27 Mar
Posted by Jim Stroud in Job Market, Job Search
STATE COLLEGE, PA–(HR Marketer)–March 27, 2008–CollegeGrad.com, the #1 Entry Level Job Site, today released the results of its survey on what employers want most in hiring new college grads. What is most important to entry level employers – the college you graduated from? Your GPA? Or what you majored in? According to the survey results, [...]
27 Mar
Posted by David B. Wright in Job Search, Resume Writing
I found an interesting post on Monster Blog that generated some fascinating comments.
The writer was responding to a blog post by Penelope Trunk that focused on emphasizing achievements on a resume (a very good thing) but saying that achievements are “only things that should be on your resume” - which is the point [...]
I was on the Get That Job! blog and saw that Inc.com has put together a slide show called 7 Easy Ways to Get Fired….
Surprisingly, cussing out your boss didn’t even make the list.
Don’t let this happen to you!
To your success,
David B. Wright
Author, Get A Job! Your Guide to Making Successful Career [...]
Here’s something they don’t teach you in business school…
Add follow up time to your next meeting
How many times have you had a great meeting, then struggled to find the time later to follow up on your action items from it?
I believe that business life is filled with out-of-sight out-of-mind behavior, where meetings end up being [...]