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Welcome to our new PROFESSIONAL Members: Vicki Martel Trisha Grace Tami Cooper Eva Wilkinson-Knight Paul Burns Carrie Wakeford Pat Shepherd Thank you to our renewing PROFESSIONAL Members: Linda Simpson Anita Gerwing Vera Tachtaul Tara Alexander Skye Berry-Burke Jayne Barron Simon Lawton Lita Pitruzzello Brenda Badgero Tara Orchard Congratulations to our newly CERTIFIED members: Charmaine Johnson, CRS Jeanelle Grant, CRS Rachel Morris-Ohm, CRS
By Sharon Graham. Clients hire professionals to write strategic resumes. And, professionals need to have superior skills to provide top-notch documents. For this reason, most resume writers and employment consultants regularly take professional development to upgrade their resume writing skills. Some practitioners prefer to turn to the Internet to learn the basics. It is very tempting to download a resume template and modify it for a client. However, when you rely on templates, you automatically stunt your ability to distinguish your client and write a strategic resume. Follow these steps to write a strategic resume…
By Brenda Collard-Mills. All too often, a resume ends up in the Recycle Bin despite how highly qualified someone is for the position. So, how did this happen? There are multiple potential reasons a resume might get eliminated by either an HR professional or a computer program. Here’s a list of common elimination factors: Improper spelling, grammar and type-o’s. No contact information (including a current phone #). Too long (over 3 pages). Employment gaps; dates missing. Too short; excessive use of white space. Lack of detailed career accomplishments. Lack of key words and key phrases. Created using a word processing template.…
By Sharon Graham. If you’re a career practitioner or resume writer, I’m sure you’ve heard the latest hype about QR codes. Some evangelists swear that they are the “next big thing” in job search strategy. Others believe that this is just another fad that will completely disappear into the fog of technology past. As an innovative professional, you’re likely curious about all the buzz. If using a QR Code can be beneficial to a job search, you don’t want to be left out of the loop. I don’t proclaim to…
By Sharon Graham. We know that technology plays a huge part in the screening process – not just for resumes that are emailed or posted on internet job boards, but also for hard copies received at job fairs or through snail mail. If you want your client’s resume to rise to the top of the list of candidates, it’s crucial that the resume is optimized. You may have developed your client’s resume in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) or converted it to a PDF (.pdf). Either way, when the document is…
By Karen Siwak. I live in a town with a high percentage of first generation immigrants. They came to North America in the ‘50s and ‘60s seeking a better financial future than was possible in their home towns in post World War II Italy, Greece, Portugal, Poland, Yugoslavia. Many of them arrived with little money, bare minimum English skills, and the very basic levels of education. Confronted with overwhelming odds against them, they nevertheless thrived. These “economic refugees” are in their retirement years now, and with few exceptions, are retiring…