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How To Write Your First Resume (With Sample)
No resume is easier to write than the first one — and no resume is harder to write than that first specimen.
A first resume is easy to write because there’s very little to note. You don’t yet have a work history, or much of a work history.
On the other hand, a resume can be enormously [...]
16 Ways To Lose Your Job
The city of St. Paul, MN has an interesting guide for employees. Entitled Once You Have A Job…Tips for Success, it includes things to do and not to do while at work.
One of the more interesting sections concerns various ways to get fired. It’s an interesting list, mostly common-sense and certainly not inclusive, but you [...]
Late To Work? Why You’ll Be Fired
You hear it all the time. “But boss, I’m only five minutes late. What’s the big deal?”
Actually, it’s a very big deal.
“Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment,” said Horace Mann, the great educator, “is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person’s money as his time.”
No one has perfect attendance, [...]
How To Write Your First Cover Letter (With Sample)
A resume without a cover letter is like a plane without wings, it just won’t fly.
If you have not previously been in the civilian workforce, if you are just finishing school or military service, then you will need to develop both a resume and a first cover letter.
Why You Need A Cover Letter
The purpose of [...]
Is This Employer Abuse?
Question: I have an opportunity to get a new job in a new field. The employer wants me to train and try out for three days. The catch? I won’t be paid for the three days. Is this fair?
Answer: I have mixed feelings about this one. On one hand, you’re putting in time and the [...]
Not Fired? Why Your Income Won’t Fall
Pink slips are becoming more common around the country but here’s a great oddity: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hourly wages rose in 2008.
Huh? If people are losing their jobs don’t employers have the upper hand? Can’t they slash wages at will? After all, with rising unemployment levels who wants to lose their [...]
How To Get A Federal Government Job
In the midst of a lousy job market there’s one sector of the economy that would really like to see your resume.
Uncle Sam is hiring civilian employees — and when the federal government hires it offers both good pay and great benefits. There are full and part-time jobs as well as jobs for entry-level workers [...]
Help — My Job Isn’t Perfect!
Every so often I speak with someone who’s having a hard time at work. Sure the pay is okay and the benefits exist, but lately the boss is a bastard, the schedule is a mess and no one appreciates them. I want to quit and I want to quit now, they say.
I listen to this [...]
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