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America's best jobs in the hottest markets
The great American hiring boom is slowing down--but as labor cools with the rest of the economy,
a few choice regions will stay red-hot. You just have to know where to look.
Resume Writing
How To Create A Persuasive
Resume
Most resumes of retirees are a complete statement of their military
experience. And that is the problem: their resumes are so detailed that
the reader feels overwhelmed. The sheer volume of facts obscures the
meaning of those facts. Without meaning, there is no persuasion.
If your resume is not persuasive, employers will not be interested
enough to call you for an interview.
Why You Need A
Good Cover Letter
In real terms, a cover letter functions more as a persuasive, sales pitch
letter than a dry business communication.
Employers Are Telling You What They
Want. Are You Listening?
Employers tell you what they want but you must read and listen to what
they are saying. And sometimes employers tell you point blank how they
are searching for job candidates. They list their search keywords right
in the job ad!
Why Some Military Resumes Don't Work
Understanding the competitive layer of a resume is the difference between resumes
that don't work and resumes that get you interviews.
How To Improve A Non-Performing
Resume
What is a non-performing resume? It is a resume that has not
persuaded a recruiter or an employer to call you for an interview.
Or worse, it's a resume posted on the Internet that is never "found"
by hiring managers who conduct computer searches to find job candidates.
When To Use Or Not Use Military
Jargon On Your Resume
Including or eliminating military jargon from your resume very much
depends on your career goal and the company, organization or
industry you are seeking to be employed by.
How Deep Is Your Resume?
Concerned that your resume is too long or too short? Always remember a
resume's length is a function of its depth.
Not Getting Job Interviews? Don't Blame Your Resume!
Have you sent out hundreds of resumes? Not much of a response? In a
tight job market, your resume is not the problem.
A Sample Military Veteran Resume
Components of a Winning Resume
Sample Resume For Posting on the Web or Emailing
Interviewing
How To Prepare for
Job Interviews
Little in my military service and experience prepared me for the variety,
purpose or competitiveness of job interviews. But job interviews are at the
heart of the hiring decision. So if you want to succeed, you must learn how
to prepare for them.
Innermetrix Interview Success Guide
The complete interview success guide. This free guide gives you a comprehensive
look at the most important preparations you will ever take for successful interviewing.
Written by management consultants who have worked with thousands of hiring companies
in over 18 countries, and based on scientific research, this guide gives you what
you need in order to achieve the ultimate interview success.
Job Searching
A Formula for Job-Hunting Success
Job-hunting success is more complex than simply writing a resume or
improving your interviewing techniques. Your success depends not
only on your objective credentials and experience but their
relative strength in a competitive field of qualified candidates.
How To "Really" Use
The Web to Get Hired
Successful job hunters merge traditional job-hunting techniques with the Web
to get results--fast!
Why You Must Fine-Tune Your Job Hunt
A job hunter who doesn't fine-tune his job hunt strategy is like a fisherman
who doesn't change his bait when the fish aren't biting.
How Geography Plays A Role In
Your Job Hunt
There's no question that geography plays a role in job hunting.
You can play it to your advantage by taking the time to learn the
local economic "lay of the land."
How Geography Plays A Role In
Your Job Hunt Part 2: Reader Stories and Feedback
Last month's column on how relocation issues play a role in a
veteran's job hunt generated intense reader feedback.
So, here are their stories.
On The Road Again
Willie Nelson's song On the Road Again has a special meaning for me.
Whenever I hear it, I think of my Navy days. Everytime we left port,
cleared the harbor, and entered open seas, the song was piped
throughout the ship. The song was my ship's breakway song. What
is your job hunt's breakway song?
What To Do When You Can't Find a Job
Vets are getting hired even in this lackluster economy. But if
you listen to some of the scuttlebutt going around, you'd be surprised.
Applying for a Federal Job
Applying for a federal job can be a complicated process. In this article,
an industry insider shares the secrets to success.
Finding it Impossible to Qualify for Federal
Employment?
It is not impossible, just daunting. However, gaining federal employment
can be tricky, especially if youve never gone through the process before.
Transitioning From Active Duty
Location Planning: The Geography/Job Search Efficiency Test
Military retirement is a time of immense change and decision-making. Choosing where to live is one of
those big decisions that all retirees must make. And since most retirees are not retiring in
the truest sense of the word, and will need to seek professional employment, military retirement
location decisions are usually tied to employment.
Basic
Training: The 3C's of Military Career Transitions
To soften the career transition landing, use this model to both understand
and structure how to prepare for a transition. The model maps the stages
of a transition.
