It is often said that finding a job is a job in itself. But what you may not realize is that it's a sales job. To win over hiring managers and convince them to invest in the product you're pitching - you - it's important to take full advantage of...
Chances are you went through several drafts of your resume before you submitted it to a prospective employer. You wrote and rewrote each line several times and had friends, family, even strangers proofread it. But if you send it off without enclosing a cover letter, your hard work may never...
Is a well-prepared resume enough to convince potential employers that you should be called in for an interview? Don't be too sure. Not including a cover letter with your resume - even when you submitted it online - is passing up a key opportunity to sell your skills. A recent...
When you meet someone new, what is the first thing you notice about them? Maybe you notice a nice smile, a pair of Jimmy Choo shoes, or beautiful brown eyes. Now imagine someone has a piece of spinach between his teeth, toilet paper stuck to his shoe, or is avoiding...
It's the age-old question from job seekers: Must every resume be accompanied by a cover letter? The answer, according to professional career counselors, is a resounding yes. And not just any cover letter. It must be tailored to the specific job to which you are applying. Experts say that it...
CareerBuilders.com recently asked pollsters Harris Interactive to survey hiring managers and find out the wackiest resume items they've seen lately. Out of 2,627 responses, here are CareerBuilders' Top 10 Resume Blunders from the survey: A job candidate... 1. Attached...
Carol Roth had a problem. As a supervisor for a news distribution company, she needed to hire a new editor for her branch. "I had several candidates who had the same level of experience, did well on our editing test, and aced their interviews," says Roth. "I...
When electronics buff Steve Salvanelli needed a part-time job during his junior year, the 17-year-old went first to an online job site. A search by company name and location turned up a sales associate position at the Radio Shack in his hometown of Franklin, Mass. The online...
How will you find your next job? What if your next job finds you? Isn't it about time that technology did away with the arcane process of paper resumes piling up on the desks of hiring managers? If only some "bot" would simplify the job-hunting process (which...
Byline: Bob Garfield Hope you enjoyed. Speaking for all aging baby boomers, we were delighted to see that the Rolling Stones lived long enough to perform at halftime. The only pity is that the band, which rocked...
[Seoul] Eric Kim, exec VP-global marketing operations at Samsung, is leaving to become chief marketing officer at Intel Corp., according to executives close to the situation. Samsung is currently in the throes of a global agency review estimated at up to $700 million, with...
Business Editors MARINA DEL REY, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 6, 2002 AdStar, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADST, ADSTW), a leading application service provider for the classified advertising industry, today announced that it has signed a letter of intent with Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) for an additional investment by Tribune of...
Business is sometimes prone to experience a process called "project creep." This involves allowing career-building managers to expand the scope and cost of a project well beyond its previously budgeted scope and cost. It occurs when top management lacks the professional discipline to insist on a...
Topping many a new-year resolution list is "Get a job!" The search party begins as you monitor the Sunday employment classifieds of three major newspapers, phone some friends of friends you met on a canoeing trip last summer, and fire off resumes and matching cover letters to...
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