Beverley
Jul
19

RESUME PRESENTATION

 Does A Low Unemployment Market Affect Resume Presentation? With the local Australian economy experiencing relatively low unemployment figures and with the papers sprouting that jobs are there for the plucking, it has flittered across my mind that perhaps my services as a professional résumé writer, assisting clients to stand out from the other applicants, are not needed as much as they once were.   After all, ...

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Jun
19

How Important Is A Thank You Letter?

How Important Is A Thank You Letter?   Have you ever considered sending a thank you letter after an interview? You can guarantee that 99% of the other candidates haven’t thought of it either, so can you think of a better way of ensuring that you receive prominence in the interviewer’s mind than by sending off a note of thanks for their time – and by way of an after thought happening to ...

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May
31

My Exciting Announcement

Well, it’s exciting to me. I mentioned when I first joined I had written an online course, Launching Your Professional Resume Writing Career.

Just thought I would love to share with everyone that the web site is finally - almost totally - for the time being :) - up. The address is www.onlineresumewriterscourse.com

If anyone would care to view it I am open to all information regarding spelling and grammatical errors ...

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May
21

Do Personal Interests and Resumes Mix?

Should You Include Personal Interests On Your Resume?

In an article for IXL, Bernard Kellermann provides feedback from some of Australia’s top career professionals, and demonstrates that, as with many areas of compiling a résumé, the final result can still be influenced by personal preference.   Heidi Mason, head of executive search firm Russell Reynolds:   “Be careful of what is put there as it is just ...

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Apr
30

Your Cover Letter Creates THE First Impression

MORE THAN JUST A COVER

It is your cover letter that actually creates the first impression.

A survey conducted by the Wall Street Journal in 2004 cited professionals in the career industry, and those employers surveyed, as stating an average of 85% of cover letters they received were so badly written they materially damaged the applicants chances.

One company quoted gave the example of a recent ...

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Apr
29

This is my first post

As mentioned in my Profile, aside from being a freelance and SEO writer, I am an internationally accredited resume writer and have been fortunate enough to be recognised by my peers in the form of numerous international awards and award nominations.

As such, I would like to use this space to post articles and helpful hints from time to time giving tips on resume and letter construction, job search and interview ...

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