How To Expand Your Career Transition Opportunities
I am contacted regularly by military retirees with the
following question: I have an MOS that doesn't cross
over easily into the civilian work world. Since I see
few or no jobs advertised, what should I do? The
answer to the question is two-fold.
Real Life Job Hunting: The Story
of One Veteran's Career Transition
How does a real life job hunt compare to the ideal one? The following
military veteran is a good example of what an actual job hunt is like.
In the end, he succeeded in getting a job in his home state of Ohio.
Let's see how he did it.
How A Retiring
Infantry Officer Can Start A Career Transition
This past month I was posed the following question: "I am beginning my
career transition. I had a satisfying career as an Infantry Officer but how
do I translate that into a meaningful, well-paying job in private industry?"
Here's the author's answer.
Military Retirees:
How To Take Control Of Your Career Transition
Seeing the difference between a job-hunt and a career transition is an
important first step for military retirees with job problems.
Transitioning from Military to Civilian Employment
Resources for Young Veterans
To begin a quick and successful job search, young veterans must do four things in the following order:
- they must make a realistic review of their job skills
- determine what kind of jobs they are qualified for based on employer hiring standards
- write their resume targeted to specific jobs
- apply for jobs
Young Veterans Special: How To Begin Your Job Search
This article covers the first step in your career transition: making a realistic review of their job skills.
Young Veteran's Special: Do I Really Need A College Degree?
This article covers the second step in your career transition: the education issue.
Young Veteran's Special: Resume Basics
This article covers the third step in your career transition: resume basics.
Young Veteran's Special: The Key To Getting Hired
This article covers the final step in your career transition: how to get noticed by an employer, in other words, the key to getting hired.
Miscellaneous
Why should they hire you?
You have the experience. You're a professional. You have the training.
And you're a veteran! You're perfect for the job, right?
Top 10 Sources of Hiring
If you think that posting your resume on a job board isn't effective then think again.
A recent issue of weddles.com --The Newsletter About Internet Resources for Successful
Recruiting & HR Management, reported on a survey they had conducted of 708 people which
indicated that the top ten sources of hire were the following...
Are Your Salary Expectations In Line With Reality?
Keeping your salary expectations in line with reality is a way to prevent you from
shooting yourself in the foot, so to speak, and extending your job search time unnecessarily.
How To Advance Your Job Search Without A Security Clearance
I am asked this question by military veterans several times a month:
"I have an information technology (IT) background and would
like to seek opportunities in the Defense Industry but I do not
have a security clearance. What can I do?"
The State of The Market Report:
Career Opportunities for Military Veterans in 2005
To take advantage of career opportunities in the coming year, this article
will tour the jobs market place and overview the major, private industry
sectors to determine what is the state of each industry and what job
opportunities may exist.
Sound Business Habits and Best
Practices of Good Companies
How do you gather information about an employer to help you determine
if you should accept its job offer? Using a job interview to ask
questions about its standards of excellence usually answers the
question and reaps important insights about the company.
How To Choose One Job Offer Over Another
How should you choose one company over another to work for? Should it be dictated
by money, location, or the type of work you prefer? Are there other factors you
should consider when making your employment decision?
How To Find A Job
In An Outsourced Economy
I think no topic gets the dander up of an unemployed job seeker than hearing
about the "outsourcing" of jobs. Just hearing about it can make you feel
like you've hit a dead end. So, how can you find a job in the U.S. when jobs
are being transported abroad to places like India or China?
Salary Sense for Military
Veterans and Retirees
Salary sense is about two things: avoiding unrealistic expectations
and realizing that in private industry there are many factors that
come into play in determining your salary. Think about the advantages
and the trade offs before you go after the money.
Labor Day Special:
How To Protect Your Employment Before A Lay Off Looms
I can't think of anything more challenging, besides finding a job in the
first place, than thinking about what to do if you are laid off.
Why They Aren't
Hiring You?
Once a pool of job candidates are chosen for a particular open position,
when all the interviews have been completed, and the time has come to select
a candidate, a hiring manager's decision to hire one candidate over another
is largely based upon ...
How Your Age Plays a
Factor in Job Hunting
Are you thinking that you're too old compared to most job seekers and that's
why you're not getting a job? Think you have too much experience? And the
odds are against you getting hired?
Finding it Impossible to Qualify for Federal
Employment?
It is not impossible, just daunting. However, gaining federal employment
can be tricky, especially if youve never gone through the process before.
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