Typos in your resume or cover letter can torpedo you chances for a job.
One of the biggest turn-offs for a hiring manager is to spot a typo in the resume or for you to send the resume to 101 Main Street when it should be sent to 1001 Main Street. If they don’t get your applciation [...]
Is there any way you can easily tell a good recruitment agency from a bad one?
In this age of instant career choices, a recruitment agency can spring up with highly unqualified people who have been hired for the lure of high commissions. You need know the differences between a good and bad recrutimer agency so [...]
Career planning is not something you can neglect. What is the one key thing that will pay the most dividends? Find out more from a slightly different perspective.
Have you ever thought of moonlighting a second job/income while on the job.
If you’re looking for some extra income on the side, but aren’t looking to outright take up a second job, it may be easier than you think to simply moonlight during your day job.
In order to this however you must first realistically evaluate [...]
Here are the final two of five quick start tips to help control your career and your future.
4. Blaming others for your situation or taking a negative approach to a situation is a lose-lose proposition.
How you view situations matters. If a problem becomes framed as an opportunity you’ll be well on your way to [...]
5 Quick Tips to Control Your Career and Future
It’s unlikely that anyone today will work for one employer their whole working life. And as you make choices regarding your career your identity comes from these choices and not your employer.
Who is making a long term commitment to your career? It’s surely not your employer, no matter how [...]
Everyday we seem to read about layoffs and changes in the economy.
The most secure career today can be obsolete tommorow. What are you doing to prepare for you future?
First, take a hard look at your interests and skills. What are your career requirements? Do you need to invest time and effort into learning new skills? How [...]
Career planning like a successful golf pro.
When we watch a golf pro like Tiger Woods come up to the first tee do you think he has to ask the distance and the direction to the first green? No of course not, he’s played the course a number of times, he knows the distance to the [...]