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Resources
New Tools, Same Skills, No Silver Bullet - Social Media Action Plan for Job Search
Wherever you look these days someone is prophesying about how Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn are revolutionizing business including job search. There is also a lot of consternation about which to include into business and personal life. While some may say “You have to be on X…” if the tool might not fit you. While it took me awhile to jump into the social media pool, I would recommend at least giving some of these tools a try to see how they can be integrated into your business and personal life. By completely dismissing these tools as a fad, as many of done, you are missing out on opportunities that can enrich your life personally and professionally.
Resume Tips
You really know the basics, but since so many folks violate at least a few of these, let's recap what are the basics:
- Make it easy to read - plenty of white space, Arial font or other easy to read font, bullet points, limit use of fancy formatting such as bolding, or italics.
- Two pages maximum. It is the norm and if you ignore, you look as if you cannot separate the important from trivia.
- Most preferred format is reverse chronological with current job shown first.
- Tell more about most recent jobs, less about earlier ones. Dump jobs that are more than 15 years ago or create a simple summary sentence.
Remember: your resume is just the advertisement to pique the interest of your targeted employer, so it must demonstrate clearly what value you offer to them.
ClearedJobs.Net Updates Online Training Videos
ClearedJobs.Net adds a new series of timely and highly-relevant video clips to its YouTube Channel as part of its commitment to security cleared job seeker education and outreach.
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