by David Alan Carter -

A briefcase full of pretty resumes won’t get you far in today’s job search. While you’re out traveling from one company to the next, knocking on doors with paper in hand, your competitors are running rings around you electronically. You need to join them – sending your resume out over the internet, via email and online forms. To do so, you need to have your electronic resume formatted for such.

Electronic Resumes – 3 Formats You Need To Have

1) Word Document. The fully-embellished word-processed resume…

by Phil Boo –

Employers skim over your qualifications, but do relate more to your Work Experience on your Resume/CV… In the past employers would have been satisfied with a brief description of your previous employer and your duties and roles performed during that employment. However, today as we see a tough job market, we also see a change in the attitude of employers. They need to see a longer description of your performance and duties in order to see the relevance you have for the current job available.…

by Mario J. Churchill –

People who dream of pursuing a teaching career are often confronted with one problem-how to write a cover letter that will sell their efficient teaching skills. Being teachers, they are always perceived to be the foundation of knowledge. Meaning, they are pressured by the fact that their covers letters should be flawless.

The very nature of man goes about showing off his prowess in writing by means of using high-termed words in the content of the cover letter. Doing so sacrifices enough comprehension on…

by Phil Baker -

Getting fired is depressing enough. Deciding what to tell prospective employers in your resume writing or on an application can be a dilemma. Not laid off for lack of work or downsizing but fired for a disciplinary or other reason. Should you include a job on your resume or application that just fired you? You could roll the dice and leave the job off your resume and application altogether. Whether or not you include any particular job on your resume depends on several factors and could…

by Susan Bean -

If you try to write your cover letter all in one sitting, you definitely won’t be able to do the best job possible. Cover letters take time, effort and careful thought, and before you even sit down to write one, there are some steps you should take to prepare.

The first thing you should do is try to compile a list of all the skills and achievements that would make you an asset at the kind of job you want to get. If you’re applying for…

Do you want to achieve success, make more money, and find fulfillment in your career? Yes, you do! Everyone does. Most employees don’t find fulfillment in their current job because they dislike the hours, or the benefits, or the people with which they associate. Few people stay at their jobs because they feel their low salary does not reflect their skill-set.  Do you think you are getting paid what you deserve? If not, have you thought about what is preventing you from earning an expectant salary?

Perhaps your current job…

by Brenda Bernstein -

Conventional resume wisdom says to keep it to one or two pages, depending on the extent of your experience. Are you having trouble meeting these page requirements? If you have a few lines that you just can’t fit onto that page, the following tips may help.

Note: These tips are for your traditional resume, not your scannable/ASCII resume. They are for the human readers who will appreciate a nicely formatted document!

1. Margins. Are your margins set at 1″ or 1.25″? Try 0.4″ top margin (above…

by Denise Rutledge -

Times have changed. You are just as likely to submit a cover letter via email as by post. What is standard for one form of communication isn’t standard for the other. To make the best first impression, you need to know the formatting differences between email and traditional letters.

If you are sending your cover letter by email, move your personal address block to the bottom of your letter. Because you can’t sign an email, your name in the address block replaces the position your signature…

by Brandon Lindall -

Did you know that just by showing a strong resume or a CV to any interviewer nowadays does not exactly guarantee landing you the job. You may even be able to answer all the targeted interview questions correctly, but you will still be nowhere near in receiving and signing the appointment letter if your body language is sending the wrong signals and messages throughout the interview.

This may come as a surprise to many, but statistics has shown that words only managed to contribute 35% of…

by Caroline Ceniza-Levine -

Many jobseekers think about their references only when they are in the offer stage. But the proactive jobseeker uses references as a marketing tool. The right references can push an average finalist to frontrunner. Furthermore, even the happily content employee should be proactive and have a list of references ready for three purposes:

1) in this market you might unexpectedly become a jobseeker;

2) you can use references as testimonials to argue for that bonus or promotion, not just a new job; and

3) what your…