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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! A cover letter IS important. Your cover letter serves as your introduction. Probably not.

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Is Your Resume Hot? Or a HOT mess?

Melissa Peoples

After giving notice, and thinking now that it wasn't perhaps the best time for clarity or objectivity, I dusted off my resume, added my now former role, and began applying to likely-sounding prospects. Bear in mind, I had been recruited or referred into my past couple of roles, so my resume hadn't been top of mind for a while.

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Beware of Career Marketing Firms

Job Advice Blog

He wanted my opinion because I’m a career coach–and because I myself had once been victimized by a similar firm.

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Critical Steps in Your Career Transition

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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 Critical Steps in Your Career Transition On June 29, 2010, In Resume Writing by Debra Wheatman , By CareersDoneWrite.com 0 One of the toughest challenges job seekers face is figuring (..)

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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). Google for all the agencies in town, look on Yelp, or look on LinkedIn. I ran a book club for 2 years.

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Answering Reader Mail: From Lawyer to Executive Assistant?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Any recruiter who sees your resume and finds out you used to be a lawyer 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.

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What Should Recruiters Look For In CVs When Hiring For Remote Jobs?

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With more and more organizations and startups planning to go remote post-pandemic and those which were already remote from the very beginning should understand what it means to hire candidates who are looking for work-from-home based jobs. Here's everything you need to know about skills that should stand out in such resumes.