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Job Search Website Application Cheat Sheet

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:09:25 -0600

Read on to find out how to give yourself an unfair advantage inapplying on job search websites.You need to approach a job search website not from the point ofview of someone who wants a job, but from the point of view ofthe person who has to handle hundreds of applications.Ultimately, it's that person's hopes and dreams for gettingthrough the mass of applications that matters, not your hopesand dreams vis-a-vis your career.Here's how you can make that person's dreams come true:' KISS--keep it simple and short.' Provide everything asked for in the application. Someone whohas to sort through a hundred applications a day doesn'tnecessarily have time to visit your website, or ask you againfor the required writing sample, or even clarify any part of thejob advertisement.' Make sure the very first sentence of your cover letterspecifically references the job in question in a way that makesit clear this is not a form letter even if it is a form coverletter after the first li...

Change Your Job Without Impacting Your Career

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:22:12 -0600

In most career paths there comes a point where the role is great, you're positioned where you should be at this stage of your development, but you just hate your job. There can be many reasons, and often it is the company culture of particular human elements that are the cause of your unhappiness, but in all cases it's an issue of the job making you miserable even though your career is on track.We need to take 'change' in its broadest sense here: we can either work to change the current situation for the better, or else make a bigger change and leave the job behind altogether. The big change sounds cleaner and simpler and less work but can represent a major loss in terms of accumulated career credibility and success within the company. Sometimes if you ride out the bad patches, there can be good things right around the corner.Identifying the cause of your discomfortOtherwise known as, 'what's the problem?', the first step toward a better job situation is to work out exactly wher...

Career Training - How to Realize the Maximum Benefits

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:10:32 -0600

It is increasingly common these days to shift job or even one's profession in an attempt to advance in one's career. This might be due to frustration in one's job or due to better opportunities in an alternative profession. Either way, one might feel the need to obtain career training to achieve the preferred position or job. This is especially important given that every job or profession requires specialized skill sets for one to succeed. When one is looking to get that elusive promotion or wanting to quit teaching and become an artist, there are some specific skills required to succeed in the job. Once one realizes what skills one exactly lacks, it becomes that much easier to decide what career training is required. One can then choose the exact career training required to excel in the new role.Before embarking on a skills enhancement exercise, one needs to assess the kind of career shift he or she envisages for self. What this means is if one is looking to get promotion versus cha...

Job Search Websites

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:09:52 -0600

Summary: Learn these three steps to an easier online job search,plus discover four kinds of websites that show you the hiddenjob market.You spend all day in front of the computer looking at joblistings and fine-tuning your resume. But all you get is aheadache. How can you give your online job search an advantage?An Easier Online Job Search: Steps. Brush up on your job-hunting skills. The internet hasexcellent inside tips on the state of the job market in numerousindustries.. Learn all the keywords and categories relevant to theposition you're seeking, or the special skill set you have tooffer. For instance, if you want to write technical manuals, youmight want to try terms such as "help docs" or "documentationdeveloper" in addition to the more standard "technical writer.". Once you've learned the important keywords associated withthe position you're seeking, make sure to put them in theinformation you upload to the jobs search websites. If thesekeywords aren't in...

Are You the Wrong Person For Your Job?

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:14:35 -0600

In meeting with clients, it's often interesting to see thecontrast between their personality profiles and what theircurrent job descriptions involve. The difference can often bevery clear. For example, I met with a client this week who is anaccountant for a local country club. He makes what most wouldconsider a very good salary with excellent benefits, yet when wefirst met, he told me that something was missing. He was growingtired of the lack of challenge and responsibility he had withinhis organization and longed to start his own business.After taking the Days Career and Behavior Personalitycomputerized report, it became evident why he wanted a change.The results indicated that my client has a dominant personalityand enjoys high levels of responsibility. He is a definite eagletype, who is bold, adventurous, and big picture oriented. Hiscurrent position asked him to be more of an owl analytical,predictable, and detailed oriented.Needless to say, his personality di...