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Create a Professional Resume

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If you want to make a professional resume and are looking for the best platforms to make a reliable and attractive CV, then this is the best post for you.

Here are some of the best online tools that can help you in free resume building. Whether you are called in for a job interview or not depends a lot on your resume, and this is why you have to do your best in making and submitting your resume. If you have never considered online resume builder tools before, you will enjoy this list.

Professional Resume Builder by SmallSEOTools

The first online resume builder belongs to SmallSeoTools. This is an incredibly famous utility site that can offer you more than hundreds of free and reliable services. This resume creator can be used on all sorts of devices and operating systems. Open DesignStudio SmallSeotools on your browser, or just navigate to designstudio.smallseotools.com/resume-builder. When you open this free CV maker, you would see the option “choose template now”, clicking on the option will take you to another page from where you can select the most suitable template for use. Enter essential details in the template that you have selected for making your very own professional resume.

The tool has many features, and the common ones are listed below:

  • The free resume builder can easily help you in professional CV making by providing you with automatic guidance.
  • You can get the most modern and professional design templates without any payment.
  • The resume generator is very fast and easy to operate even if it’s your first time making your resume.
  • You can also edit your selected resume template for free with the design studio.

Resume Genius

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5 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Employment Opportunities

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Many people are unemployed now due to COVID-19 and its effects on businesses. However, as things begin to even out, some are able to start finding work again. The job market is rather competitive, so you need to give yourself a boost. Here are five things you can do to improve your employment opportunities.

Amp Up Your Resume

Your resume is usually your first impression a potential employer will have of you. You want your resume to really showcase the highlights of your career and help present you as both a reliable and helpful employee. If you haven’t been looking for a job in a long time, your resume could probably use a bit of an update. Tailor your resume for the jobs you’re applying for, and have someone in your field look it over for you. Take their edits and suggestions into account before sending your new and improved resume off to potential employers.

Prioritize Your Job Search

It’s easy to put off job hunting for tomorrow or the next day or next week. However, if you expect to get a job, you need to make your job search the most important thing in your life. Get up early and get started. Don’t put partying or anything else before your goal. When you have an ambitious mindset and work toward getting a job, employers will see that.

Be sure to watch the above video he has a GREAT tip on how to turn a “we’re not interested” into a promising lead.

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Give Your Resume a Boost by Increasing Your Skill Set

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Everyone knows that you shouldn’t treat your resume as an afterthought. The unfortunate thing is that a lot of people do just that, especially with the skills section. The skill section can either make or break your chances of getting the job you want. Below we will deconstruct the main types of resume skills.

Hard and Soft Skills

You need both. Too many people concentrate on only one or the other. What is the difference?

Hard skills include your job skills, experience, and education. Say, for example, you want a job in finance. You would need to excel in analysis and reporting. You would need both to proceed with a job in finance, not one or the other.

A soft skill would be the personality traits that make up your work style.

Did you know that, according to a recent study, employers want to see more of your soft skills? They can get anyone to perform financial analysis if they have a degree. However, how you interact personally with people is what employers put more emphasis on.

Someone could excel at reporting but fail when it comes to personal relations.

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Find a Good Job by Updating Your Resume

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If you’re in the process of hunting for a job and haven’t had any luck getting an interview, the problem could be your resume. Here are some ways you can update your resume to find a much better job.

Quantify More

Using numbers to quantify your achievements where possible, adds more substance to any resume. For example, instead of just saying “managed employees and brought on new clients,” you can instead state that you managed a team of eight employees and grew your company’s client base by 20%. You can also add numbers in a range or frequency to give your achievements more impact.

Give More Examples

You’ve probably heard to “show, don’t tell” in a lot of different areas of life. Your resume is no different. The strongest resumes give tangible examples of your skillset, past achievements, and experiences you have had. This is [Read more…] about Find a Good Job by Updating Your Resume

4 Tips for Job Searching with Little Work Experience

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Much like the Hunger Games, corporate America is a dog-eat-dog world. so you must prove your merit in order to get ahead. Without a lot of job experience, demonstrating your value to a company can prove difficult. If you’re new to the world of business, here are some tips on how to get started.

Network, Network, Network

Whether you’re pursuing a lifeguard job for summer break, a warehouse job once out of high school, or your first job out of college, networking is the backbone of good business. According to Payscale.com between 70 and 85 percent of all jobs are found through networking.

Not only does networking help cultivate social skills, but it helps you get your foot in the proverbial door as well. Search online for events happening in your area. You’re bound to meet an assortment of like-minded individuals who match your enthusiasm. After all, it’s not what you know but rather who you know that’ll take you far in business.

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Putting Your Best Foot Forward: How to Make Sure You’re a Good Candidate for Hire

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Applying for a new job can quickly become stressful and overwhelming when you are unsure of how to go about the process to increase your chances of receiving an additional interview request. When you want to put your best foot forward, there are a few tips and tricks to implement into the process of preparing for an upcoming job interview and filling out available applications.

