The 10 Best Questions to Ask at a Job Interview. Karen Burns You’re interviewing for a job.
After 20 or 30 minutes, you’re asked: “Do you have any questions?” The worst thing you can do is ask, “What is it your company does?” (Hey, it has happened.) The next worst thing you can do is say, “Um, nope, I don’t have any questions.” [See 21 secrets to getting a job offer.] You need to ask some questions! Bottom line: Don’t make the interviewer do all the heavy lifting. [See 50 tips for surviving your worst work day.] So what should you ask? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. [See more career advice at the U.S.News Careers site.] Four Tips for an Attention-Getting Resume.
30 Amazingly Creative Examples of Designer Resumes. It’s extremely hard to find a job these days!
The market is slow, the economy is bad, and the competition is fierce. To get a job you will have to stand out of the crowd. The following resumes go against everything my business teacher taught me. She taught us to never place a picture of yourself, use clip art, use icons, graphics, or make it colorful. Basically keep it as dull and ugly as you can. Please keep in mind that if you apply to companies that have nothing to do with the design field, they wont appreciate your artfulness. However, I think if you are in the design field you need to show off your creativity. Resume is a French word that means summing up. The “DO’s” of a Resume: Write it YourselfBrief, Concise, Action-OrientedRewrite/ReviseAccurate (Not Puffed Up)Emphasize StrengthsDeemphasize WeaknessesHave your resume professionally edited.
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Get inspired now with these great resume ideas. Bookmark this article for handy reference later when it’s time to update your own resume. Resume designs too beautiful to miss Funky bonus designer resume For data visualization lovers like myself, this resume is too cool but you almost need a college degree (or years of video games) just to understand it. If you enjoyed this article, you’ll also like The 25 Most Creative Designer Resumes You’ll See This Year.
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To start this series from the beginning, read the introduction. I’ve used a few bad words in my life. S$it, you probably have too. But when the wrong words appear on your resume, it sucks. These sucky words are not of the four-letter variety. So how do you write a wicked resume without the suck? 1. My lips pucker and make sour sucking noises when I read “Responsible For” on a resume. Employers want the numerical facts. BADResponsible for writing user guides on deadline. GOODWrote six user guides for 15,000 users two weeks before deadline. BADResponsible for production costs. GOODReduced production costs by 15 percent over three months. The resume that avoids vague “responsibilities” and sticks to facts detailing figures, growth, reduced costs, number of people managed, budget size, sales, and revenue earned gets the job interview. Question: The “Secret” Illegal Question.
TRAPS: Much more frequent than the Illegal question (see Question 55) is the secret illegal question.
It’s secret because it’s asked only in the interviewer’s mind. Since it’s not even expressed to you, you have no way to respond to it, and it can there be most damaging. Example: You’re physically challenged, or a single mother returning to your professional career, or over 50, or a member of an ethnic minority, or fit any of a dozen other categories that do not strictly conform to the majority in a given company. Your interviewer wonders, “Is this person really able to handle the job?”
…”Is he or she a ‘good fit’ at a place like ours?” BEST ANSWER: Remember that just because the interviewer doesn’t ask an illegal question doesn’t mean he doesn’t have it. How?