What are Bitcoins If you know about the internet, you may have heard someone say bitcoins sometime within the last eight years. Recently, one bitcoin became 2800 times more valuable than one dollar. A few months before this, one bitcoin was only 700 times more valuable than one dollar. Why has it gained so much […]
Let’s play the You’re a Hiring Manager game! You manage a sales team of five people. In the past 3 years, you’ve had 18 people in total hold those five positions. Most have left because they have found better sales opportunities, but there have been other reasons. You’ve lost four great employees who left to […]
Phone screens are an inevitable part of most of our job searches. It’s a side effect of having a large number of applicants and not enough time to interview all the applicants an employer would like . While they could pick names out of a hat or select the first five that applied or, my […]
When you find the one, you just know. You read the job description and it seems to describe you as you are today. Three years’ experience? Check. Certified in power-washing? Check. Deep understanding and love of the cement curation process? Check and Check. The company wants to be a leader in the construction field and […]
Some things are like street drugs –best taken in moderation. Other things are like prescription drugs –not many differences between generics and the “real deal.” Cover letters are like drugs in both of these respects. The generics will get you pretty far and if someone asks you for one, good things will happen if you have […]
If you have been following along with our series on how to tune up your resume, you’re going to notice a few things about your resume. It should look like it tells a story: your story. Now, it’s not your whole story, there is a lot missing because it does not belong on any resume […]
A few years ago, when I started to get serious about my diet, I learned about a principle that made it a lot easier for me to stick to my diet. The 80/20 rule, or the pareto principle, states that 80% of results come from 20% of your effort. Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian economist, noticed […]
Have you ever heard someone say “I’m not trying to brag but….” only to hear them brag? There are tons of resumes with Skills sections that are full of people “not trying to brag”, yet describing themselves as dependable or having strong business acumen or even being *gulp* deadline-oriented. PRACTICE TIME: If you have a […]
Today will be the first article in a three part series that details what needs to be on your resume and how to word it so that an individual is inclined to seek more information from you in the form of an interview. We’ll look at how the top third of your resume is key […]
Part 2 of our resume block is going to show you how to make your work history shine. We are going to dive into the nitty-gritty of how to describe your time at a company in terms of accomplishments, not duties. This gives employers an actual glimpse of the impact you can have at their […]