Update your resume when your career focus changes
Deborah Walker, CCMC, Career Coach and Resume Writer WASHINGTON, WA -- If you want to change your career path, then you also need to change your resume. There are several ways to shift the focus away from your current job and toward your new career.
By focusing on the skills that will be useful in your new career, you can position yourself as a stronger candidate for the job. Highlight those transferable skills in your new resume, bringing them front and center.
In addition, shift your list of accomplishments to support those skills. Accomplishment statements give credibility to transferable skills and prove your ability to cross industry or occupational lines. Well crafted accomplishments make a big difference in whether you win the interview or are passed over. Finally, be sure you understand your audience. As you shift career focus, it is critical to understand the hiring motives of your target market. Your new year business strategy
Staff Writer, The Career News LOS ANGELES, CA -- If you are currently unemployed, the holidays can be particularly rough. But take heart, contrary to popular belief this is one of the best times of the year to be looking for employment. Many companies implement a new direction or strategy at the first of the year, resulting in a "First of the Year" hiring surge. With New Year business strategies mapped out, companies start aggressively looking for resumes and interviewing new job candidates in November and December.
If you want the benefit of maximum exposure, but don't want to spend 60 hours researching and filling out website forms, consider letting a service like Resume Rabbit do the work for you. With this service, you fill out one easy form and in about 15 minutes you'll be posted on up to 75 top career sites like Monster, Job.com, CareerBuilder, Net-Temps, Dice and more. A comprehensive list of all the sites they post to is on their home page.
Whether you do it by hand or use a service like Resume Rabbit, creating accounts on all the best career sites will give you access to millions of jobs and exposure to 1.5 million employers and recruiters daily. Try Resume Rabbit today! Part II: Breaking in as a new telecommuter
Pamela La Gioia, Telework Recruiting, Inc. LOUISVILLE, KY -- Numerous large companies have developed telecommuting programs allowing only their trusted employees to work remotely. This can be a barrier to newer employees who want to telecommute. Fortunately, there are telecommuting-friendly professions available, ready to embrace the new employee.
Many sales positions require that account executives spend a lot of time in the field. Why rent office space for people who are never onsite? Likewise, programmers and telephonic help desk technicians can easily perform their work remotely with occasional visits to their clients. Web designers, graphic artists, illustrators, writers, and photographers are also well suited candidates for telecommuting.
If you're already in a profession you enjoy, such as nursing, why not switch from hospital work to case management, which is telecommuting-friendly? As inpatient insurance benefits decrease, more field based work is available to nurses as well as social workers who now must do home visits. Their related paperwork can be completed at home or on laptops in their cars. Also, the rise in weather catastrophes has created a huge opening in insurance positions ranging from appraising to property loss. Keeping abreast of trends and happenings can help want-to-be teleworkers find the job they've been searching for. Community colleges create skilled workers
Abridged: Seattle-Post Intelligencer SEATTLE, WA -- As our economy moves from horsepower to brainpower and the baby boomers begin to retire, businesses are at risk of losing the skilled employees they need to stay competitive. A high school diploma isn't enough for most 21st-century jobs, and experts predict that those without a high school diploma will be eligible for as few as 10 percent of all new jobs.
Every resident deserves a chance to get the education and job skills necessary to provide for her or his family. Research tells us the tipping point -- the difference between struggling in a low-wage job and having a good career that leads to a better life -- is one year of college-level courses plus a credential, such as nursing, welding or drafting. The good news is those very jobs are in high demand from employers.
As a matter of fact, 41 percent of today's jobs require a level of education that can be provided by two-year colleges. Only 19 percent require a bachelor's degree. Innovative programs link English and math education with job training, which creates opportunities for students to secure livable wage jobs in a shorter period of time. Education can be the key to your success
Staff Writer, The Career News LOS ANGELES, CA -- If you think that the only way to earn a degree is to spend gobs of money and traverse across a complicated college campus, taking anywhere from two to eight years to get your Associate's, Bachelor's or Master's degree - think again. These days, there are alternatives. Looking for a different, easier and less expensive way to earn a degree is simply a mouse click away.
