Cover letters are letter that you send to accompany your CV when applying for a job. The infographic below lists the top 10 tips to a great cover letter. Takeaways: Show the company you have done some research about them. Don’t rewrite your CV – make it different! If you’re emailing your CV, put your…
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How to Craft the Perfect Modern Resume
The day and age of education and job history resumes are long-gone. Today’s successful resumes are social, interactive and are brought to life for all those reading it. In a digital world, text becomes more than letters, words and sentences on a page. The phrases come alive, grab attention and guide the hiring professional through…
Unfortunately, Hollywood, independent film producers and cable channels all have the same goal with movies: to entertain you and make money. Therefore if one is looking for a movie about an interesting career to pursue that is both fulfilling, lucrative and legal, they may be a bit disappointed. Most job related movies are about greed,…
I don’t think I have ever met anyone who does not want to be more productive each and every day. The day just never seems enough to get all you want done! Recognize this? Let’s be honest, it is an issue for all of us and is a constant challenge that comes up in all…
HR professionals – how are they using social media? SuccessFactors and BLR have the answer to that in their infographic below! Takeaways: 34% of HR professionals use social media for training purposes. HR professionals use social media for recognition – by giving praise for an achievement. 60.3% of HR professionals say their social media usage will increase…
I love LinkedIn. But I do not trust LinkedIn. For recruiters, it’s obviously a key tool, and clearly a brilliant invention that is part of a seismic shift in the way recruitment works. I wish I had invented it. But I believe, that for agency recruiters, LinkedIn is not your friend. Don’t get me wrong,…
Mobile – it’s the big thing in the recruitment industry. However, how are job seekers using mobile? Our friends at Jobvite have released this study looks at who the mobile job seeker is, what they expect and more. Takeaways: 27% of job seekers expect to be able to apply for a job via a mobile…
I want to let everyone in on a secret. Listen carefully because here it is… We are in 2017. Pretty obvious, right? Well if you looked at some major company’s application process you would think we are still in 1998. I hold more data in my right pocket then I will ever at my desktop…
The workplace is unequal, but gender equality in the workplace is the best it’s ever been. Millennial women are leading the charge – but how? HumanResourcesMBA.net give the answers in their infographic below. Takeaways: Women make 77 cents for every 1 dollar a man makes. Millennial women have more education than their male counterparts. 66%…