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How to write an effective job description for your resume

November 17, 2015 by Carolyn Smith Leave a Comment

Most people write lousy resumes. Even if you think your resume is just fine, trust me, you are leaving a lot on the table in terms of how you can effectively present yourself.

Apart from the top 4 resume mistakes, I see in my inbox everyday, (poor formatting and presentation, lack of targeting, not a sufficient focus on achievements and less than stellar content), what is also striking for me, is that most people misunderstand the role of the job description within a resume. So in this week’s article, I’m going to list some common mistakes and show you how to fix these in your own resume.

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Why the easy convenience of job boards, can result in the hardest job search journey

November 2, 2015 by Carolyn Smith Leave a Comment

Australian’s have an addiction to job boards.

If you talk to the bulk of job hunters, the only vision, or method they use when finding a new job, is to go straight to a job board, quickly search online for jobs that look like a ‘possible fit’ and then start submitting their resume and cover letter. Then they wait…. don’t hear anything, or get rejection letters, so submit some more applications via the job boards and then wait…

I think our addiction to job boards is that they are ‘so easy to use’ and the promise of the perfect and highly lucrative job beckons us.

In the meantime, in the land of ‘job search coaches’, we try to drown out the message emanating from job boards and their effective and easy sell about securing your dream job at the press of a button. We spend a good portion of our time advocating alternative strategies, such as direct job search campaigns, networking, researching opportunities, optimising, LinkedIn (to name a few methods).

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Building resilience during the job search

October 6, 2015 by Carolyn Smith Leave a Comment

I often receive emails from very distressed job seekers that are at their ‘wits end’, because they are not making progress with their job search.

Now if you are a regular reader, I’ve never hidden the fact that job hunting can ‘suck like a vacuum cleaner’. Rejection is usually a fact of life and while a professional resume can significantly improve the odds of success, you can still potentially face rejection.

Now, how you cope with this rejection will depend on how you ‘frame the rejection’. Over the years I’ve come to realise that some people are more resilient than others and in today’s article, I’m sharing some of those characteristics that those with greater resilience possess.

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How to write an effective job description for your resume

Why the easy convenience of job boards, can result in the hardest job search journey

Building resilience during the job search

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