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Job-Hunting and Resume Tips for Success
By Meaghan Montrose
You are coming to the end of your education and now you need to find something to do with it. You need a job! With the poor economy and the increased number of people getting an advanced education, finding a job can be one of the most challenging obstacles you will face. Because of this, it is important that your resume best reflects your accomplishments and abilities…and you want to get this resume to as many potential employers as possible.
In my blog searches I have come across a few helpful posts that can assist in the job hunt. Check out these posts for some great advice on how to get a job!
The Get Rich Slowly blog has a guest post by Kerry of SquawkFox called 5 Ways To Rescue Your Rotten Resume. The post provides tips on how to reword and rearrange your resume to give the best impression.
The College Finance 101 blog has an article on how to Post Your Resume on 89 Job Sites Instantly. Hanna, of College Finance 101, explains the benefits of a service called Resume Rabbit that can submit your resume to several sites such as Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com for millions of employers to see.
The Get Rich Slowly blog has another helpful post about Job-Hunting Skills. This article focuses on the importance of networking and getting yourself (and your skills) known.
If you still aren’t having luck in the job market or if you are motivated to become your own boss, here are a couple of posts to help you start your own business.
SavingAdvice.com has a post on Starting a Business Resources.
The Young Entrepreneur blog has a post of 38 Free Business E-Books to Help You Succeed.
The Frugal Dad blog posts The Entrepreneur Fund: One Year of Projected Expenses.
The Work at Home Based Business blog shares the 5 Places to Find the Best Home Business Information.
Topics: College Preparation and Advice, Money and Business Advice | 1 Comment »
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Finding a job is the most crucial event that a fresh graduate like me is undergoing right now. There are a lot of competent individuals vying for a certain job and only few of them will be hired.
I am one of those job seekers in the market and i really find it very difficult to compete with other graduates with different skills and specialties. I am a nursing graduate and just took the Nursing Licensure Examination in the Philippines last November 29-30, 2009. while waiting for the result, i tried to apply a job as a call center agent though it is not in line with my course i have to do this to help my parents. That is why i am surfing the internet to look for tips on how to apply for a job and how to make effective resumes.
The article above really helped me, in a way that i was able to apply some techniques during my job interviews and applications. Writing a resume a good resume really helped me since this is my first job experience, i really have to give the best resume for my first boss.
Lastly, i would like to thank this post for it really helped a lot in job hunting. I know that many were able to read this post and i’m sure they are also grateful they were able to find these sites..Thanks and Godspeed.