May
29
Is anyone else sick of spam and phishing sites pretending to be jobs listed online job boards?
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busyg asked:
After relocating, I have been conducting a job search in this area and constantly think I am signing up for a job search and it ends up being a phoney offer for online schools, scams and others to get my personal info. Doesn’t any authority regulate what goes on? Geez!
Juliana
After relocating, I have been conducting a job search in this area and constantly think I am signing up for a job search and it ends up being a phoney offer for online schools, scams and others to get my personal info. Doesn’t any authority regulate what goes on? Geez!
Juliana
May
28
How do you apply online for a job without posting your Social Security Number?
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Scot D asked:
Every online job applications I have run into over the past six months is requiring a social security number be posted. It will not let you process without one. I have been advised that legally they should not be asking for this information until the applicate is accepted for interview or applicant agrees for a background check. So how would someone go about applying for the job online without posting their SS$?
Ky
Every online job applications I have run into over the past six months is requiring a social security number be posted. It will not let you process without one. I have been advised that legally they should not be asking for this information until the applicate is accepted for interview or applicant agrees for a background check. So how would someone go about applying for the job online without posting their SS$?
Ky
May
27
What casual job does not require experience, easy to get, non-labour, and useful in gaining skills?
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brenlez asked:
I have no luck in getting a professional engineering job at the moment. So I am trying to get a casual job which will be beneficial for my value in professional career. Are there any examples of casual, “no-experience-required” jobs which are useful for gaining value?
Martine
I have no luck in getting a professional engineering job at the moment. So I am trying to get a casual job which will be beneficial for my value in professional career. Are there any examples of casual, “no-experience-required” jobs which are useful for gaining value?
Martine
May
27
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ResumeEdge asked:
A resume is a resume, right? Wrong. Resumes are not generic, cookie-cutter documents that you simply send off to a number of employers, hoping that one of them will like what they see and call you back. A resume is a targeted, specific outline of your experience, accomplishments, and qualifications.
There are three basic types of resumes —reverse-chronological, functional, and combination. The most popular resume is the reverse-chronological. It lists your experience, accomplishments, and education in a reverse-chronological order from the most recent to the oldest. The functional resume emphasizes skills over where those skills were attained. The combination resume is a mixture of both the reverse-chronological and functional resumes,showcasing your skills and where you attained those skills.
Reverse-Chronological Resume
The reverse-chronological resume lists your job history and experience from most recent to oldest. This resume is used to highlight your established work history and promote you as a dependable, seasoned, and experienced employee. Choose this resume when you have consistent employment (no job gaps). The reverse-chronological resume includes, in this order:
· Opening Summary: A dynamic paragraph that showcases what you can bring to the employer or to the school. It should include at least one quantified accomplishment that’s relevant to your current career goal.
· Accomplishments: A detailed listing, by company, of what you’ve achieved. It must contained quantified data (dollar figures, percentages) of results.
· Experience: Detail your experience, in reverse-chronological order, beginning with the most recent. Include Company Name, Position Held, Dates Employed, and Duties Performed.
· Education: List your education from most recent to oldest, including degrees, certificates, and specialized training. If you’re a recent graduate with little to no experience in your given field, education would go before Professional Experience.
Functional Resume
The functional resume focuses on your abilities rather than where you were employed. It showcases your merits and qualifications. It is a good idea to dovetail the expertise you have to the requirements listed in the job description to which you are responding. That is, if the job calls for someone with the ability to “delegate work to employees,” then mention your ability to “manage large projects and delegate work to employees.” Target your qualifications and abilities to the job. So, if you are trying to become a warehouse manager, mention your experience in inventory or quality control. Any qualifications relevant to the position should be mentioned. Also, list your most prestigious accomplishments first, no matter when they happened in your life. A functional resume can be organized as such:
· Opening Summary: A dynamic paragraph that showcases what you can bring to the employer or to the school. It should include at least one quantified accomplishment that’s relevant to your current career goal.
