Job Search Tip of the Week #45 (2018)
Caressa Moy | November 5, 2018 | 9:00 am
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Why You Never Want to Skip the Thank-You Note
It’s one of the great last impressions you can make!
Congratulations! After:
- Properly formatting your résumé using this free IT résumé template and how-to,
- Showing hiring managers what they want to see on your résumé,
- Preparing yourself for these 3 digital recruitment trends that are changing the candidate selection and evaluation process,
- Cutting through the noise on social media, and
- Networking and collaborating online with hiring companies and other IT and technology professionals
…you got the interview and rocked it. Now, how do you make yourself memorable and continue to differentiate yourself from other candidates? Send a thank-you note.
A couple short sentences sent within the first 24 hours of your interview can really tip the hiring scales in your favor (or not). Keep reading below to learn more, then download these TEN thank-you note templates which you can customize to suit your needs. (Pro Tip: A good IT recruiter like Chase Technology Consultants can help you write and proofread thank-you notes. Just ask!)
Now get on with making that great last impression.
You’ve found the perfect company. You’ve aced the interview. Now all you can do is wait, right?
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Job Search Tip of the Week #36 (2018)
Caressa Moy | September 3, 2018 | 9:00 am
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The Top 5 Job Search Pitfalls to Avoid This Fall
This is an exclusive guest post for CareerJuice by blog content curator Sarah Smith. Sarah is passionate about online marketing and currently works for AWX Labour Hire, a Brisbane, Australia-based staffing solutions provider. When she’s not busy writing, Sarah enjoys spending her time on social media and finding her next travel destination. Get in touch with her on Twitter @sarahsmith82110.
It can be very hard to find the job of your dreams. However, you may be doing something that is making the process of finding a job even more difficult. Here are the top five job search pitfalls you need to avoid during your fall job hunt:
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Job Search Tip of the Week #35 (2018)
Caressa Moy | August 28, 2018 | 9:00 am
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5 Five-Minute Ways to Improve Your IT Job Search This Labor Day Weekend
Just because summer is ending doesn’t mean your job search should as well!
Labor Day celebrates the accomplishments and contributions of American workers, and is the perfect opportunity to invest some time into your career. In fact, Labor Day marks the beginning of one of the best times of the year for job hunting.
We know you have a lot of BBQs to go to and parades to watch, but you can also use the long weekend to get a jump-start on your employment prospects this fall. So without further ado here are 5 ways you can improve your IT job search and career prospects that can each be done in 5 minutes or less:
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Job Search Tip of the Week #25 (2017)
Caressa Moy | June 19, 2017 | 9:00 am
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The Best & Worst Words to Use on a Résumé
A recent survey of 2,201 hiring managers and HR professionals by employment website CareerBuilder indicates that your résumé may get more face-time than previously thought.
In contrast to an earlier finding by a different employment website that hiring authorities spend an average of six seconds reviewing a résumé, the majority (68%) of survey respondents reported spending on average less than two minutes, with only one in six hiring managers (17%) admitting to 30 seconds or less.
Whether you choose to believe in the six seconds or two minutes (and personally, considering the inherent response bias of the self-report method, we find the finding based on eye-tracking data more trustworthy), we think we can all agree that job applicants don’t have much time to impress potential employers with their résumés.
So besides crafting a company and position-specific résumé, and beyond formatting and checking it for common typos and grammatical errors, what else can you do to keep a hiring manager’s attention for as long as possible?
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