Tips to Market Yourself As a Resume Writer

Tips to Market Yourself As a Resume WriterResume-writing consulting services are one of the most sought after career services in today's technological society. They promise to help job seekers get hired for the perfect position in the company and with the said job, you can look forward to rising in the ranks of your chosen field. It is indeed an exciting thing to follow your dreams and goals by starting a new life as a professional. However, if you're uncertain about how to go about it, here are some tips that may come in handy.First of all, it's very important to keep in mind the fact that most of the people who are interested in becoming career consultants will be the ones who are looking for jobs. Since job hunting is one of the most important tasks you'll have to perform, you have to invest in resumes that will grab the attention of the hiring managers. The importance of marketing your resume-writing-consulting career has been greatly increased with the advent of online resume wr iting services.One can attest that one of the most effective ways to market your resume to recruiters is to sell yourself. That way, you'll be able to maximize the potential for your resume, as recruiters will definitely read your resume if you know how to market yourself well.So, what are the things that you need to include in your resume to prove yourself worthy of being hired? In other words, what aspects can you talk about so that you will surely attract the attention of the hiring manager?One of the best and easiest ways to do this is to talk about your skills and abilities, which will be most likely disclosed in the interview. If you're hiring in a field like a computer engineer, then you can talk about your practical knowledge about programming languages and the things you've done on your own time as a programmer.Marketing yourself doesn't end at your resume. You also have to be able to market yourself in every way possible. You have to be confident enough in your abilities t o show what the recruiter can't see - your perseverance in your pursuit of the dream job.Remember that a resume is only a means to advertise you. If you want to secure a job in a field that you want, you must prepare well. In order to make your resume appear better, you should include all the necessary elements mentioned above.

Why Your Boss is Working Harder to Keep You Happy

Why Your Boss is Working Harder to Keep You Happy Boss brought in cupcakes for no particular reason? Sweet. Even sweeter? You might be seeing more morale boosters at work these days, whether in the form of baked goods or bonuses. A new survey finds that employers are having a tough time attracting and retaining top talentâ€"and with a little smart negotiating, that could mean good things for your career. According to the new Towers Watson Global Talent Management and Rewards Survey, hiring and turnover are on the rise in offices around the world, including in the U.S. And mobility has its downsides. Of 1,637 companies surveyed worldwide, nearly two-thirds report difficulty attracting top performers (65%) and high-potential employees (64%), an increase from two years ago. More than half of employers surveyed say it is hard to hold on to high-potential employees (56%) and top performers (54%). Pay to Stay Of course, one approach to getting workers to stick around is to offer them more money. And employers know that. “The survey data would indicate that they understand compensation is an important retention driver,” says Laura Sejen, managing director at Towers Watson. Just last week, a survey by a major business group found that employers are starting to expand payrolls and raise wages. After years of decline, sign-on bonus programs are at an all-time high, and retention bonuses are surging, according to an analysis of bonus programs and practices by WorldatWork released in June. Of the businesses WorldatWork surveyed, 74% used sign-on bonus programs this year and 51% used retention bonus programs this year. What Money Can’t Buy So how come bosses still can’t figure out how to hold on to their best workers? Another new Towers Watson survey suggests they’re a little out of touch when it comes to judging the importance of other factors, such as perceived job security and confidence in senior management. In a separate survey, the Towers Watson Global Workforce Study of 32,000 employees worldwide, the group found that employees rank job security and confidence in senior leadership among the most important reasons they stay with a company. But employers didn’t rank either factor as a key attraction or retention driver. “Those are really important to employees,” says Sejen. “Employers don’t necessarily rank those as highly as they should.” To get a better sense of what it takes to keep employees enthusiastic, some bosses are trying to listen more closely, says Rose Stanley, a Total Rewards practice leader for WorldatWork. “A lot of organizations will do satisfaction or engagement surveys,” says Stanley. They’ll even conduct “stay interviews” (as opposed to exit interviews) to pick employees’ brains about how their rewards packages, schedule flexibility, and work environment could be improved to inspire them to stay. “It’s a way to connect with employees and figure out what’s going on,” says Stanley. How You Can Leverage the News Even if your employer hasn’t reached out to you yet, come up with your own requests. If you’ve been craving a more flexible schedule or higher pay, now could be the right time to ask, says career consultant Maggie Mistal. Mistal has noticed that many employees have lingering anxiety from the financial crisis and fail to realize their own worth to their employers. “Some folks I work with are in a mindset of ‘I’m just lucky to have a job,’ when in reality they’re the people bosses want to hold on to,” she says. To improve your own situation, Mistal advises, first figure out what would improve your job and make you likelier to stick with your company. Once you have a good idea of your goals, let your boss know you’d like to talk. “The magic term is: ‘I’d like to get your feedback on some ideas,’” says Mistal. “Managers are willingâ€"and a lot of them are even excitedâ€"to have that conversation.” Open your discussion with gratitude, emphasizing how much you enjoy working at your company or with your boss, advises career coach Roy L. Cohen. Then make your request clearly, with a positive angle. If you’d like to telecommute two days a week, for instance, highlight that a more flexible schedule could make you more productive. “Focus on how you’re helping the company achieve even greater success,” says Cohen. Instead of making an ultimatum, stay open to feedback from your boss, Mistal advises. If your boss isn’t sold on the idea of telecommuting, offer to check in periodically throughout the day, or to give your flexible schedule a two-week test run. But don’t demand too much all at once. Even in an environment where your boss is working harder to hold on to great employees like you, you don’t want to come off as smug. “Never be greedy,” says Cohen. “Greediness is always remembered. Even if you feel you’re worth it, make sure you can back up your request.”

