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Beyond Your Child's Classroom
What’s been going on with America’s students?
America’s students today suffer from a prevalent backward predisposition towards their own future success. Lulled into a false sense of security by their surrounding society and influences, plus a...
Career Builder: Turn Your Passion Into A Dream Career!
We've been taught to think that "career builder" is a process
out there that we subscribe to. Like those commercials you see
on TV for Career Schools. You select one and then get
information on how to apply. Then you sign up for a career.
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Embellished Resumes - A Real Problem
Take the jobseeker in Alabama who, knowing that his IQ was far above average and that in the course of his life had learned valuable skills allowing him to function at a very high level, embellished his resume by adding a doctorate that he had never...
The Modern Freelance Worker
Life Before Freelancing
When I first quit my job as a full-time Product Specialist at
one of the World's leading XML software companies, all my
friends and family thought I was insane. I was making a lot more
money than most people and I...
Unemployment: The Ripple Effect of Fear
Unemployment carries a lot of emotional baggage for most of us and fear is a major component. We fear the financial fallout of no longer receiving regular wages. We fear the impact of our lack of productivity on relationships: our marriage, our...
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Job Interviews: Make Yourself An Application Cheat Sheet.
It is so easy to sit down to complete an application and
suddenly your mind blanks. You can't remember dates or names or
telephone numbers. If you have a varied work history, you can't
recall which job came first. If you have worked for the same
employer for years, you forget when your duties changed or when
you received a promotion.
Do your research on work-related paperwork at home and make up a
list of everything you might need. List every job for the past
10 years including the company name, address, telephone number
and the contact person to call, usually your immediate
supervisor. Have a list of education, both formal college and
any special courses, seminars, or in-house trainings you
completed, with dates. Have a list of five personal references
with names, addresses and telephone numbers.
Carry the sheet with
you so you are prepared at all times. Not
only will it make completing applications a breeze but it will
ensure that the information you provide is accurate and
consistent. That will avoid the embarrassment and negative
reaction in an interview when you realize there are errors on
the application the interviewer is using as a guide and you have
to make quick verbal corrections.
About the author:
Virginia Bola operated a rehabilitation company for 20 years,
developing innovative job search techniques for disabled
workers, while serving as a Vocational Expert in Administrative,
Civil and Workers' Compensation Courts. Author of an interactive
and supportive workbook, The Wolf at the Door: An Unemployment
Survival Manual, and a monthly ezine, The Worker's Edge, she can
be reached at http://www.unemploymentblues.com
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