Archive for February 2011
Use Your Local Library Resources
By: John Holmgren TheExpertResumeWriter.com Many of you overlook a major resource that can assist with your job hunting: Your local library. You say, “I only went there when I had a school assignment. It wasn’t fun and I had to be there”. True. That was then, this is now. We associate past negatives and try…
Read MoreToastmasters
By John Holmgren TheExpertResumeWriter.com I have gotten more responses to this post than any other! Everybody is interested. The whole idea is to help improve your ability to talk with clarity and conviction with someone who may want to hire you. It’s also to give you verbal agility to answer interviewer off-the-wall questions. My…
Read MoreAdvice to Consider when Job Hunting
By: Goodwill Industries of Lower South Carolina, Inc. 1. Apply to one or more temporary agencies. One of the best ways to keep working, even while looking for a permanent position, is to take a temp position. There are temporary agencies for almost all kinds of workers, and depending on your location, you may find…
Read MoreImportant: Keep Records and Follow-Up – That Awful Word, Administration
By: John Holmgren TheExpertResumeWriter.com I am going to do my best to bore you! Bet I succeed… You want to be seen as “Professional”. You must be thorough. Image is everything. This means keeping records. How boring! So is job hunting, but rewarding. You say you’ll call on a specific date, send an interesting article…
Read MoreBlogging Your Way to a Good Job
By Joyce Lain Kennedy, author of the syndicated “Careers Now” column. She’s been an expert in employment for nearly four decades. Her work is distributed by Tribune Media Services. Larry Hughes used a channel leading to employment that hasn’t been tested by most professional and managerial job seekers: blogging. Previously, he directed publicity at HarperCollins, a major…
Read MoreIncluding a Resume Job “Objective”: A Must?
By: John Holmgren TheExpertResumeWriter.com ( I wrote this entry originally last December. I’m republishing it now not because I’m out of things to say, but because it got lots of comments. More recent readers may have missed it) There are two schools of thought on the subject. Pro: A job “OBJECTIVE” not only should, but must…
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