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12 reasons this is terrible résumé for a mid-level employee. You can have all the experience in the world, but if your résumé doesn’t stand out — or it does, but for the wrong reasons — nobody will take the time to look at it closely enough to see all that great experience, says Amanda Augustine, a career consultant and career management expert for TheLadders.

12 reasons this is terrible résumé for a mid-level employee

“Many mid-level professionals simply tack on experience to their existing résumé, rather than editing the entire document,” she says. “While it can be tempting — easier and less stressful — to just keep adding information, it’s not going to help your job search.” As your career progresses, the emphasis of your résumé should change, Augustine explains. “Employers are no longer focusing on your education, relevant internships, and extracurricular activities. Now, they’re more interested in the skill sets you’ve developed and the accomplishments you’ve achieved in your professional career.

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What to Include on a Career Networking Business Card

Keep business cards on hand even if you're not attending a job search-focused event. Networking can happen anywhere: You might meet helpful contacts during parties, on trips, or at other social events. Before you leave an event or end a conversation, hand out your business card and express your wish to keep in touch. This will often prompt people to reciprocate by sharing their own business card, too. Having a business card available helps you appear professional and prepared. How to Build Your Employer Target List — Find Your Dream Job. At this point in your job search, it is a good idea to have an employer target list.

How to Build Your Employer Target List — Find Your Dream Job

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Top 5 Tips to Boost Your CV

Whether you’re seeking an internship, a placement or a summer job, it’s quite rare that any potential employers will hire you on the basis of your education alone. It’s a good idea then, to add some more selling points to your C.V. – points that will show employers that you’ve made the extra effort needed to land this job and that your skill set is diverse and unique. We’ve listed what we believe are the top 5 add-ons that all students need to put on their CVs to give it that extra edge. Photoshop Everyone is impressed by Photoshop. How To Negotiate Your Salary. InShare273 Are you making the seven deadly mistakes job seekers make online?

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8 Job Search Tips From the Co-Founder of LinkedIn

Won't fly in this economy. "That's the wrong question," Hoffman, the co-founder and chairman of LinkedIn writes (with the help of coauthor Ben Casnocha). "What you should be asking yourself is whether your parachute can keep you aloft in changing conditions. " Hence the central conceit of the book. Just as Detroit's dinosaurs fell victim to hubris and an inability to adapt, so will you, dear career seeker, if you don't mimic the nimble startups of Silicon Valley. 1. To answer this question, Hoffman uses the example of Zappos, which focuses on mainstream shoes and clothes. 2. Hoffman makes a sharp distinction between his advice and that of Parachute, which, like many self-help books, believes that uncovering your deepest desires is the key to finding your passion. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

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