Your Cover Letter’s Impact

Posted by:  Darlene Duncan CWDP, JSS, CCC, JCTC, JCDC

                  Training Coordinator

Is your cover letter the weak link in your job search? Are employers reading your cover letter? Maybe not, if you’re starting it with that tired old opening that has been used since the dawn of cover letters. It goes something like this, “Please, accept the enclosed résumé as application for…” BORING!

Click here for to read an article that will give you some great ideas on how to have a more positive impact with your next cover letter.

How to Write a Résumé That Will Get You Interviews

Posted by:  Darlene Duncan CWDP, JSS, CCC, JCTC, JCDC
                 Training Coordinator

If you’re job searching the title of this blog probably got your attention. Your résumé should grab a potential employer’s attention that same way. Within 3 seconds of opening your résumé the reader should be able to see the value in hiring you.

 Read the article and then look over your résumé and determine where you can improve it. How can you make it a better marketing tool for your talents?

 
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Nail That Interview

Posted by: Darlene Duncan CWDP, JSS, CCC, JCTC, JCDC Training Coordinator

You worked on your résumé until it was a polished, effective marketing tool. Then you sent it out to employers and now you’ve gotten an interview. The résumé did its job; it got you the interview you wanted. Now it’s time for you to do your job, nail that interview.

Click here for an article with some information to help you nail that interview to the wall.

Use LinkedIn Effectively

Posted by: Darlene Duncan CWDP, JSS, CCC, JCTC, JCDC
Training Coordinator

So you’ve set up your LinkedIn account and now you’re wondering, “What am I supposed to do with it?”

LinkedIn is a tool and like any tool it works better if you know how to use it. There are many articles, blogs, and books available about using LinkedIn. Below is a link to one of those articles about how to use LinkedIn effectively. Don’t just read this one article, do your research and take the time to learn how to use this tool to your best advantage.

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Increase Your Productivity

Posted by: Darlene Duncan CWDP, JSS, CCC, JCTC, JCDC
Training Coordinator

Feel like you’re spinning your wheels and getting nowhere fast?

Every once in a while I need to step back and reevaluate my time management methods to see if there’s something I can do to be more effective with how I use my time. Recently a friend of mine pointed out an article to me that has eight great tips in it for being more productive.

The article is written with a slant toward someone who has a job however, it wouldn’t take much adaptation to make the ideas work for a job seeker.

I think number five is particularly helpful if your job searching. It’s so easy to get on the internet and fall victim to ‘shiny ball syndrome’. Some article catches your eye and instead of moving on to your job search you stop to read it. The next thing you know you’ve read a bunch of articles that may or may not have anything to do with job searching and you’ve lost an hour or more of time that was supposed to be used for job searching.

Click here to read all 8 great tips for being more productive.