Job Search : How to Write a CV for Part-Time Work
When writing a CV for part-time work, only a few things need to be changed from a standard resume, including job objectives and skills. Learn how to use quantitative statements in a CV, or resume, with help from a career counseling specialist in this free video on job searches and resumes. Expert: Steve Baiter Bio: Stephen Baiter, along with other career counseling specialists, helps to connect people with employment and job training opportunities at the EASTBAY Works One-Stop Career Center …
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Quick Tips To Get Started Using Twitter For Your Job Search
Do you Tweet? If not, maybe you should.
Perhaps it would be misleading to say that as a job searcher you MUST be on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, or other social and business networking sites. But, assuming that you use social media in appropriate and professional ways, being connected and networking in these ways can only help. And, few people would argue that you shouldn’t seize on any edge that you can give yourself in a job market that is widely being called the most competitive in a quarter-century.
Twitter,…
The Interviewable Resume (Resume Writing Advice)
It is rumored that the only word William Shakespeare wrote on his resume was “Available.” We’ll probably never know if that is true. But it raises an interesting question. How much information is too much and how much is too little when dealing with resume copy? Visit www.careerstrides.com
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Resume Templates – What You Lose When You Use Them
We had a senior sales executive come in needing a résumé in a rush. He had a networking meeting with the CEO of a growth-oriented IT company, and was asked to bring in a copy of his résumé. Figuring he could save time and money, he enlisted in one of those much-advertised “build a résumé in minutes” online services, and was thoroughly frustrated with the results. The “finished” product was unremarkable in style, and worse, completely failed to capture who he was and what he brought to the table as the…
If one quits a part time job while collecting unemployment can they lose their benefits?
When one quits a full time job they can not collect unemployment unless there’s some extraordinary circumstance that allows it…But how about if one’s already collecting unemployment and working part time….if they quit their job, will they still get their benefits?
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Three Things I Learned About the Job Search from Home Improvement
Question: What does home improvement have to do with the job search?
Hint: It takes more than a vision and a toolbox to get the job done.
When I bought my place a few years ago, it required some work to put my personal touch on it. I wanted to update the bathroom a bit by painting and replacing some of the fixtures. I wanted to replace a few doors and install some shelving. I already had a basic toolkit and went out to buy a drill set and…
How long do you have to be at a job to collect unemployment?
I have worked at my job for almost 6 months… however, I am fearful I am going to get laid off because of things going on in the company. I live in Illinois. Does anyone know details on the terms on how you can collect unemployment if that were to happen?
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Job Search Tips : How to Create a Fax Cover Letter for a Resume
When creating a fax cover letter for a resume, make sure to have the fax cover sheet separate from the cover letter and resume. Discover how to use a template for a fax letter with help from a career and job placement specialist in this free video on resume cover letters. Expert: Matthew Thomas Bio: Matthew Thomas is a career and job placement specialist in the career services department at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, NC Filmmaker: Rendered Communications
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Unemployment Blues: Life Changing Events
If we are unlucky enough to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, we experience a personal tsunami – a misfortune of devastating proportions that sweeps away our routine lifestyle and forever changes the world we know.
Yet despite the frequency of such events – the tidal waves of Asia, the hurricanes of the Gulf Coast, the loss of life in the Middle East, the wildfires and mudslides of California – most of us are only indirectly affected. We bleed for those who have lost everything, give…
Famke Janssen Tribute
This is a tribute to the wonderful model and actress Famke Janssen. This was requested by fellow fan hewylewis, and uploaded as a resume sample. It’s set to the 1983 Hall and Oates song “Maneater”. Enjoy.
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