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Most people think cover letters are designed to win over the recruiter/HR manager. This is kind of true. Others think it is supposed to serve as a summary of your skills. This is part of it. A few people think it’s about listing information that is relevant to the job. Again, they’re almost there.
Every job requirement you read is really little more than a professionally written, open ended question. That question is the same whether the job is for a CEO or a Clerk. It is the same question …

There are a million reasons an HR person may pass on your resume. You may not have enough experience. You could have too much experience. You could have worked for the wrong boss in the past. Office politics, height, weight, skin color, hair color… Right or wrong the list goes on and on. But there is one reason that is absolutely unacceptable: A poorly written resume.
If you lose out on a job because of a poorly written resume, it’s no one’s fault but your own. The quality of your …

Hopefully you have kept your receipts if you have been unemployed in the past year. Some individuals are going to skip out on opting for a professional CPA to complete their taxes this year and try their hand at this dirty little task. If you are one who is opting out of paying a professional to do your taxes, you need to refresh yourself on what you can write off from your job search.
Hopefully you kept a very detailed record of your job search expenses, because it is about to …

A number of economists have begun to focus on signs of an economic recovery. The questions most commonly researched by these individuals focus on who does the hiring and where do the jobs come from. If you can tell which types of companies help us through a recession, it’s easier to monitor the growth of these types of companies.
The common answer to these questions points to young companies. Firms that are between one and five years old tend to produce the most jobs and are the best chance of recovering …

Ready for some well deserved good news? I think we all are right about now. It has been a very long and hard year for many of us and some good news would do us all well. Most companies report that their big hiring months are January through March. With 2010 peaking around the corner this is great news for the unemployed!
Start getting prepared now. If these months are truly the big hiring months you will want to be ready and prepared. Here are a few refresher tips:
Review and update …