July 2007

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• Resume Tips

  Changing Careers? Your Resume Must Include Transferable Skills and Quantifiable Achievements

  07.31.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Career changes are scary enough without adding all the hassles that writing your resume in a manner that will clearly present your skills to interviewers in your new chosen line of work can entail.  To present yourself and your credentials in the most useful manner, before you start writing your resume, sit down and make […]

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• Career Advice

  Are you Ready for a Behavioral Based Interview? Here is What You Need to Know

  07.30.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Over the past 10 years, companies have come to rely almost exclusively on behavioral interviewing.
  Now, virtually every job applicant with a basic understanding of the interview process should understand that the most critical interview questions will concern past behavior. The premise underlying behavioral interviewing is that past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior.
  Preparing […]

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• Resume Tips

  Lawmakers Sign Pledge to Put Aside Politics, Establish Healthier, More Prosperous Future for Americans

  07.28.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  WASHINGTON, July 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — At the prompting of more than 2,000 people at yesterday’s Capitol Hill Advocacy Day rally, 86 lawmakers on both sides of the aisle signed the Divided We Fail pledge, committing to create meaningful bipartisan solutions to the health care and financial security crises plaguing America.
  In an effort coordinated by the […]

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• Employment News

  Inside the DOL.GOV (Department of Labor)

  07.25.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  If you look hard enough, you’ll find lots of important information at the Department of Labor website.
  Like the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), 2006-07 Edition
  or hundreds of different types of jobs—such as teacher, lawyer, and nurse—the Occupational Outlook Handbook tells you:

  the training and education needed
  earnings
  expected job prospects
  what workers do on the job
  working conditions

  In addition, the […]

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• Resume Tips

  If Your Career is Stalled, It May Be Your Resume that Has Run Out of Gas

  07.20.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Are you feeling like your career has reached the end of a dead end road instead of taking you where you wanted to go? Don’t feel like the Lone Ranger.  Everyone feels stalled at one time or another.  The trick is to pull yourself out of the fog and start again!
  The best place to start […]

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• Resume Tips

  Your Cover Letter is AS Important as Your Resume to Many Employers

  07.18.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  There’s an old joke about the after dinner speaker who stepped up to the microphone and said, “Before I start speaking, I’d like to say something.” This is what the cover letter you include with your resume does…the hiring personnel who will read your cover letter first.
  You never get a second chance to make […]

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• Resume Tips

  Black is Back: Keep Your Resume Fonts Crisp, Clean and Professional

  07.17.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Certain truisms apply to resumes regardless of the position for which you are applying.  One of the most prominent of these is that clean, crisp, black and white resumes written using standard professional fonts such as those found in the Times and  Georgia font families.
  Why these two in particular? Because they are the most widely […]

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• Employment News

  OPM To Host Veterans’ Hiring Webcast

  07.12.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Washington, D.C. - U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Linda M. Springer will kick-off a one-hour webcast on Veterans’ hiring this Thursday, July 12th, beginning at 10am. Representatives from Veterans Service Organizations (VSO) will be on hand to witness the presentation in person.
  Veterans wishing to view the presentation from their personal […]

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• Resume Tips

  For an Executive, The Rule of Thumb is Only Include a Maximum of 15 Years Employment Experience on your Resume

  07.11.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  An executive resume is much different from a traditional resume used when you graduate school or enter the job market.  When you prepare an executive resume, the rule of thumb is to only include a maximum of fifteen years employment experience on your resume.
  Although starting that landscaping business thirty years ago in college may have […]

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• Resume Tips

  What Errors On Your Resume Say About You As a Career Professional

  07.10.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  If you were hiring someone for a position, would you even consider an applicant who had errors on their resume?  When you are preparing yourself for a job interview, think about what you would look for in a possible employee and be sure to do it.
  Having mistakes on your resume certainly gives a prospective employer […]

  Popularity: 7%

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