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BETTER RESUME Your resume is the perfect opportunity to stand out from the crowd and demonstrate that you have what they are looking for. No matter what kind of job you are looking for, these tips will help you approach, design and put the finishing touches on your resume .
THE APPROACH
IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU Don’t tell an employer what you want, and don’t tell them your life story. Tell them how you can ad value to their company. Any skills or experience you include on your resume should be relevant. If it’s not relevant, leave it off. What skills and characteristics is the employer looking for? Make a list, circle the ones you can offer, and create a resume that shows off those traits and experiences.
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YOUR RESUME
YOUR SKILLS
BE OUTSIDE THE BOX
Does the job call for “outside-the-box-thinking”? Simply saying you fit that description doesn’t demonstrate your ability to be creative. Use your resume as an opportunity to show how creatively you can approach challenges.
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We offer competitive wages as well as flexible hours. We are offering $1-$2 dollars more per hour than you’re making in your current restaurant position. This is a great location with a fun, positive, motivated staff.
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PICK YOUR TOOLS
Everyone knows Microsoft Word, and most people use it to create their resume. What if the job requires you to know Adobe Suite or PowerPoint? Then why not use one of these softwares to design your resume?
PORTFOLIOS AREN’T JUST FOR ARTISTS
If you have relevant work experience and the documentation to prove it, package it up nicely and send it along with your resume. It will demonstrate your skills in a way that a resume never can. It will also make the interview go more smoothly because you will have something to look at together.
ELEMENTS OF DESIGN
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Your font sets the tone and says something about who you are. If this position requires lots of number crunching, you should probably choose a sans serif font. If it involves research and writing, an elegant serif font is probably best. Whatever the case may be, there is probably a preferable alternative to Times New Roman, which is far the most common resume font.
PRACTICE GUN CONTROL
This is a resume and not a machine gun. Take it easy with the bullet points. The human brain can only process two or three bullet points at a time. Don’t use a bulleted list to describe a job. Instead, try two or three sentence paragraphs explaining how the job developed your skills. If you want to add success stories or metrics then add a couple bullet points.
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USE SPACE EFFECTIVELY
Potential employers don’t spend much time on each resume. Don’t waste space, or your potential employer’s attention on things like your street address or hobbies. Also, truly effective communicators should be able to get the point across in one page.
FINISHING TOUCHES REMOVE ALL HYPERLINKS If you don’t, it will look weird when printed
CONVERT TO A PDF FORMAT
Make sure your resume looks the same to everyone by converting it to a PDF or something like a JPG where appropriate.
BE CREATIVE
There is no opportunity to stand out if everyone has the same format. Stand out by doing something creative.
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO AT
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It’s not a day at the beach. It’s a work day. Dress like it.
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Decide who you MUST meet vs. who you WOULD LIKE to meet. Plan your time accordingly.
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DO check out all the employer booths
Currently Hiring SEASONAL SUMMER Help!
By taking an initial walk through the job fair, and observing all the employers, you can better plan how you will approach each booth.
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DO look for icebreakers Look for things like employers’ signage; that will give you icebreaking talking points.
DO check out the other job seekers
SmithFoods is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)/M/F/Disabled/Veteran employer.
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What personalities do employers seem to react positively to? Mimic that.
This will often tell you more about the company that you can’t find elsewhere.
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DO dress for career success
DO pick out your first and second choice employers
We offer great benefits Health Insurance, Vacation, 401 (K), and bonuses.
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HARD SKILLS SOFT SKILLS
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hard skills and soft skills.
of HR pros say job applicants do a good job when including relevant keywords in their resumes.
“ There’s no secret password for getting hired. But job seekers can increase their chances by highlighting their hard skills in their resumes and demonstrating their soft skills during the interview process. Many job seekers have the right ingrediants; now they need to put them in the right order.” - Joe Weinlick, VP of Marketing at Beyond
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PREPARE YOUR
ELEVATOR SPEECH An elevator speech is a clear, short message or “commercial” about you. It communicates who you are, what you’re looking for and how you can benefit a company or organization. It’s typically about 30 seconds - the time it takes people to ride from the top to the bottom of a building in an elevator.
