All Entries Tagged With: "Cover Letters"
Tip: Use Heavier Stock Paper For Resumes & Cover Letters
From a study conducted by MIT researchers, how the objects we handle affect the decisions we make: Consider the clipboard test. Ackerman, Nocera and Bargh asked 54 people to scrutinize a job candidate by looking at a resume placed on either light or heavy boards. The people using heavy clipboards viewed the candidate as possessing [...]
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 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 [...]
Dear Aunt Jobby: Should I Dumb Down Resume?
Dear Aunt Jobby I’ve been out of work for six months. I used to work in marketing for one of those big financial institutions that are now owned by the Government, he he. I am 43, with two teenagers who eat a mountain of food each week, and a big mortgage. I’ve been job hunting every [...]
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