Follow our guidelines and your chances improve dramatically. 1) Make certain that your resume is powerful, where every bullet point demonstrates value. 2) Insure that your resume is key worded to score high on ATS tracking systems. 3) Your cover letter should not be a repeat of your resume. It needs to be a sales pitch that communicates why you're...
Read MoreEmployers are looking to hire people who are results driven. Therefore, they focus a lot on accomplishments. Some people falsify or embellish accomplishments on their resume. Skilled interviewers know how to confirm if these accomplishments are real. For example: if you claim that you increased sales by 10%, an interviewer may ask questions like...
Read MoreIt depends on a lot of factors. If you are in a challenging and demanding fortune 500 environment, it should not hurt you. If you are promoted fairly frequently, it's also a justification for a long term tenure. If you have been subject to frequent change, like increasing levels of responsibilities, assignments to different business units and div...
Read MoreIn most positions one of the biggest career mistakes is working in an occupation and/or industry that is so specialized that your skill sets are rarely, if ever, transferable. The reason this is so important, is because job security no longer exists. Being overspecialized was fine in an era with lifetime job security. However, professionals are l...
Read MoreThere are so many factors to consider when choosing a career. 1) Will it be a growth area or a profession and/or industry in decline? 2) Is it something I will enjoy doing every day? 3) Does the compensation match my life style choice? 4) Does the career allow creativity and innovation?
Read MoreThe answer to several questions will tell you a lot about a corporate culture. 1) What is the company's employee turnover rate ? 2) What is the average tenure for their employees? 3) What percentage of the promotions are from within? 4) What is the demographic mix of their management and executive team?
Read MoreThe loss of 25,000 jobs has a negative trickle down affect. First, 25K jobs times an average of $50k per job is $12,500,000 K is income that would have been taxable by NY State and NY city, money needed by both governments. Second, 25k people would have contributed to consumer spending in many ways including tolls, subway fees, shopping at local...
Read MoreNow that the US economy is on the rebound, will it mean an end to corporate downsizing? The short answer is yes and no. Companies will combine adding jobs with eliminating jobs. This sounds like a contradiction, but it really isn't. Companies have learned from prior economic growth periods that if you over build your workforce, you will pay the p...
Read MoreRemember back in High school English Literature when you had to read a ton of 10-20 page short stories. The most interesting stories were great readings, the others were painful. The really interesting stories grabbed your attention from the start and held it until the end. Other short stories were painful to read starting on page one. A resume i...
Read MoreThere are a lot or pretenders out there who claim to be experts in career coaching and resume writing. They attend a one week course and receive a certificate and suddenly, through some miracle, they can understand everything about every occupation and industry. You should always work with a coach with real credentials like a MBA degree and prof...
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