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My Resume Is Ready. What Now?

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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 My Resume Is Ready. The big and popular job boards such as HotJobs.com, Monster, and CareerBuilder.com are musts. Next, the question is where to post it?

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Keywords in Résumé Lead to Interviews

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Search the Internet via job boards such as Monster and The Ladders.com to find 5 to 20 job descriptions of jobs advertised in the field you’re interested in. Alex can be reached at: 609-333-8866 alex@landingexpert.com www.landingexpert.com Follow me on Twitter. Your job is to ensure that you embed sufficient keywords in your résumé.

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10 Tips for Setting Up Your Social Media & Internet Presence Safely to Improve Your Job Search & to Protect Yourself

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

List your resume on career job sites - Okay, a lot of people will tell you it’s not worth it to post your resume on sites like Monster, CareerBuilder, Indeed, etc. So while that may never happen again, I still post my resume online with a stripped down version because you never know. This is key (more on that later).

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Answering Reader Mail: Re-Entering the Admin Field

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

So, it's best to search for temporary, short-term admin work via temping, volunteering, applying for part time work so you have something to put on your resume. Craft your resume based on experience and skill set, not chronologically - and tell a different story. The point is to sell yourself and spin a different story.

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: 5 Ways to Avoid Freaking Out About.

On The Job

That’s because like many job seekers, you’re probably spending way too much time poring over job boards and sending resumes to cyber black holes that offer you little chance of finding a job. Nothing will help you find another job or protect your career more than having a monster business network. Avoid over-using social networking.

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Answering Reader Mail: Before I Move to LA

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

The point of the informational interview is to find out how they got started, what advice they would give you, get realistic expectations of what your first job in the industry could be, get a feel for what to expect, have them critique your resume, and really gauge if it's something you want to do.

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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

First, what you have been up to recently that is exciting, fun or new, why and what sort of job you are looking for, and your contact information and an online link to your resume or a social media profile (more on this later). The kind lady asked me what I did for work so I gave her my resume. She gave me her business card.