Or, How Not to Approach Potential Employers – Part One One of the most common mistakes people make when they meet a potential employer for the first time is talking too much about their own needs: “I’d need X to even consider working for you,” for example, is an immediate turn-off. You may indeed have [More...]
One of the more time-consuming aspects of applying for a job is writing the cover letter. True, you might also revise your resume somewhat to highlight your particular skills as they apply to the job opening, but with a cover letter, you are usually starting from scratch. It has sometimes taken me half a day [More...]
Getting laid off can be a traumatic experience. You’ll go through several levels of emotion – first shock, anger and then fear of where you go from here. For some people fear of the unknown can be unbearable. Allow yourself to go through these emotions. Take time to grieve for a few days – it is [More...]
If you’re like many people, your resume probably lists places you worked, titles you held, and a bullet point list of job duties you performed. Notice how you feel when you think “job duties.” Unless your duties involve combating evil or saving innocent lives, that phrase sucks the life right out of that first sentence, [More...]
Champlain College seeks Game Design Faculty If you think being a game designer isn’t quite enough of a challenge, you should consider the challenge of bringing up the next generation of game designers at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. Students in the studio-style cohort of interdisciplinary majors can tell if the professor is a poseur — [More...]
Before you meet your coworkers, accept a job or interview for a position, you submit your resume, CV or other similar information. This is almost always the order of changing jobs. Submitting your resume is the first hidden impression that is often overlooked. People know their resume should look good and show them in the [More...]
A good resume writer, like a skillful storyteller, knows when to leave something unsaid, but still communicate the idea effectively. He or she also knows how to avoid contradicting what was said with the way it was said. Position your resume a cut above the crowd by paying attention to what you can and should [More...]