The Scientific Job Search or Phun With Fysics Round II - Work It Daily

The Scientific Job Search or Phun With Fysics Round II - Work It Daily A few weeks ago I wrote an article, What Does Quantum Physics Have to Do with Interviews? From my perspective, it was just supposed to be a fun piece, meant to make a point and to put a smile on the reader’s face. Turns out, people actually liked it and so, let me make one more go at it: Thought Experiments How did Einstein figure out what happens at near the speed of light, or that your perspective of what is happening on a moving train (with a bouncing ping-pong ball, for example) depends on where you are located? He thought about it. He literally saw it in his mind’s eye. You can do it too! It's a known fact that if you see something in your mind’s eye before you do it, you have a increased chance of success. So, do your own thought experiment before an interview. Play it out in your mind’s eye and you should have the confidence to make your dream a reality - have a successful interview and get the job. The “Uncertainty Principle” In quantum mechanics you cannot know both the velocity and position of a particle. The reason is that the act of measuring one will change the other. So, if you measure the speed of a particle, its position will change and vice versa. With a job search, you can’t focus on two things at once. There’s a process. The cover letter gets the recipient to read the resume. The resume gets the recipient to invite the candidate for an interview. The interview gets you the job offer. The negotiations seal the offer. If you summarize your resume in your cover letter, that defeats the purpose of both. If you focus in an interview on the negotiations, you’ll never get the offer because the interviewer will think you are only interested in the benefits and not the actual work. Which leads to… Matrix Mathematics We all know that A x B = B x A. But not with matrix mathematics. In matrix mathematics, A times B does not necessarily equal B times A. So here’s a career search equation for you: E = c + r X i E ? (c + r) i E is employment. C is the cover letter. R is the resume. I is the interview. As I just noted, if you write a good cover letter and resume, and have a good interview, you’ll get the job. However, if you combine the cover letter and the resume into one document, you’ll never get the interview. (I would say that (c + r) = 0, so since anything times 0 is 0, i times 0 is 0 so no interview, but why should I have mathematicians mad at me too? Physicists are enough!) The “Copenhagen Interpretation” Finally we come to my favorite. You can imagine something in the quantum world, but as soon as you observe or measure it, it becomes a reality and therefore it changes from what it is in the “imagined” world to a definitive reality. For example, light is both a particle and a wave. If you run one type of experiment it acts like a particle; run a different experiment, it’s a wave. Both are correct yet they cannot be simultaneous. It’s one or the other. Similarly, you can’t make yourself out to be more than one thing. The classic example is the person who is applying for a sales position and is asked about marketing. She thinks the right thing to say is, “I love marketing; I’m great at it.” In fact the correct answer is, “I know marketing, but I’m a sales person. I can help with marketing, I’m a team player, but my expertise and passion are in sales.” If an employer is looking for a sales person, she doesn’t need a sales person who is going to want to do marketing. She wants someone who is focused. In the real world, you can’t be two different people at once. Same thing for having multiple resumes. Sooner or later, an employer will see two different resumes, will not know which to believe, will think you are either lying or unfocused, and will reject you. A “Jack of all trades, master of none,” is more often than not, unemployed. And so ends my journey into physics. Scientific job search image from Shutterstock Have you joined our career growth club?Join Us Today!