Your resume is, at its best, a snapshot of your career as a whole. While you could probably fill up your resume with pages and pages of elaborate descriptions of projects you have worked on, successes you have accomplished, lessons you have learned, and skills you have developed, the nature of the resume is brevity.… Read More »
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Be a Leader When You Aren’t in That Position
What is the number-one quality that employers are looking for in their best candidates? Leadership. Even positions that are not managerial in nature benefit from employees who are committed to providing leadership skills in the workplace. You may ask why you should be a leader if that isn’t your job. The truth is leadership isn’t… Read More »
Balancing Work And Life To Get Better At Everything
You’ve heard a lot of talk about the importance of achieving a good work-life balance, but what does that really mean in today’s highly competitive workforce? Turns out it’s about more than simply being happy in your job. A good work-life balance can actually make you better at your job, happier in your home life,… Read More »
The Interview is Done – Now What?
You’ve just had the interview for the job you really wanted. Everything seemed to have gone well, and you’re feeling good about the prospect of working in your desired position. What you should know, however, is that it doesn’t end there. In fact, there is a great deal you can do—in a soft and quiet… Read More »
Get Your Resume from the Bottom of the Pile to the Top
A great resume can mean the difference between a successful job application and simply being overlooked. The job market is increasingly competitive and in order to get ahead, candidates need to do whatever they can to get their resume noticed. But hiring managers are wise to simple formatting tricks and buzzwords. High-quality content and effective… Read More »
Understanding Next-Shoring and How It Can Help Your Company
You’ve surely heard of “offshoring” work, and maybe even “reshoring” as developing economies increase the average wage. But have you heard of “next-shoring”? This innovative thought process is designed to respond to a fast-evolving market heavily impacted by the Internet of Things, a new wave of robotics and other technologies that are offering interesting challenges… Read More »
Improve Your Networking Abilities Before Saying Hello
For some reason, the professional art of networking has garnered a difficult or stressful connotation for many candidates preparing to begin their job search. But in truth, successful networking requires the same skills (personal and professional) that you will draw on to prepare for a successful interview. Perfecting your elevator pitch, knowing your resume inside… Read More »
Learn from Your Most Recent Job Interview to Land the Next Job
While it might seem like a particular kind of self deprecation to dwell on the failures of unsuccessful interviews, you might be surprised what you can learn from a bad experience. There’s a difference between obsessing over your past job interviews and learning from your experiences. As is the case with most things in life,… Read More »