Advance your career on your schedule by earning your degree from the University of Phoenix, the nation's largest accredited private university. They offer degrees in business, technology, education, criminal justice, healthcare and more -100% Online. You can further your education, earn a degree, increase your marketability and optimize your salary potential -- all from within the comfort and convenience of your own home.
While many people still look to traditional methods of earning degrees on a campus, degrees earned online are becoming more and more common and they're just as credible as obtaining one through any other means; it's just so much more simple and convenient! To learn more about University of Phoenix and request a catalog, follow this link. Holiday job searching tip
Abridged: About.com NEW YORK, NY -- Many job seekers are convinced that job hunting between Thanksgiving and the middle of January is a waste of time. If you buy into this myth, you are losing one of the better job searching seasons of the year.
During this season, you enjoy reduced competition for jobs and easier access to decision makers who are actually in the office. You have the opportunity to help people spend their budgets before year end. Hiring managers, with fresh goals for the new year, are eager to find people who can help them get the jump on goal accomplishment. If nothing else, many organizations interview in December for positions starting at the first of the year. Complimentary industry and trade publications
Staff Writer, The Career News LOS ANGELES, CA -- Whether you're looking to move up or move on - reading business and trade publications lets you move right in to the job of your dreams. They keep you sharp, well informed, articulate and in-demand. It's no secret that keeping up with the news and trends of your industry or profession (as well as that of your clients') will give you the competitive edge you need. And now, you can get your trade magazines without having to pay for them.
Through a special offer from The Career News, you can instantly get a subscription to practically every leading industry and business publication. It takes only a minute to search the website to quickly find the magazines matching your skills and interests.
First search by publication title, industry, or geography. Then, pick the magazines you want, fill out a brief online subscription form and press submit. It's really that easy. For more information or to sign up now for your complimentary trade magazines, go to TradePub. Labor Dept. awarding $20M in grants
Abridged: FreeNewMexican.com WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Labor Department is awarding nearly $20M in grants to religious and community groups to help people released from prison find jobs and smoothly make their way back into society. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao announced the grants in an interview with The Associated Press. The money will go to 30 organizations to fund projects in 20 states.
"Everyone deserves a second chance," Chao said in the interview. Job training and placement, mentoring and counseling are among the types of services that the groups will provide to "nonviolent" ex-offenders, she said. The department hopes to help some 6,250 released prisoners through the grants, Chao said. "When ex-offenders return to the community they need help," Chao said. "Faith-based organizations in urban centers can be of tremendous assistance in reintegrating these ex-offenders back into the community."
Approximately 549 applications were submitted to the department for a slice of the grants, which total $19.8 million. Most grants were in the range of around $660,000 a piece. Recipients include: Metro United Methodist Urban Ministry in San Diego, Calif., $665,935; Odyssey House Louisiana, $684,250; and Goodwill Industries of San Antonio, $663,045. Online auctions: How to start earning income
Staff Writer, The Career News LOS ANGELES, CA -- At one time or another we've all heard of someone making a fortune selling products through online auctions in their spare time. Is it real? Consider that eBay has over 86 million users and sells $80,000 worth of products every 60-seconds -- clearly someone is making-money. The real question is how do you quickly learn the real secrets to starting a successful online auction business, while avoiding the mistakes that cause others to fail?
The Career News reviewed several auction-training programs and found one to be superior to the rest. In about 2 hours, this course (on Video or DVD) lays out a little known, step-by-step formula for finding the best products and selling them online at maximum profit. The course, developed over 7 years by online auction expert John Reese, teaches you insider information that even eBay prefers you don't know.
In addition to the video, you get password access to an up-to-date private website containing the latest tips, tricks, and moneymaking techniques for online auctions. Best of all, there's a 90-day money-back-guarantee. We found the course to be interesting and informative. To find out how you can make-money with online auctions, go to Internet Auction Secrets. |
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