Tweak Your Resume for Each Individual Position You Are Interested In

Submitting the same resume for each job you are interested in is not advisable, especially if each individual position requires different skills and talents. Always update your resume for each new application you intend to submit to increase your chances of getting noticed and receiving a follow-up email or phone call. Consider the skills, talents, and responsibilities of each position you are interested in to make the appropriate tweaks and changes to your resume prior to submitting your application.

The most important part of your resume is the initial profile that is at the top since it is the first thing a potential employer sees. It should be brief with only about 3 bullet points. The first bullet point should highlight your experience.

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Tips for Getting Ahead of the Competition in a Tough Job Market

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These days, with so much uncertainty in many industries and global markets, as well as more people switching careers regularly, you often end up having a big pool of candidates to compete against when it comes time to find a new role. This can be particularly difficult when your local job market is declining, or when your industry is being disrupted. When this happens, you need to know how to shine, and stand out brightly from your competition. Read on for some key ways to go about this today.

Have a Stand-Out Resume

One of the key components of a strong application is your resume. This is usually the first thing HR managers or business owners see, so it really needs to show, within a few seconds, why you’re worth learning about further. You want a document that people will stop to read thoroughly, instead of just skimming before moving on to the next person’s.

There are numerous elements involved in putting together a CV that stands out. Make sure you use helpful formatting, for one. Readers have limited time, so won’t spend long on each document to begin with. As such, you must make your resume scannable (e.g. broken up into bite-size pieces of information instead of big blocks), and put the most important information first so it’s quickly evident that you have some of the skills and experience required.

Always tailor your resume to the position you want to land and the company you want to work for too. While you’ll have a template document to use as the basis, don’t keep sending out the same document to every potential employer  –  the jobs will likely be different in some capacity, plus the recruiters will be looking for different things. Read the job ad carefully for clues, and research firms so you get an understanding of how they work and what qualities they may want in their team members. Be sure to include any appropriate “Buzzwords” contained in advertisement you’re responding to in your resume.

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6 Ways to Streamline Your Job Hunt

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Searching for a new job can be overwhelming, especially when the search for a job stretches on for a long time. Between preparing your resume, crafting cover letters, and jumping through interview hoops, embarking on a job search can be one of the most frazzling and anxiety-ridden parts of modern adult life.

If you’re on the hunt for a new job, or facing the prospect of embarking on a job hunt, use these tips to streamline the search. This will not only make your job search more manageable, but could hopefully shorten the duration as well.

1) Treat a Job Search as Your New Full Time Job

You must treat finding a job as if it were your full time job. So you need a place to work where you can concentrate without distractions. Along the same lines you need to work full time hours. When you get laid off it is too easy to get into the habit of staying up late and then “sleeping in”. If you are going to be successful you need to be organized and spend your “work hours” creating a resume ( and then constantly tweaking it), seeking out potential employers, submitting resumes, interviewing and following up.

2) Be Selective

You should definitely apply to any job you feel you’re qualified for, but you only have so much time and energy to devote to job searching, so don’t waste any of it by applying for jobs you know you have no chance of even being interviewed for. Be realistic, but don’t sell yourself short, either. If you’re missing one or two of the qualifications asked for in the job posting, you might still have a chance of getting an interview, because companies know they may not find a candidate with all of the experience and skills they’re looking for. But if you’re missing several of the company’s desired qualifications, move on to the next job.

Apply this strategy to interviewing, too, so you don’t waste your time interviewing for a job that pays significantly less than your desired salary, offers fewer opportunities for advancement, or is otherwise not advanced enough for your skill set. Be honest when interviewers ask about your desired salary range, and if they don’t ask, don’t be afraid to ask the salary range during an initial phone screening. This might put off some employers, but most will understand that you need a certain salary or certain benefits and don’t want to waste theirs or your time by interviewing for a position that can’t compensate you as you require.

 

3) Use Your Network

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5 Resume Tips for Healthcare Employees

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Typically, one of the first steps for landing a career in the healthcare field is to apply with a resume to your desired position. Even though the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects job growth of over 30% across the healthcare field in the next several years, you may not have an easy in depending on where you live. You must make sure that your resume gives you the edge that you need to win out over all the other applicants. [Read more…] about 5 Resume Tips for Healthcare Employees

Rewiring Your Resume: The Skills You Need to Market Yourself

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Writing a successful resume requires descriptions of the applicable skills you possess, supported by clear examples in a work history. Blanketing a resume with a wide skill set is a common mistake many people make when writing their resumes. Most employers look for skills that will aid in performing a job, so it is important to narrow skill sets and work histories to reflect experience with the job you are applying for.

Applicable Skills
Resume- 3870577923_d19c5421ef_mEmployers are not interested in every skill you can bring to the table. Specific, marketable, skills are often preferred to task-based talents. In addition, most employers will not be interested in long, comprehensive lists. Instead, employers will search for skills they think will enhance a potential employee’s ability to successfully do their job.
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