Although not a recommended course of action, many candidates choose to prepare their resumes by slavishly copying and/or paraphrasing materials from widely-available resume templates. By providing an outline, the resume template affords its viewer some idea as to the nature and order of information on the common resume document.
Watching a child about to embark upon a career search can be as proud and frightening a moment as when that child first wobbled off on a shiny new two-wheeler: both experiences can be bumpy rides. Responsible parents dart forward to protect their children from mishaps and, with the proper guidance, send them off again […]
In healthier economies, it was common practice for employers to offer internship positions to students in their senior and/or junior years of college. So prevalent was this practice at one time that most students assumed an internship to be a “given,” an integral and once-unquestionable process of transitioning from the role of student to that […]
Armed only with their college degrees, future graduates attempting to enter the workforce will find this economy a harsh reality. Employers seek not merely a degree but real-world experience on student resumes; they need to deduce potential contributions of prospective staff members, based upon evaluations of candidates’ experiences and accomplishments. Enrolled in full-time curricula and […]
The first key principle driving the process of cover letter writing is an understanding of, underpinned by a respect for, the cover letter’s purpose. Known alternately and rather tellingly as “a letter of interest,” an effective cover letter should not merely express a job seeker’s interest in a particular opportunity or echo, word for word, […]
What separates job finders from job hunters often comes down to the techniques that they employ in their searches.  While most people are relatively passive about their job search – posting resumes on major job boards and responding to advertised and posted opportunities, some people go the extra mile. They seek not merely to respond […]