· Accomplishments: Give targeted and quantified examples of your merits.
· Skills Section: Here you showcase what you know and what you can do. For example, if you’re an accountant, the subheadings might be: “taxation”, “audits”, etc.
· Experience: List most relevant experience first, not the most recent.
· Education: List all educational accomplishments, including any special training. .If you’re a recent graduate with little to no experience in your given field, education would go before Professional Experience.
Combination Resume
The combination resume, obviously, combines the best features of functional and chronological resumes and focuses on how your experience and qualifications benefit the company. A combination resume lists your experience, qualifications, and education in reverse-chronological order, but targets and highlights your relevant skills for the current career goal. This type of resume is good for people who are over or under-qualified for a position, or someone looking to change career fields, such as an art teacher wanting to become a graphics designer. The combination resume includes:
· Opening Summary: A dynamic paragraph that showcases what you can bring to the employer or to the school. It should include at least one quantified accomplishment that’s relevant to your current career goal.
· Accomplishments: Give targeted and quantified examples of your merits.
· Skills Section: Here you showcase what you know and what you can do. For example, if you’re an accountant, the subheadings might be: “taxation”, “audits”, etc.
· Experience: List relevant work history in reverse-chronological order.
· Education: List education in reverse-chronological order. If you’re a recent graduate with little to no experience in your given field, education would go before Professional Experience.
No matter what type of resume you choose, be sure to check it for spelling and grammar errors, as well as errors in time or dates. Modern resumes are as long as they need to be (one or two pages) provided they only contain information relevant to the career goal. The sooner you send a clean, well-thought out resume, along with a powerful cover letter, the sooner you’ll be on your way to a long and prosperous career.
Katti
A resume is a resume, right? Wrong. Resumes are not generic, cookie-cutter documents that you simply send off to a number of employers, hoping that one of them will like what they see and call you back. A resume is a targeted, specific outline of your experience, accomplishments, and qualifications.
There are three basic types of resumes —reverse-chronological, functional, and combination. The most popular resume is the reverse-chronological. It lists your experience, accomplishments, and education in a reverse-chronological order from the most recent to the oldest. The functional resume emphasizes skills over where those skills were attained. The combination resume is a mixture of both the reverse-chronological and functional resumes,showcasing your skills and where you attained those skills.
Reverse-Chronological Resume
The reverse-chronological resume lists your job history and experience from most recent to oldest. This resume is used to highlight your established work history and promote you as a dependable, seasoned, and experienced employee. Choose this resume when you have consistent employment (no job gaps). The reverse-chronological resume includes, in this order:
· Opening Summary: A dynamic paragraph that showcases what you can bring to the employer or to the school. It should include at least one quantified accomplishment that’s relevant to your current career goal.
· Accomplishments: A detailed listing, by company, of what you’ve achieved. It must contained quantified data (dollar figures, percentages) of results.
· Experience: Detail your experience, in reverse-chronological order, beginning with the most recent. Include Company Name, Position Held, Dates Employed, and Duties Performed.
· Education: List your education from most recent to oldest, including degrees, certificates, and specialized training. If you’re a recent graduate with little to no experience in your given field, education would go before Professional Experience.
Functional Resume
The functional resume focuses on your abilities rather than where you were employed. It showcases your merits and qualifications. It is a good idea to dovetail the expertise you have to the requirements listed in the job description to which you are responding. That is, if the job calls for someone with the ability to “delegate work to employees,” then mention your ability to “manage large projects and delegate work to employees.” Target your qualifications and abilities to the job. So, if you are trying to become a warehouse manager, mention your experience in inventory or quality control. Any qualifications relevant to the position should be mentioned. Also, list your most prestigious accomplishments first, no matter when they happened in your life. A functional resume can be organized as such:
· Opening Summary: A dynamic paragraph that showcases what you can bring to the employer or to the school. It should include at least one quantified accomplishment that’s relevant to your current career goal.
· Accomplishments: Give targeted and quantified examples of your merits.
