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Turn Your Career Challenges Into Resume Achievements Accomplishments
Turn Your Career Challenges Into Resume Achievements Accomplishments are an important part of your resume. They set you apart from your competition and give potential employers a reason to consider you above others with similar qualifications. Most people, however, find it difficult to write resume achievements. What exactly constitutes an [...]
Beware of the Top 5 Interview Mistakes
We’ve all heard stories of job candidates who looked great on paper but who were absolute disasters in person. With fewer interview opportunities available in our competitive job market, it’s essential to make the best possible first impression. Learn from the mistakes of others and avoid these top five worst interview blunders: Not [...]
Full Time Industrial Engineer Position at JFAssociates, Inc.
JFAssociates, Inc. has an opening for an Industrial Engineer in the Vienna, VA office. At JFAssociates, Inc, you will be part of an exciting team of Engineers who specialize in providing engineering and scientific consulting services to companies, government agencies, and law firms. JFAssociates, Inc. has advanced application-based degreed [...]
Opportunities at Virginia Commonwealth University
The Department of Statistical Sciences and Operations Research within the College of Humanities and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University invites applications for three faculty positions, pending funding, to begin August 16, 2012. At least one faculty position will be in the area of statistics and at least one faculty position will be [...]
How To Avoid Job Interview Brain Freeze
Have you ever experienced brain freeze during a job interview? You are asked a question and your mind goes blank—it's horrifying. You lose composure as well as confidence. Your interview goes downhill from there. Brain freeze most often happens as a result of behavioral or situational interview questions that are not anticipated beforehand. As a [...]
Baby Boomers, Beware! Don’t Let Your Resume Date You!
If you’re a job seeker of the Baby Boom generation, you may be feeling a little left out by the job market. You’re certainly not ready to retire, but the young recruiters you send resumes to don’t seem to respond to your skills and experience. If you’re feeling symptoms of age discrimination, you should know that your resume could be the [...]
Job Seekers Strategies – Kick Off Fall with a Better Career
Employers’ resources are getting stretched after a period of slow hiring. This means that October won’t just mean football season, it’s hopefully going to be a long awaited active hiring season. Put yourself in the best position to get off the bench and into the lineup with a better career. Go to Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) [...]
Are You Ready for an unexpected Job Interview?
Most job seekers wait to polish up their interview skills until they are looking for a new position. Important interview opportunities, however, can present themselves at any time. For example, Unplanned internal job openings: There is a sudden opportunity to advance your career from within, and your boss recommends you as a candidate for the [...]
How to Ask for a Raise—and Get It!
When was the last time you asked for a raise? If you are like most people, you waited until you were frustrated, angry, and resentful. Not the best frame of mind for trying to make a positive change. You probably made some critical mistakes. You may have: Made your appeal based on emotion Given your boss an ultimatum Failed to [...]
Top Interview Secret: Know the Right Questions To Ask
Most interview preparation books are filled with sample questions that you’ll have to answer during an interview. While it’s certainly important to know how to answer tough interview questions, it’s equally important to know how to ASK questions in an interview. There are three good reasons to be prepared to ask great questions during [...]
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