Resume Tip

 

Do a little homework! Research the company and the position if possible, as well, the people you will meet with at the interview. Review your work experiences.

 

Be ready to support past career accomplishments with specific information targeted toward the companies needs. Only the facts please!

Job Listing Links

Best Job Markets

Gallup Economic Monthly: Job Market Best in South, East Hiring increased and layoffs decreased in South and West -- but unchanged in Midwest, West by Dennis Jacobe, Chief Economist PRINCETON, NJ -- Job-market conditions, based on U.S. employees' self-reports of hiring and firing activity at their workplaces, improved in October, driven by improvements in the South and the East. Gallup's Job Creation Index hit its high for the year in both regions, with hiring up and layoffs down. Still, the job situation is unchanged in the Midwest and West.

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Places to Find Jobs

Search the job search engines. Use the job search engine sites to search the major job banks, company sites, associations, and other sites with job postings for you.

Online job searches are very powerful and typically easy to follow and complete. There are literally hundreds of options from company owned search engines to heavily advertised alternatives.

Resume Assistance (many are FREE)

The resume is a focused summary of the qualifications, skills and background that you have to offer a potential employer. It is an accomplishment-oriented document. A resume forms the first impression an employer will have of you and represents you in your absence. The primary purpose of a resume is to obtain an interview.

Every job seeker has a resume but is your resume special? Do you have the hiring edge? There are many free web sites to help you improve or begin a resume.