Looking for work on the Internet has never been so easy or so dangerous. You know the threat of spam, but if you’re not careful that threat can turn your job search into a nightmare.
Here’s what you need to know to avoid getting bitten.
Continue reading >> 3 Reasons Job Search Spam Should Scare You
--Jacob Share
How should you follow up actions through your job search without getting fired before you’re hired?
Continue reading >> Are You An Annoying Job Seeker?
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Are you making these mistakes on your resume?
10) Using a cutesy email account to send the CV. Any email arriving from snookums12 or bigboy69 that gets through the spam filter will get caught by the human filter before being dumped in the trash filter. Email from billgates1 is probably not going to help at Microsoft either.
9) Mentioning low grades (Hebrew) or test scores. If you had problems in a course, why mention it at all? You’re too honest. Emphasize the positive and achievements you can be proud of.
8) Forgetting ineffective information on your CV only to have it surprise you in the subsequent interviews, such as alternative musical tastes (which I have), esoteric hobbies (I would get asked about mixology too much) or even a past job experience unrelated for the position at hand. Every detail you leave on your CV should have a purpose or not be there.
Continue reading >> Top 10 Unusual Resume Mistakes
--Jacob Share
Take existing job profiles, jazz them up with some cool-sounding titles and voila! Job Search Marketing is born.
Continue reading >> Become An Expert in Web2.0 Job Search Marketing
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Over at wait till I come!, Christian Heilmann recently wrote about how to write a proper CV and get hired as a web developer. He opens with a disclaimer explaining how his tips are really only for prospective web developers and that ‘they will probably not work for other professions involved in web development’ but [...]
Continue reading >> How To Get Hired As A (fill in here)
--Jacob Share
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