Building a successful career after college requires time and persistence. Most graduates must start at the bottom and work upwards. The exact path towards a successful career is not always obvious. Graduates can take several steps in order to help jump start a career after college. Develop Interview Skills One of the best…
In the annals of great literature and journalism there have been some classic depictions of fun and adventure in the great outdoors. As a travel writer you have a unique opportunity to travel the world penning tales about your journeys and explorations. By train, plane, automobile – and maybe even a helicopter or two –…
The job market is very tough these days, so you have to do everything you can to stand out from everyone else. The first thing you have to do is create a resume that will impress employers. Your resume should be neat and tailored to each position you apply for. Here are five tips that…
I seem to be finding myself on a lot of interview panels lately, which means I’ve been reviewing a lot of resumes (the interview panel members are the ones who screen resumes for candidates to interview). Even though the job market is slowly getting better, we still get a large number of resumes for every…
We may now be living in a world of technological advancement but the importance of résumé writing has not diminished over the course of time. It still remains the single most important and potent weapon in your arsenal in your quest to land that dream job. Take a close look at your résumé: Is it…
Competition is fierce for marketing jobs. If you want to work for an ad agency in Utah, you have to set yourself apart from the competition. Here are five of the top skills ad agencies are looking for today. 1. Creativity Marketing team members need to be able to look at a product from an…
Reaching out to prospective employers is best accomplished with an effective resume. Likewise, employers can quickly weed out candidates that don’t match their hiring criteria. Because a resume is the best opportunity to document your relevant experience, coursework, special abilities, honors and education, you want to make certain it is written in a manner that…
If you happen to be an extremely skilled and experienced tech professional, your resume could start to read like the technical version of a Tolstoy novel. In other words, your application might be too exhaustingly long for a reasonable hiring manager to sift through. As it turns out, including anything and everything on your resume…
The decision to look for a job in your later years can be a daunting one. There are a ton of new positions and new tools to use while working at them, and figuring out how to make the current job market work for you can be pretty intimidating. While most employers will insist that…
For those of us working in a more creatively-oriented field, such as writing, animation, or video production, there are a lot of interesting ways to present yourself for employment. The right impression that you make upon your potential employers is an incredibly important part of the job-seeking process, and can mean the difference between simply…
You’ve spent time crafting what you thought was a pretty darn good resume, you’ve taken it out around town and online, putting it to the test. So why are you not being flooded with calls and requests for an interview? Believe it not your resume might be getting passed over without so much as a…
I’d like to talk a bit this time about automated resume screening software (also known as Automated Tracking Systems or Hiring Management Systems). With the overwhelming number of applications received in today’s tough job market, many larger companies are using these automated screening software systems. As a hiring manager, I typically see resumes after they’ve…