Interview Do’s and Don’ts
By Dawn Warnaar dwarnaar@warnaarwriting.com September 15, 2007 Do research the company with which you are interviewing before the interview. The interviewer may very well ask “So, what do you know about our company?” Be prepared to give a better response than “nothing.” Don’t be late! If you are unsure of the location try to drive [...]
Easy Ways to Update Your Resume
By Dawn Warnaar dwarnaar@warnaarwriting.com September 15, 2007 Change your font. Most resumes use the Times New Roman or Arial font. An easy way to make your resume stand out is by trying different fonts that are still professional. Tahoma, Verdana or Century Gothic are good alternative fonts. Fix the flaws. Check and double-check for typos, [...]
The Importance of Follow-Up
By Dawn Warnaar dwarnaar@warnaarwriting.com September 15, 2007 So you submitted your resume, now what? Good follow-up skills are just as important as having a great resume and cover letter and an integral part of scoring an interview. Do your research. Try to find out the name of the hiring manager. If you can address your [...]
The Art of the Resume
By Career-Climbers admin@career-climbers.com September 30, 2007 If you want a job, you need a resume. It’s that simple. Even if your best friend’s mom is the CEO of Viacom, you still need one. More specifically, you need a Professional Resume. Sound easy? It’s not. Unfortunately, by the time the majority of people realize they should [...]
Skills for Career Success
By Judit E. Price jprice@careercampaign.com December 02, 2007 Getting the cover letter right is still important as the job hiring process has moved inexorably to cyber spaces, it is easy to forget some fundamentals about marketing yourself. Job board resumes tend to be simple text-based documents, key word oriented, with some limitations that reduce the [...]
Alternatives to Commonly Used Resume Phrases
By Dawn Warnaar dwarnaar@warnaarwriting.com January 24, 2008 Your resume is your means to sell yourself to an employer. It must be enticing enough for the hiring manager to want to take the time to interview you. Avoiding overused and cliche phrases will not only make your resume stand out but it will show that you [...]
Top Mistakes to Avoid When Applying for a Job
By Dawn Warnaar dwarnaar@warnaarwriting.com January 24, 2008 So you’ve applied for a job with a great resume and you’re well qualified so you feel confident you will get a call back. Keep in mind that dozens, even hundreds, of other potentially equally qualified applicants have applied as well. A job search may take many months [...]
What to Do When You Hate Your Job
By Dawn Warnaar dwarnaar@warnaarwriting.com January 25, 2008 In college I had a professor who advised our class to go to the bank and open a “Go to Hell” account and save up at least six months salary in it. He said that if you ever came to a point in your life that you absolutely [...]
How to Assess Your Resume
By Derek Greene June1, 2008 Is your resume good enough? Is it getting the response you want? If you think the answer is “no”, you probably need to take a good hard look at it again. What seems to be the problem? Well, take the effort to sense your strengths and weaknesses by conducting a [...]
More Resume Articles
Resume Writing Companies and Resume Writer What does professional resume writing company offers? How does a resume writer work? How significant are their services to the general public? These are the most common questions that we encounter when we hear the term resume writing company and resume writer. Let me give you first a brief [...]