Comments for ResumeTarget.com | Get Hired! Professional Resume Writing Service and Help http://www.resumetarget.com/blog Get Hired! Professional Resume Writing Service and Help Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:29:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on Survey: Lack of experience is the biggest issue entry-level professionals have by Heather Huhman http://www.resumetarget.com/blog/2011/10/17/survey-lack-of-experience-is-the-biggest-issue-entry-level-professionals-have/#comment-4549 Heather Huhman Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:29:21 +0000 http://www.resumetarget.com/blog/?p=1697#comment-4549 Great post, Gabriela! I definitely agree that opportunities for making up job experience can be found (or even created) through volunteering and networking! Great post, Gabriela! I definitely agree that opportunities for making up job experience can be found (or even created) through volunteering and networking!

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]]> Comment on HOW TO: Optimize, Enhance and Fine Tune your LinkedIn profile by LinkedIn tips you should take into account by Jasmine Hall | Collaboration Ideas http://www.resumetarget.com/blog/2011/01/27/fine-tune-your-linkedin-profile/#comment-2960 LinkedIn tips you should take into account by Jasmine Hall | Collaboration Ideas Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:27:37 +0000 http://www.resumetarget.com/blog/?p=478#comment-2960 [...] You can rearrange your profile: Want to downplay your work as a waitress and highlight your pursuit of a master’s degree? Arrange your profile with education on top. [...] [...] You can rearrange your profile: Want to downplay your work as a waitress and highlight your pursuit of a master’s degree? Arrange your profile with education on top. [...]

]]> Comment on 6 Ways to Maximize Your Job Search in 2011 (Summer Edition) by Alex http://www.resumetarget.com/blog/2011/05/31/6-ways-to-maximize-your-job-search-in-2011-pre-summer-edition/#comment-2449 Alex Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:13:55 +0000 http://www.resumetarget.com/blog/?p=1106#comment-2449 Some really good new advices. Welldone! Some really good new advices. Welldone!

]]> Comment on 9 ways to get the most out of LinkedIn by Disna Weerasinghe http://www.resumetarget.com/blog/2011/05/04/9-ways-to-get-the-most-out-of-linkedin/#comment-2380 Disna Weerasinghe Mon, 23 May 2011 11:46:35 +0000 http://www.resumetarget.com/blog/?p=674#comment-2380 Michele: Thanks for sharing this link. I did not realize the importance of updating linkedIn profile until three of my potential employer have checked my profile in LInkedIn... which I did not bother to update. This is a good link that helps me get more out of My linkedIn profile. I am sure that othersw will find this helpfull Michele:

Thanks for sharing this link. I did not realize the importance of updating linkedIn profile until three of my potential employer have checked my profile in LInkedIn… which I did not bother to update. This is a good link that helps me get more out of My linkedIn profile. I am sure that othersw will find this helpfull

]]> Comment on Open Ended Questions For Your Interview by Melanie Blakeman http://www.resumetarget.com/blog/2010/05/11/interview-skills-getting-that-job/#comment-2329 Melanie Blakeman Sat, 14 May 2011 05:17:15 +0000 http://www.resumetarget.com/blog/?p=176#comment-2329 There are so many reasons for using open-ended questions in an interview. The answers DO help you to know how to sell yourself, but open-ended questions also create rapport and a feeling of bonding for both you and the interviewer. They are the basis for the relationship you might continue when you are hired if you have already got past H.R. and are being interviewed by your manager. Open-ended questions are your opportunity to \'clinch it\' in your interview. If you successfully create a rapport and bond, it is an easy matter to say, \"When can we start working on this?\" Fabulous and Important Suggestion! There are so many reasons for using open-ended questions in an interview. The answers DO help you to know how to sell yourself, but open-ended questions also create rapport and a feeling of bonding for both you and the interviewer. They are the basis for the relationship you might continue when you are hired if you have already got past H.R. and are being interviewed by your manager.

Open-ended questions are your opportunity to \’clinch it\’ in your interview. If you successfully create a rapport and bond, it is an easy matter to say, \"When can we start working on this?\"

Fabulous and Important Suggestion!

]]> Comment on Open Ended Questions For Your Interview by Melanie Blakeman http://www.resumetarget.com/blog/2010/05/11/interview-skills-getting-that-job/#comment-2328 Melanie Blakeman Sat, 14 May 2011 05:16:42 +0000 http://www.resumetarget.com/blog/?p=176#comment-2328 There are so many reasons for using open-ended questions in an interview. The answers DO help you to know how to sell yourself, but open-ended questions also create rapport and a feeling of bonding for both you and the interviewer. They are the basis for the relationship you might continue when you are hired if you have already got past H.R. and are being interviewed by your manager. Open-ended questions are your opportunity to 'clinch it' in your interview. If you successfully create a rapport and bond, it is an easy matter to say, "When can we start working on this?" Fabulous and Important Suggestion! There are so many reasons for using open-ended questions in an interview. The answers DO help you to know how to sell yourself, but open-ended questions also create rapport and a feeling of bonding for both you and the interviewer. They are the basis for the relationship you might continue when you are hired if you have already got past H.R. and are being interviewed by your manager.

Open-ended questions are your opportunity to ‘clinch it’ in your interview. If you successfully create a rapport and bond, it is an easy matter to say, “When can we start working on this?”

Fabulous and Important Suggestion!

]]> Comment on 8 Reasons Your Resume Stinks by Barbara http://www.resumetarget.com/blog/2009/12/23/8-reasons-your-resume-stinks/#comment-2326 Barbara Fri, 13 May 2011 12:19:51 +0000 http://www.resumetarget.com/blog/?p=29#comment-2326 If you send your resume in Adobe PDF, you can be sure it won't get entered into a database for future reference/searches. If you want to stay active in a candidate database, the best is to send the file in a word file after you have checked the formatting, as suggested above. If you send your resume in Adobe PDF, you can be sure it won’t get entered into a database for future reference/searches. If you want to stay active in a candidate database, the best is to send the file in a word file after you have checked the formatting, as suggested above.

]]> Comment on 8 Reasons Your Resume Stinks by Shannon http://www.resumetarget.com/blog/2009/12/23/8-reasons-your-resume-stinks/#comment-2321 Shannon Thu, 12 May 2011 00:56:48 +0000 http://www.resumetarget.com/blog/?p=29#comment-2321 Last paragraph, second sentence: "This is a calamity of the Internet, and formatting gets messed up more THEN job seekers realize." "Then" should be "than"! And further on in the same paragraph: "... test email it out to a few of your close associates. Then you can verify how it looks on their computer ..." Unless your close associates all share one computer, it should read "computers." Last paragraph, second sentence: “This is a calamity of the Internet, and formatting gets messed up more THEN job seekers realize.” “Then” should be “than”!

And further on in the same paragraph: “… test email it out to a few of your close associates. Then you can verify how it looks on their computer …” Unless your close associates all share one computer, it should read “computers.”

]]> Comment on What end of the Talent Pool are you in? by Kitt Hunter-Wolff http://www.resumetarget.com/blog/2009/12/23/what-end-of-the-talent-pool-are-you-in/#comment-2318 Kitt Hunter-Wolff Wed, 11 May 2011 18:09:52 +0000 http://www.resumetarget.com/blog/?p=27#comment-2318 very sound advise even for those, who have been enjoying the shallow waters. No matter how many times I hear this, it strikes a note of fact and truth. At the same time job seekers need to remember that it is what the employer wants to know that is the important thing when writing the resume. Just ask yourself when reading your resume what stands out about me and is it what the employer is looking for. very sound advise even for those, who have been enjoying the shallow waters. No matter how many times I hear this, it strikes a note of fact and truth. At the same time job seekers need to remember that it is what the employer wants to know that is the important thing when writing the resume. Just ask yourself when reading your resume what stands out about me and is it what the employer is looking for.

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