Creating the perfect resume isn’t an easy task, not least because it is so daunting. Employers place an enormous amount of value on a resume, so yours has to be on point. The sad thing is that far too many CVs aren’t up to standard when they reach the hiring table. Ninety-nine percent of the […]. Resumes Job Search MORE

According to A Vision for the Economy of 2040 , a report published by The Roosevelt Institute and the Kauffman Foundation, gig employment will make the American economy of 2040 “scarcely recognizable.” ” According to Freelancing in America: A National Survey of the New Workforce , published in 2014, 34 percent of American workers are already working gig jobs. MORE

A mobile-optimized resume may be the best executive resume format! Here’s why. You may be under the impression that executive resumes are outdated thanks to the rise of networking and social media. However, a well-crafted resume can be just as effective. MORE

Sometimes work is the last place you want to be, but that’s no excuse to let your negativity show. There are good days, and bad days, and how you act has a direct effect on the people around you. Here’s how karma works, a guide to be a decent human being at work. MORE

. The similarities between athletes and HR leaders might seem far fetched to some, but whatever their surface differences may be, they are both trying to inspire and achieve greatness. Those of us within the HR industry have experienced the thrill of victory after successfully persuading the C-suite to embark on a new initiative, and we’ve also experienced the agony of defeat when an employee we’ve onboarded, trained and invested in, leaves for a competitor. MORE

The post The New Friendship Rules: Ten Commandments For Adults appeared first on Ms. Career Girl. As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” 27:17). We’re sure that, when Proverbs was transcribed in the early first millennium BC, its creators meant women as well as men by the above. MORE

"My girlfriend innocently asked me how work was going, and I went off on a long rant.”. David Bartram followed a successful corporate trajectory after university, but didn’t feel the purpose and passion he craved. So he set out to discover something more. MORE

"I felt drained and lethargic all the time, with no energy to do what I really wanted to be doing.”. It took Steph Miller five years to make a change, exploring and retraining alongside a job she still hated. But with perseverance and commitment, she’s now happier than she ever thought she could be. MORE

Is everyone in your US office legal to work in the United States? Are you sure? Could you survive an audit of your documentation? This is called an I9 audit. Is it possible that Immigration officials could show up at your door and ask to see your documentation? Yes, and Ashley Kaplan, Senior Employment Law Attorney at ComplyRight , helped me with some tips for making sure you don’t need to be nervous when ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) shows up at your door. MORE

The hiring outlook for 2017 is the best the U.S. has seen in a decade with 2 in 5 employers (40 percent) planning to hire full-time, permanent employees over the next 12 months, according to CareerBuilder’s annual job forecast. MORE

People who love their career are people who will always figure out how to love their work. There are people who love to work and people who love to do other things. I learned this from looking at what I did in jobs I did not love. MORE

The post Transform Your Career By Changing How You View “Change” appeared first on Ms. Career Girl. The following is a guest post by Virginia Fraser. Her bio follows. . Mentioning ‘change’ can send shivers down the spines of today’s workforce in unprecedented ways. MORE

A tweet floated by in my Twitter stream the other day reminding careerists that “the ONLY purpose of a resume is to get you that interview!” ” I heartily disagree! The resume is so much more! Following are 5 functions of the resume, beyond cinching the initial interview: 1. MORE

Grit and grind will always matter in the job search as much as having adequate hard and soft skills. But hard work in years to come will look much different as a does today. Partly due to how job seekers will market present themselves to the world long before a single employer is interested. MORE

A reader writes: I started today my job and I am feeling very disappointed. My manager didn’t show up as he is on holiday and another is working from home. Another manager introduced me to the team, which replied “nice to meet you” without really caring about me. Example: everyone has left for lunch without even say nothing and I had to eat by myself in front of my laptop. Nobody is even talking to each other at their desks. MORE

Love it or hate it, there are many advantages to using AI in recruitment, like using an algorithm to find the best candidate or eliminating unconscious bias in the recruitment process. But could its rise mean the end of the need for human recruiters? MORE

A reader writes: I’m very torn. I love my job — it’s what I want to do with my career, but I’m in a position with a title I’m overqualified for and don’t make enough money. While I have several years of direct experience and a master’s degree in my field, I was forced into a job title with the word “assistant” in it (went from temp to perm), when my skills are beyond an assistant level. MORE

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. I’m embarrassed that my employee paid cash at a business lunch. One of my employees embarrassed me at a business lunch. When it came time to pay, everyone took out either their own credit or debit cards or their company one. My employee paid with cash with exact change and also left a cash tip. When I spoke to her about it, she didn’t see what she did wrong. There were four other people from different companies at this lunch. MORE

