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How to Deal with Employment Gaps in Your Resume

Eat Your Career

A participant in our recent Q&A session asked: “CVs (or resumes) are often rejected by recruiters for having career gaps. “CVs (or resumes) are often times rejected by recruiters for having career gaps. Can you suggest a way of avoiding my CV or resume being rejected for this reason?”

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Set Yourself Apart from the Competition » Make or Break Moments

Make or Break Moments

Each had a resume, test scores of the tests they’d volunteered to take to show their abilities and each provided a cover letter and their hourly rate. The cover letters were of varying degrees – some addressed me as Sir/Madam or To Whom It May Concern while some called me by name.

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Melba Duncan on the Hot Skills EAs Need For 2009 and Beyond

Stellar Assistants

Duncan in job interviews, and have even quoted her in resume' cover letters. The first was in AdminAdvantage (if you don't already subscribe to this publication - I highly endorse it), dated November - December 2008 ( [link] ). I've attempted to "channel" Ms. She "gets it" better than anyone else I've read or met.

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Tips From Successful Job Seekers

On The Job

In 2008, Linda Woody was a stay-at-home mom for two daughters, sometimes picking up work as a public-relations consultant. I suggested in my cover letter some ideas to pique the employer's interest," she says. Then, when I got the interview, I really stepped it up. I made the ideas as specific as possible."

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Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles

Laughing all the Way to Work

Click on that and you will find a wealth of templates from a resume, cover letter, minutes, agenda and many others. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy? Whoever had the idea to put the templates on their site should pat themselves on the back. The importance of having someone to talk to Psst!

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The Full Interview - The Person Behind the Professional

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Any recruiter who sees your resume will silently wonder the following questions. Whether based on your cover letter or resume, recruiters only take 6 seconds to see if you are match. If the fit isn’t close enough, they toss or file your resume. The longer specific answer is below.