I am very happy to inform you that I have fallen in Love with you since the 20th of October (Thursday). With reference to the meeting held between us on the 19th of Oct. at 1500hrs, I would like to present myself as a prospective lover. Our love affair would be on probation for a [...]
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A better way to job-search
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I was reading an article the other day about how easy it is to network, especially for informational interviews, apparently you just pick up the phone and away you go, a short phone call and you are sitting sipping hot coffee in the target company’s office. After Resume Summary statements the most common question I am asked is how do I write a cover letter? Now and again as I work with a client to prepare their marketing packet I see a twinge of fear cross their face when we talk about providing 3 to 5 references. I understand this fear, you are wondering what they will really say when asked about you and in what tone of voice will [...] Just because you have met the person from HR and you have spent some time with the hiring manager does not mean that the interview is over. Answering and asking the questions are just one part of any interview. It seems that good excuses for not coming to work rarely change. Here is a list first published on the Sunday, April 14, 1994 edition of the Washington Post. Almost every day I hear someone saying something like “How do I get So and So to call me back?” and there are solutions to this dilemma. The majority of times when you are not getting call backs are directly related to the fact that no definitive response mechanism has been agreed. How many times have I seen resumes that either do not make grammatical sense, don’t match the job requirements or have more spelling mistakes than you can imagine? The answer is I don’t know, I have lost count after using all my fingers and toes. Writing a resume is not something you can do in 10 [...] Rant number two for the week, how can anyone expect to succeed in their job search if they have admitted defeat before they have sent out the first resume? OK, I admit it, there is age bias out there and although I can’t point a finger at any one individual I challenge anyone to deny it [...] I’m not sure if it is part of our genetic makeup but almost everyone who is shown a resume seems to feel compelled to make a suggestion as to how to make it “better”. Are we embarrassed at telling someone that we can’t even make a teeny weenie suggestion that can help them in their job [...] |
Simon Clay Michael
 Barry Simpson 
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