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- True or False: Teaching ESL Abroad is the Job For You?
- Look before you leap - Know yourself, and what you want in a job teaching English as a second language, before jumping into a position abroad Enlist the help of your friends, family, or anyone you trust, who will help you answer the questions below as completely and candidly as possible...
article data || full article - Cooking Careers 101 - How to Become a Hotel Chef
- Hotel jobs are very stressful and can be extremely tiring as you will work long days preparing and making food for guests as well as catering for functions that the hotel might be hosting like a wedding, party or corporate event Qualified chefs are in short supply leaving many jobs unfilled longer than hotels would like...
article data || full article - Job Seeker Dilemma: Overcoming the HR Black Hole
- I’m not sure there is anything more frustrating to today’s job search process than companies that post online for open positions, insist that candidates contact them only via online forms, and warn against trying any other means of applying for the position Obedient job seekers then follow all the requirements, sit dutifully by and wait, and what happens...
article data || full article - The Career Changer Resume Dilemma: Functional Vs. Chronological
- There’s been a lot of talk about how great functional resumes can be for career changers You know, all those job seekers out there who are looking to head into a new direction, be it a new field entirely or new industry...
article data || full article - Staying Informed in Your Industry
- There is nothing worse than feeling like you’re left out of the loop – especially when it comes to your career But because there can be so many changes taking place in your field, you can look up one day and realize your entire industry has left you behind...
article data || full article - Resumes Are Not About You
- I’ve written several blogs and online articles now on this subject because I believe that a disservice has been done to most job seekers, and to career changers, in particular Somewhere along the way, job seekers have been loaded down with overwhelming advice about how to spiff up their resumes, to create that “wow” factor that supposedly all employers are waiting at the edge of their desk chairs for...
article data || full article - All Time Worst Career Change Mistakes
- Ultimately I hate writing about mistakes because I always feel like I am the bearer of bad news I don’t like things that insult people or that make them feel bad for doing things that they were sincere about but just went about in the wrong way...
article data || full article - The Resume “Wow” Factor
- As a resume writer, I am always amazed at the amount of time I spend discussing the “wow” factor with job seekers If any concept has been sold in regard to resumes, it is the idea that a resume must take on an almost magical quality that casts a spell over the reader, transforming the average professional into the “must-have” candidate of the year...
article data || full article - Thinking About Writing Your Own Resume? Think Again…
- Before I say anything more, let me confess right up front that I am a certified professional resume writer (CPRW), and that I have experience resumes for professionals of all levels So, yes, I certainly have a vested interest in seeing people purchase resume services...
article data || full article - Top 6 Common Résumé Misnomers
- Maybe you have already purchased a professionally written résumé, but you have some doubts about the document you received Unfortunately, the résumé-writing industry gets a bad rap sometimes simply because there is a lot of misinformation out there...
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