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Put Some Pizzazz Into Your Job Interview
Tweet Share on Facebook November 6, 2012 CommentChances are good that as a job hunter, you have agonized over dealing with the standard, hackneyed interview questions: Tell me about yourself. What are your biggest strengths and weaknesses? What will you be doing in five years from now? What are your salary requirements? And so on.
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Tools, Programs, and Apps: Electronic Time-Tracking At Its Best
Tweet Share on Facebook November 6, 2012 CommentIf you need to keep track of the time you work on a given project or for a particular client, it's time to move away from the spreadsheet. There are plenty of useful tools, programs, and apps that help you track your time on any device, from your laptop to your smartphone.
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Why You Don't Want To Pack Your Resume With Keywords
Tweet Share on Facebook November 5, 2012 CommentResumes are not a science; nor do they require mathematical algorithms to land that next great interview.
While using language in your resume that mirrors your target company's needs is imperative, keyword packing is not. In other words, know your audience, be precisely focused in your target job, and let the words bubble up intuitively.
The following are five reasons you should spread your energies and job search marketing focus beyond the science of buzzwords:
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The Most Important Things to Know for Your Job Interview
Tweet Share on Facebook November 5, 2012 CommentOne of the strongest differentials between job candidates who do well in interviews and job candidates who don't is whether and how they prepare ahead of time. Preparation is crucial to coming across well; if you simply wing it, you risk coming across poorly and losing the job.
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5 Challenges of Telecommuting and How to Overcome Them
Tweet Share on Facebook November 1, 2012 CommentWhile most of us dream about working from home, many who have experience with telecommuting discover it's not all it's cracked up to be. And once you start the challenges can start to outweigh the benefits. Here are five issues to look out for, and ways to mitigate the damage:
