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Organising Time to Search for Jobs

Time is a vital resource when you are searching for jobs. It is extremely hard to come by if you are looking for jobs while still working full time and it must be managed wisely if you are unemployed and find yourself with too much time. Organising your time to improve your job searching prospects can be difficult at first, but it should be simple enough once you have developed a habit.


Corporate mentoring programs

The majority of business owners and CEOò€™s realize that the success of their business depends upon their employees. Without employees a business has nothing and doesnò€™t even have a way to support itself. More and more businesses are starting to realize the importance of selecting staff and training them.


How to Make a Targeted Cv

As an exercise, when you feel you need to submit a CV, ask yourself the following questions: What skills am I selling? To whom am I selling?  Why do they need my skills?  Why should they choose me rather than other candidates? If you feel a general CV targeted only to the job area or industry will work, then fine ð€“ send your CV off with the covering letter, but be honest with yourself don"t just take the easy option because you cannot be bothered with more specific CV targeting.  (You can download a CV template at my website).  Personally, I support the general CV as you can specifically write the covering letter for every job application. The general CV can be "over targeted" i.e. it can be best if you communicate and fit the job criteria with the impression that you have just pulled the CV out of the bottom draw and written the letter. With this in mind, from my experience it is then best to write the letter in a different font type and different paper.

How to Make a CV ð€“ (The Personal Profile or Career Objective Statement)

"If I get one more results-orientated, dynamic, sales executive today, I shall throw up!"  To add individual impact to your CV is to include a paragraph the intention of which is to summarize, in no more than a few lines, your experience and achievements, maybe you skills but not your personal attributes, (unless you a school leaver of graduate with little or no experience). The personal profile can be closed off with a short career statement matching your aspirations maybe with a titled job vacancy - the same personal profile may not be is appropriate for every vacancy. This is written at the beginning of your CV immediately after your name, address and contact details. 

Personal Profile and Career Objective Statement Errors

* Copying other profile examples and over used content taken from job advertisements.

* Too much focus on personal attributes rather than skills, experience and achievements.

* Writing a profile that sounds just like any number candidate. 

Make your CV as a solution to somebody"s problem and rewrite your closing sentence in your profile to suit a specific job target or job area. This will also focus your mind (experience, skills and achievements) that need to be communicated to your potential employer and the reasons why you are the right person for the job. Write your achievements with bullet points quantifying them if you can. More specific achievements can also be written in the covering letter for greater impact.

Mike Kelley

http://www.cv-service.org






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