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From Layoff To Liftoff: 5 Steps To Rebuild Your Career

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In an era dominated by remote work, AI, and social media, a personal cover letter is still important. One study conducted by ResumeGo reveals applications with tailored cover letters had a 53% higher callback rate than applicants without any cover letter. Write a customized cover letter.

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Diplomas and Dilemmas: How 2023 Graduates Can Navigate Job Market Chaos

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This month, the graduating class of 2023 will bid farewell to a rather extraordinary college experience — having endured an unforeseen worldwide pandemic, an unexpected switch to remote learning, skyrocketing inflation and housing costs, not to mention cascades of tech sector layoffs.

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Employees Are ‘Rage Applying’ Instead of Quiet Quitting. Is It Working?

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The fact that the average cost of hiring a new employee was $4,683, according to data from the Society for Human Resource Management’s 2022 “ Talent Access Report.” They are showing that this generation of workers isn’t looking for a company to call home for 30 years. They’re looking for the best opportunity for their current needs.

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10 Best Tools to Help You Land Your Dream Job [2021]

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Plus, Grow with Google provides low cost, paid courses for certification in trending IT and programming fields. And it offers resources to write your cover letter too. Grow with Google offers free online tutorials and productivity tools to bring your office software and application skills up to date.

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Why You Think You're Prepared to Job Hunt -- But You're Really Not

On The Job

We would not be able to pay any moving costs. He said he just got a cover letter, now keep in mind he’s with a healthcare company, but the person says, “I would really like to work for the port of New Orleans. I’m not really sure what these people thought they were doing. They really didn’t have the qualifications to apply.

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So you want to find a new assistant job?

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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. Agents are not there to further your career.

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To Be or Not to Be: How to find yourself a Genuine Resume Writer

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From resumes refreshes, to custom cover letters, building of LinkedIn profiles, and the all too-daunting task of writing key selection criteria responses, the platform was swimming in task ‘Posters’ that needed help. COST: How much are they quoting you? RATINGS: Are their ratings real?

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