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This should include your education, experience, and skills that will benefit the company you are speaking with. Avoid discussing any part of your personal life. Stick to the point in a professional manner.
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It’s easier to understand your professional background when it is in story form. Seeing clearly how you arrived from point A to point Z, gaining skills and expertise along the way, demonstrates to potential employers that you have carefully aimed for a particular career, strategically.
Another part of your story is in how you are connected. Having a great network of contacts helps potential employers see how serious you are about your career.
USE A PROFESSIONAL PROFILE PHOTO
The Photo you choose sends a strong message about who you are. If your professional profile photo is of you in a casual circumstance, such as you at a sporting activity, party, wedding, or with your pet, then it doesn’t come across as “professional.” And, what’s worse than having a bad photo is having no photo at all.
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Who do you want to be seen as: a leader, an expert, a worker bee? Make sure your headline and personal tagline accurately describes who you are, and make sure that aligns with your resume and who you actually are. If someone calls to inquire more about you, you shouldn’t describe yourself as something different than what’s on your LinkedIn profile.
Premier Retirement Community is hiring STNA’s. If you would like to be a part of a team that works together, contact us now. We are a faith based, not for profit Retirement Community in Wayne County. Our qualified staff provides quality and loving care to our residents in a Christian environment. Hiring Full time and Part time. Great benefits; including Paid Time Off, Sick Time, Retirement Plan with Employer Match Above State Average – staff/resident ratio • Sign on Bonus Competitive Wages based on experience – experience preferred not necessary • Shift differential
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PROFILE IRRESISTIBLE
Search Engine Optimization is a key element on LinkedIn. Keywords that highlight you skills help potential employers find you. Your profile on LinkedIn should be a snapshot of your background, so add specific keywords such as “master at community managment,” or “social crisis reputation manager.”
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Make sure your photo isn’t blurry. Look professional! Avoid flashy clothing, jewelry, hats, or sunglasses.
USE YOUR PROFILE LINK
Using your personal LinkedIn URL adds polish to your professional status. Don’t just copy and paste the URL of your profile, because it’s full of unnecessary characters. Instead, use your unique link to share your profile, it includes your name.
Everyone has a unique profile link. Look for it next to your contact info.
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Full-Time Employment All recruitment is full time and with STEP2 from the day you start!
Positions Available: Machine Operators & Assembly • No Experience • Employee Starting Pay: Needed Recognition/
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Must be GM or ASE Certified. Diesel experience paid extra. We offer hospitalization, paid vacation, retirement plan, uniforms, and ongoing training. No Saturdays.
Previous sales experience in some field required. Hospitalization, 401k, Paid Vacation, Demo, 5 day work week. No Sundays. E-mail resume to: employment@nicholsonauto.com or via mail: NICHOLSON CHEVY-BUICK-GMC 7190 SR 39 Millersburg, OH 44654
• Up To $11.25 Per Hour
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E-mail resume to: employment@nicholsonauto.com or via mail: NICHOLSON CHEVY-BUICK-GMC
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Shoot an email within 24 hours.
“Any thank you that starts with ‘Hey...’ is doomed.”
“They will often compare notes, so be sure they are customized.”
“Nothing says ‘remember me’ like a little effort.’
- Steve Langerud, career consultant.
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3 paragraphs of 1-2 sentences-tops! Remember at this point, “There is no need to try and convince them that you are great.” - Steve Langerud
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This could come off a little desperate. One candidate unintentionally offended a manager by “sending him a plant.” - Stacy Pursell, founder and president of The Pursell Group
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If you can’t remember, and “all else fails - call and ask.” - Steve Langerud
THE BEST JOBS
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a self-inventory personality test based on Carl Jung’s theories of personality types. The questionnaire is designed to measure how people perceive the world and make decisions. Created in the 1940s by Katherine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Myers-Briggs, the MBTI is one of the most popular psychological instruments used today. It is often used in team-building exercises, recruitment, self development and career counseling. A number of approximations of the test are available online for free.
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