Recent labor studies have predicted that nursing positions will continue to grow faster than the national average for at least the next five years. Though this trend is good news for nurses on the job market, it does not diminish the fact that competition will remain tough for the most desirable nursing positions. Nurses need to pay close attention to…
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Two Pages To Liftoff
It is the nature of our species to evolve and the institutions we have made through time also must evolve in order to keep us with us. Travel, education, and retail have all grown and changed over the years to keep up with a demanding culture. While many things in business have changed, one thing that hasn’t is the need…
Tips In A Job Interview
The second step in getting the job is meeting the potential employer for an interview. The first step that an applicant has successfully completed was sending your application and passing the screening process of the company. The employer got the resume through a variety of sources that can be from an ad that was posted, a referral from a friend…
Tackling Tough Interview Questions Be Prepared
Immediately upon graduation, most college students start filling in job applications in hopes of securing a job interview. Prior to this, these graduates need to have an impressive graduate resume. Resume writing is an art that is best left to professional resume writers that specialize in graduate and entry level resumes. A good cover letter and an impressive resume is…
Targeted Resumes How To Target Your Resume To The Job You Want
1. Determine what you are trying to accomplish. Make sure you have a clear goal in mind. Hiring managers are too busy to try to figure out what you want to accomplish. Writing a general, one-size fits all resume won’t cut it in today’s competitive job market. You have to make an effort to stand apart from everyone else. If…
Sample Resumes Are A Great Way To Begin Composing Your Own
A resume is really a composition that needs to be a masterpiece if you expect to get the jobs that you want. One could compare it to a musical composition in that it will change throughout your life in tone, and content, and also that it is based on the music (or in this case sample resumes) that have influenced…
Inertia 5 Tips To Getting Yourself Moving Again
Inertia. Even the word sounds like a disease. No, it isn’t literally a disease but it is one figuratively. Simply defined inertia is: resistance or disinclination to motion, action, or change. For those of us who are stuck in a job we hate, inertia can sap our energy, drain our lives of joy, and make us miserable to be around.…
Magic Words In Your Resume
Writing a resume is a bit like creating a work of art. There’s a hint of poetry to it: given strictly limited space and conditions, you try to say who you are, expressively. Or perhaps it’s a word-sculpture that you keep building. Chipping away here, moving this over there, trying out another word or phrase or arrangement-until suddenly it works!…
The Problem Client Or Did I Ignore My Gut Feeling
Have you ever had that gut feeling when interviewing a potential client that something is ‘off’? But because you had no ‘evidence’ of what it was, you went ahead and agreed to work with them. Just in case you are the one person out there who hasn’t, let me set the scene. Client Jones contacted me for a resume. I…
Are You About To Record Your First Voice Cv
Congratulations, you are one of the progressive jobbers who have realized that a voice Curriculum vitae is huge positive statement on your job application. Why? Because your resume is probably your best shot – and in many cases the only shot at you getting an interview. Typical busy bee recruiter has less than 2 minutes for a resume – if…