Author Archives: Bethany Stringer
Writing a Winning Career Resume Objective: 6 Tips to Get Started
You’ve written your resume, and sent it out to what seems like hundreds of companies without any success. Perhaps it’s time to look at one of the most important, and yet often neglected, parts of the resume – your career objective. If done correctly, this will show potential employers at a glance that you are
Build Personal Brand on a Team: 6 Tips to Get You Noticed
Conventional wisdom dictates that a good team player is someone who is always willing to put the good of the whole above personal interests. While true, we, as individuals, want credit for whatever our contribution was. After all, without that, how will the boss know the difference between your work ethic and value to the company
Personal Brand Statement: 7 Winning Steps to Creating One
After polling several well-educated young professionals about their personal brand statement, I realized that there are still many individuals who don’t understand how to use personal branding. Your statement is not a mission statement or job title, but rather your “catchphrase” if you will about your specific expertise. If you don’t have much experience at
Job Search Tips – Finding a Job After College
While researching for this article I came across a lot of information about what to do once you’ve landed your first post college, professional job. Great! So what happens if you don’t have one of those? In fact, what happens if you are not one of the graduating seniors with a 4.0, 3 solid summer
Tips for Job Interview: Avoid These 9 Common Phone Interview Blunders
You’ve made it past phase one, the cover letter and resume submission. Now it’s time for the phone interview. More and more employers are questioning potential employees over the phone to cut costs and help weed out candidates. Use this opportunity to shine and earn face-face time with the employer. Avoid these simple (and common)
Job Search Tips – How to Find a Job as A College Student
You may think you know all about college job searches, but you still don’t have a job so perhaps this could actually help you. If you want to have something impressive and unique to show employers after graduation then you need to get a bit creative. Yes, you! Having a standard job as a cashier,
Group Work Skill: 6 Tips to Keep Your Sanity and Your Personal Brand Image in Conflicts
How to handle team conflicts in the work place and impress your colleagues and employer.
Your Personal Brand Image: 6 Tips for Professional Online Picture
If you want to distinguish yourself from your competition, putting a professional photograph of yourself online is a good start. People will remember your resume much better if they have a face to go with it. Here are some things to remember when having a photo taken, and what you should do with it once you get it.
Professional resume cover letter: 8 tips for great first impressions
We all have to write cover letters at some point in our careers. Here are 8 tips to remember to make yours stand out and get you the interview.
How To Write A Biography
You’ve got an impressive resume listing your many accolades and experiences. Great! You and 1,000′s of other brilliantly qualified applicants. A solid resume is vital, but it only shows what you’ve done not who you are. What to do? Show prospective employers and colleagues what makes you different from the pack. Distinguish yourself by writing
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