All Entries Tagged With: "Cover Letter"
Help Wanted: Need Memorable Email for Job Search
What email address is right for my job search? JuliePower589@gmail.com didn’t sound memorable enough for my newly-updated resume or job application. I’ve seen folks use email addresses and handles like fabcookandmotherroftwins@gmail.com and SexyLongLegs@Hotmail.com for job applications or on LinkedIn, but call me old fashioned, but it doesn’t seem professional enough to me … If I [...]
A Sample Cover Letter To Start Your Job Search
Who hasn’t asked for help! Applying for a job is hard, and sometimes it helps to use a cover letter sample or a cover letter template to get started. Here”s a great one from Nancy Anderson (@Nancy_1 on Twitter) of BlackBird Learning Associates provided this template, which any mom (or dad) looking for a new [...]
Applying For a Job? Try To Get In Within 24 Hours
MomstoWork’s career coach Aunt Jobby got this question: Dear Aunt Jobby How quickly should I apply for jobs? It often takes me a week or so to redraft my resume, cover letter and get the supporting documents together. Is that too slow? Gimme a break, I am a working mom with too many kids … [...]
Turn a Clunker Resume And Cover Letter Into a Shiny Job Search Vehicle
Should a mom going back to work or changing jobs spend as much time fine-tuning and rewriting a resume to suit the job’s qualifications as writing the cover letter? Yes, says Melanie Chin, a recruiting director with Trilogy Technical Services. “One of the most important elements to job hunting is making sure that your resume and [...]
Buy a Stamp, Get a Job?
Here’s a gob smacking, wake ‘em up, bring recruiters-back-from-the-dead job application … enough to get the weariest, most cynical employer to take a look. The incredible job application, written in the style of a press release, was sent by mail to GasPedal.com, the word of mouth marketing company headed by the very clever Andy Sernovitz, [...]
Cover Letter Maths: Headhunters Want! I Have!
When you are applying for a job, it pays to connect the dots for recruiters and headhunters. Your goal: Show them you have what they need as quickly as possible. Make it easy for them to see your resume and cover letter has got the right stuff. Yes, a recruiter may see themselves that you, a [...]
4 Ways To Create a Standout Cover Letter
You have a stellar resume; you are qualified for the job; and the time is right for a change. You know if you could just get your foot in the door, you might have a chance at beating out your competition. The big word here is “if”, especially in this tough job market.
Part 2: Can I Outsource My Job Search?
“Is it ethical to oursource a job hunt?” asks busy working mom, Marika of Tenley Town, DC. She asked Aunt Jobby if it was legitimate to outsource her job hunt to a friend, a former HR manager. She planned to pay her a finder’s fee…”Is this unethical?” Marika asked. Yesterday’s expert Jeff Anderson of TheCareerGiant [...]
Part 1: Can I Outsource My Job Search From Go To Whoa?
Can a busy working mom outsource her job hunt, getting someone to find the job, do the research and even write a cover letter and resume? Find out. Dear Aunt Jobby, I desperately want to find another job. Because I fear losing my current job, I am working so hard that I don’t have time to look [...]
Lay-off Trackers: Do Not Send Resumes Here!
The recession has spawned a growth industry in lay-off tracking sites, which provide a weird and wonderful array of intelligence for any mom looking for work (or any mom’s husband, son, etc.). Use these sites to find out where the hot, and ice cold, spots are in your industry or area, or to inform your [...]
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