2006-06-24 14:36:05 · 9 answers · asked by chaarlene2000 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Don't wait for anyone to find you - much more effective if you find them. Use Monster and HotJobs as a resource to ACTIVELY search for open positions for which you qualify. THEN DON'T APPLY online - look up the company on the web, and find the Careers page, or make a phone call and apply to the company directly.
2006-06-24 20:36:08 · answer #1 · answered by Piggiepants 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Update that resume regularly. Those sites (Monster, HotJobs, etc.) are for the most part useless. Find websites associated with professional associations which pertain to the work for which you seek. For instance, the jobs section of the National Assocation of Business Administrators (fictonal) would be better for someone with an MBA looking for an entry level ro expereinced business managment position. Those sites are most likely viewed by prospective employers, especially given the fact that they could be members of such an association.
2006-06-24 21:42:35 · answer #2 · answered by P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've looked at hundreds of resumes, and picked the people I'd interview from them. The resumes I passed over were cluttered, misspelled, unorganized, messy, or just generally so wordy, I thought I was getting the verbal runaround.
So here are MY resume tips: 1. make sure there are no misspellings or glaring grammar errors! 2. Keep it to one page. 3. If you say, "references available upon determination of mutual interest", I'm going to toss it. "references available upon request" is ok. 4. Keep it impersonal. Stick to the facts. 5. List your skills in a "clean" way, so I don't have to hunt for them 6. Make sure the page is clean - no coffee spills, please! 7. No pretty pictures in the backround, or cute-sy stuff either. Plain paper is best. 8. Make sure you put your contact information at the top, easy to find! Double check that the phone number and address is current!! If you can't get THAT right, I'm not going to try to hunt you down. 9. Your resume is not the place to tell a joke. 10. I don't need your life story on the resume; leave something for the interview!
2006-06-24 21:50:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an ex human resource's manager, here's a tip! DO NOT RELY ON THE INTERNET!!! I would have never hired somebody off of the Internet. You must remember that we are a society of people. With an on-line resume you can not sell yourself, which is what a resume is. It is a product description of you. You are much better off to go to the business' yourself. Shows that you want to show up and that you are not to lazy to go. In today's job market the people who post resume's for local jobs only have a 10-20 % hire rate. Get up and GO!!!
2006-06-24 22:00:11 · answer #4 · answered by m_ousley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See we have to update the resume, I think if it is ben there for 3 years then something is wrong in resume format.
See all will hire u and go for the person who can make their concern earn money :-) so try to sell ur self with ur resume.
2006-06-24 21:44:06 · answer #5 · answered by urssureh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Guru.com. I've had my resume on monster for a while too. Oh, and loose the photo unless you want to be a stripper.
2006-06-24 21:39:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spell check it, grammar check it. Use a different resume for different jobs. Make the general one the public one. Update it. Use all of their services. pay for them if needed, and log in with staffing firms too.
2006-06-24 21:43:14 · answer #7 · answered by Different Answers Carlton W. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same thing here. NOTHING HAS WORKED!!!
Look man, there are over a billion Indians and over a billion Chinese. We cannot compete at today's prices.
DING--going down...
2006-06-24 21:40:43 · answer #8 · answered by sideshot72 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you just cant find a job in todays economy
2006-06-24 21:44:53 · answer #9 · answered by Ashley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