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A Cover Letter is NOT Optional!

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Home Founder Resume Writing Career Coaching Marketing Yourself Selling Yourself Job Stress General Advice Interview Skills "The Relocated Spouse [link] — jobconnection A Cover Letter is NOT Optional! On June 14, 2010, In Resume Writing by Debra Wheatman , By CareersDoneWrite.com 0 What’s the value of writing a cover letter?

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So you want to find a new assistant job?

Practically Perfect PA

Tailor your covering letter and CV. I’ve written posts on both covering letters and resumes so all I would add here is that you should tailor your CV and covering letter for each of the jobs you are applying for. Working with recruitment agencies. Dealing with agencies – hum, this is tricky.

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Resume Parsing 101: Top Benefits Of Using A Resume Parser

Recruit CRM

It helps in analysing a CV or data present in a cover letter and turns it into structured data. As a recruiter or a hiring manager, you must know that candidate experience is of utmost importance. Paired up with Artificial Intelligence, they can bring about tonnes of benefits for your agency if utilised properly.

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Using A Visual Medium To Enhance The Recruiting Process

Recruit CRM

Remote working has increased and for it to happen sleekly it's important for recruiters and staffing agencies to take a step ahead in the digital world. Pictures and trendy designs can obviously impact the top candidates, making recruiting effortless for recruitment agencies and recruiters likewise.

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A guide to online job searching

Practically Perfect PA

Recruitment agencies will offer a range of jobs usually around a more specific area of expertise. As recruiting experts, we can quickly tell the difference between someone who has taken an application seriously, and someone who has sent the same cover letter to many different companies. Jobs that are out of date.

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Beware of Career Marketing Firms

Job Advice Blog

Next, I Googled the company name–and searched on other search engines as well–to try to learn something about the proposal/agreement signer with the title of managing director. He was asking me to evaluate a proposal he had received from a career marketing firm. My research led me to a résumé-writing service.

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Is Your Resume Hot? Or a HOT mess?

Melissa Peoples

The gentleman on the call introduced himself as a consultant with a well-known local staffing agency who had reviewed the resume I had uploaded to the organization's website. For most administrative professionals, the majority of our roles contain functions that recur, such as calendar management, expense reporting and travel arrangements.

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