The post Name Your Business: How To Choose A Winning Name appeared first on Ms. Career Girl. The following is a guest post by Katarina Nilsson. Her bio follows. So you have your great idea and are about to set the wheels in motion? Great job! Now it’s all down to one small detail. MORE

(Image: lee Scott ). Last week a course participant shared with me that she just had a hard fall in life. She recently lost her baby, left her job, and has been working on her startup in the past year which has not taken off in the way she wanted. MORE

Recruiters do a very important job. Without recruiters my career would not have been so rewarding nor so interesting as it has been so far. I find that working with a good recruiter will not only land you the job, but it will also give you an insight into how the market is moving, what. MORE

Becoming a better listener isn’t hard, especially when you have the right tools. In fact, becoming an active listener and improving on your poor listening skills is bound to help you advance in your career. You see, it’s the good listeners who reap all of the rewards. MORE

From free gourmet food and bring in your pet day, to napping pods and haircuts on site; companies like Google offer a variety of incentives and benefits to employees. MORE

Lavie Margolin is back on the show to talk about his latest book Mastering the Job Interview. He is the author of several books about Negotiating Salary to Job Interviews. What have your interviewing experiences been like recently? MORE

The post Five Top Tips For Effective Networking appeared first on Ms. Career Girl. Networking events can be intimidating, and are often viewed as competitive environments where an assortment of strangers work to assert their vying levels of success and charisma. MORE

The post Need A Willpower Refill? Check Out These Tips! appeared first on Ms. Career Girl. Actually, if you’re thinking you are running low on willpower, you may want to think again. Because willpower isn’t something you run out of or even low on. MORE

From our Kinetix Tips series (email subscribers click through for photo): Of course, I was operating with limited characters in that space, so one elaboration. A potential boss's comfort with that question really doesn't include him automatically saying "yes". MORE

Keep these handy to save time when you're actively job hunting. Photo credit: Sean McGrath. I love cheat sheets… when they're well done. I like to print them out and post them right beside my desk, or keep them in a pinned browser tab, so I can quickly glance over whenever I need to. MORE

How do you define your personal brand as a job seeker? How do you as an employer assess whether a candidate epitomises your company’s brand? What is your personal brand? Do you have one? And is it important to have one, given our very “brand aware” society, to actually have a personal marketing strategy? As an. View Article. Why a Candidate’s Brand is Important. Undercover Recruiter - Recruitment & Talent Acquisition Blog. MORE

Keep these handy to save time when you're actively job hunting. Photo credit: Sean McGrath. I love cheat sheets… when they're well done. I like to print them out and post them right beside my desk, or keep them in a pinned browser tab, so I can quickly glance over whenever I need to. MORE

I won’t sugarcoat it. Executive job search in the digital age is hard! It requires plenty of planning and purposeful work. before you even begin the proactive process of networking your way into your next great-fit gig. MORE

Dear New Employee, Welcome! We’re excited to have you on board. This is an open letter to new employees because we want to make sure your first few days are as pleasant as possible. Then we’ll start throwing work on you. But for now, welcome! Coffee is in the break room, and if you made it yourself, it’s fresh. Here’s what you need to know to make your first few days as wonderful as possible: Please Wander Around. MORE

Nanette Byrd, better known as Brad’s wife, lost her job at Cracker Barrel. People lose their job every day, but what makes this case special is that this has become internet famous, with a petition (with over 20,0000 signatures) demanding answers as to why Nanette Byrd lost her job after 11 years. If you’re tempted to post a bad review about Cracker Barrel, send a nasty email, or just sign the petition, stop and think. MORE

Employee training and skill-development is key to unlocking the true potential of your workforce, with most businesses using specific programmes and internal schemes to ensure their talent is firing on all cylinders. MORE

Earlier I wrote about different ways in which HR and recruiting can use artificial intelligence to help bare some of the administrative burden that seems to take up so much of our time. In this. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution. HR AI Artificial Intelligence machine learning recruiting talent acquisition MORE

The post Tips For Turning Passion Into Profits appeared first on Ms. Career Girl. The following is a guest post by Alexis Fedor. Her bio follows. MORE

I miss Steve Jobs. Actually I miss him being an ass, but ultimately being right on so many things.? Here's a talent nugget from the Jobs book talking about how kids have basically assimilated to the same culture across the world: When Steve's family got to Istanbul, he hired a history professor to give his family a tour. At the end they went to a Turkish bath, where the professor's lecture gave Jobs an insight about the globalization of youth: "I had a real revelation. MORE