Using Your Voice During Your Job Interview

Sunday 25 September 2016

RESUME WRITING - LONG WAIT FOR A JOB

LONG WAIT FOR A JOB
Put your CV or resume aside and use a GOOGLE RESUME instead if you want to land that dream job ahead of others in the long snaky job queue.
The Sunday Times (Singapore) in its feature article on its INSIGHT Page on Sunday, 25 Sep 2016 highlighted updating one’s CV as this might help in speeding up getting an interview invite. Whilst this is true and correct, there is more than this during this dry job spell.
You need more than a CV or resume. A Google Resume is what you need including a strategically-crafted and professionally-designed personal branding profile – a marketing tool to sell the most important asset that you have and that is YOU, YOURSELF. If you are up against a fierce wave right in front of you that is beyond your control, you need to look for what you can control and drive it to your advantage.
What, you may ask, are Google Resumes and Personal Branding Profiles?
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Tuesday 6 September 2016

RESUME WRITING: GETTING THAT JOB THAT I REALLY WANT

RESUME WRITING: GETTING THAT JOB THAT I REALLY WANT
The employment scenario isn’t getting any rosier. It may have gotten worse. The Straits Times reported that Barclays is cutting about 100 IT jobs in Singapore (see pic). This won’t be the last and salaried men and women should keep a close watch on their jobs. Be fully prepared just,in case you are told at 4pm to surrender your passes and files and that you have been locked out of the company’s ICT system. This can happen to anyone.

If you are back job hunting, be prepared for tough times ahead of you. Job hunting is hard – very hard for most people. More so for those who have been laid off and have not been on the job hunting trail for one or two decades. The pool of job hunters is growing faster than ever before. It is estimated that there are up to 250 applications for any given vacancy.

In the US, after 2008, 22% to 30% of all unemployed are spending more than a year looking for work. Any person who has been out of gainful employment for three months can be termed as having fallen into a chronic state. The fear is that if one is experiencing a state of chronic unemployment, one may join the next group termed as “The People Who Will Never Work Again.” The American print and social media have even headlined “The Long-Term Unemployed Are Doomed” when referring to chronic unemployment.

When it comes to hiring, employers have changed but job hunters didn’t. In good times, employers hunt one way and in bad times, they hunt another way. They adapt to the times and the environment. What about you – the job hunters? How do you hunt? Are you hunting the same way you did 10, 5 years ago in 2016?

Our professionals at Successful Resumes Singapore and Career Management Institute can help lessen that burden. We get great results. We have been doing this for over 20 years, and the fact that we have expanded and grown to six countries around the world is a testament to our success. We work closely with our clients to develop a unique and holistic approach to their career development.

Pick up your phone and call or email us now!
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