The temporary employment industry has gone through a number of transitions over the years. While temp agencies were originally used for hiring people to fill in for workers who were on vacation, it has now evolved into an industry which uses highly skilled workers. However, the temporary employment industry is considered to be a fringe market because it only employs workers for a short period of time. In the fall of last year, nearly 4 million people were hired to work for temp agencies.
How to Say, Yes, I Accept Your Job Offer!
This letter will help you to put your best foot forward. A sample letter to use as a guideline when writing your own.
How to Use a Resume Objective to Help Your Job Application
A resume objective statement, while an optional section of your resume, can be a powerful tool for job seekers if it used to its full potential. Find out how, here.
If Your Resume Is The Cake, Your Cover Letter Is The Icing.
Cover letter writing is almost as important a skill for a job seeker to learn as resume writing. The cover letter accompanies the resume at all times as the primary support document. Whether you use traditional mail, email, faxing, or another type of electronic submission, this should always be sent with the resume. There are, of course, other tools youll use when job seeking. Your cover letter and resume come first of course, followed by follow-up letters, thank-you letters…
Leave Your Job on Good Terms and Save Yourself Regret
This article will give you some tips on how to use an exit interview as a tool instead of a personal gripe session.
Cover Letters, Resumes and the Job Hunter Whats it All About?
How a cover letter and resume go together and how to present a resume.
Cover Letters, Resumes And The Job Hunter Whats It All About?
Any good job hunter needs a resume package. The cover letter and resume always go together and do the same basic thing in slightly different ways. A job hunter without both of them will probably not get very far in the search for a good career position.
With that in mind, lets take a look at what these crucial documents should do for you. The first part, the cover letter, is a short one page letter consisting of three or four paragraphs. It serves as an introduction to t…
Dont Skip The Follow Up After An Interview
How to write a thank you letter to use after an interview, a phone interview, or even to someone who passed your name on to a hiring manager is an art that is not taught as often as it should be by placement services and others who help job seekers with finding jobs. They always cover the basics of resume writing, interview preparation, cover letter writing, how to create a reference sheet, and even how to prepare a salary history, which isnt even required that often, but ho…
Do I Need a Resume or Curriculum Vita?
Understanding the different between a resume and a CV can be a little confusing. Resumes and Curriculum Vitae are completely different documents, should be approached differently in writing and each are geared to certain industries and job types.
Finding Work: Don’t Blow Your Chances
“I sent my résumé in and I haven’t heard back from the company yet. It has been weeks now. What is going on?” Let’s examine why your recent job lead may have turned to dust.
Four Common Sense Tips For The Telephone Interview
Heres a phone interview tip worth considering: smile. A smile is a magic thing, and in addition to being seen in person it can be felt from a distance. When doing a phone interview, dont think that because the person on the other end of the phone cant see you that smiling and other positive body gestures are not important. The best interview tip that anyone was ever given was to smile and make positive gestures. In fact, many people talk with their hands. If you do, consid…
Get Yourself Ready to Impress During a Phone Interview
Tips on what you should be doing to prepare yourself for a phone interview.