it's pretty important that when it comes to resumes you learn to be an electronic girl or boy. There are a high percentage of companies that prefer that job candidates submit applications and resumes online. So if you don't know how to do so, you may find yourself left behind your technologically advanced competition. Date: 2009-05-11 Finding A Job Through Social Media Avenues As you may know, Ignite Social Media is a close knit group who has grown rather quickly in the last year. Since I started, the agency has doubled and we're still growing. In that time, we have chosen carefully to ensure we're getting people that are the perfect fit for each opening and it hasn't been easy. Date: 2009-04-28 Doing Well In An Interview Environment In a previous role, I used to interview at least one person per week to handle overload and grow our team at a large ad agency in Sydney. Though I don't do much hiring personally in my role now, many of the lessons have stayed with me. Date: 2009-04-14 Job Seeking In The Social Media Era When it comes to looking for a new job, the rules are different to what they once were. Of course we all realize the power of technology to bring us job listings from sites like Monster or CareerBuilder, but when it comes to finding your new role - if you're still relying on a resume to get you in the door then you're stuck in the old way of doing things. To help progress, here are some tips on job seeking in the social media era. Date: 2009-03-30 In A Tough Economy Hold The Job You Have In an economy like this one, your best career survival tip may be to hold on to the job you've got. If you're working at a company that isn't necessarily shutting its doors, but may need to let some people go ... your challenge is to prove yourself too valuable to let go. Social media (blogs, social networks, forums, online video, etc.) can help with this. Date: 2009-03-16 Five Steps To Survive A Layoff Every day it seems a new company has layoffs and friends around me in my social network that were previously in totally secure jobs are now finding themselves looking for new work and even rethinking their careers. I've been in this situation before, living through two dotcom booms and busts - one in the US and one in Australia. Date: 2009-03-02 Expanding And Enhancing Your Career Search Your new job search needs to incorporate much of the new technology as possible. While Dice and Monster might be good, to find real viable jobs, it is time to expand your search and how you search for your next gig. Date: 2009-02-09 Avoid Warning Flags In Your Resume There are just some resumes that set off every warning sign when it comes to the potential hire. These are people that just will never make it through the hiring process, and here is what you can do to avoid being a "red flag resume". Date: 2009-01-21
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