· Skills Section: Here you showcase what you know and what you can do. For example, if you’re an accountant, the subheadings might be: “taxation”, “audits”, etc.
· Experience: List most relevant experience first, not the most recent.
· Education: List all educational accomplishments, including any special training. .If you’re a recent graduate with little to no experience in your given field, education would go before Professional Experience.
Combination Resume
The combination resume, obviously, combines the best features of functional and chronological resumes and focuses on how your experience and qualifications benefit the company. A combination resume lists your experience, qualifications, and education in reverse-chronological order, but targets and highlights your relevant skills for the current career goal. This type of resume is good for people who are over or under-qualified for a position, or someone looking to change career fields, such as an art teacher wanting to become a graphics designer. The combination resume includes:
· Opening Summary: A dynamic paragraph that showcases what you can bring to the employer or to the school. It should include at least one quantified accomplishment that’s relevant to your current career goal.
· Accomplishments: Give targeted and quantified examples of your merits.
· Skills Section: Here you showcase what you know and what you can do. For example, if you’re an accountant, the subheadings might be: “taxation”, “audits”, etc.
· Experience: List relevant work history in reverse-chronological order.
· Education: List education in reverse-chronological order. If you’re a recent graduate with little to no experience in your given field, education would go before Professional Experience.
No matter what type of resume you choose, be sure to check it for spelling and grammar errors, as well as errors in time or dates. Modern resumes are as long as they need to be (one or two pages) provided they only contain information relevant to the career goal. The sooner you send a clean, well-thought out resume, along with a powerful cover letter, the sooner you’ll be on your way to a long and prosperous career.
Katti
May
26
How would you tell your significant other that their resume sucks?
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Yoda asked:
His work history is really good, but his resume is really immature (like something an 18 year old would put together and he is almost 30). I want him to be taken seriously in the work force, but as someone with recruiting/hiring experience I would look at his resume and dismiss it without a moment’s thought. Any suggestions to get him to revise it without hurting his feelings?
Blondy
His work history is really good, but his resume is really immature (like something an 18 year old would put together and he is almost 30). I want him to be taken seriously in the work force, but as someone with recruiting/hiring experience I would look at his resume and dismiss it without a moment’s thought. Any suggestions to get him to revise it without hurting his feelings?
Blondy
May
26
Kelly H asked:
Should I print my resume and application answers on white paper or do something fancier? What kind of envelope should I send my application packet in? A big manila or white one? Thanks!
Saibal
Should I print my resume and application answers on white paper or do something fancier? What kind of envelope should I send my application packet in? A big manila or white one? Thanks!
Saibal
May
25
Michael asked:
I’m looking for an online job for 15 year olds that isn’t filling out surveys. Anything but that… I have tried so many of those survey sites and none of them pay a decent amount (the most I got for one survey was 20 cents!)
I’m looking for an online job for 15 year olds that isn’t filling out surveys. Anything but that… I have tried so many of those survey sites and none of them pay a decent amount (the most I got for one survey was 20 cents!)
My skills: I’m a fast typer, I’m really good at writing, and I’m generally well-educated.
So, what is a reputable job that a 15 year old can do to earn money, but without having to complete offers for random websites and/or companies?
Eva
May
25
What are some jobs/ways to get a job around the area of loss prevention?
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Peter asked:
I really would like to get a job with security or loss prevention but I am having a tough time finding places that actually have that.. I live in Brockton, Mass.. Any stores or ways to find stores with this would be helpful.
Hedvige
I really would like to get a job with security or loss prevention but I am having a tough time finding places that actually have that.. I live in Brockton, Mass.. Any stores or ways to find stores with this would be helpful.
Hedvige
May
24
diamondtia2002 asked:
I am just completing my medical transcription course and was wondering how it works from home. I find the field of Pathology the most interesting and would love to work in thaf field, working from home. What I’m wondering is how it works, for instance, do I tap into a website to get the transcriptions? Thanks for any help.
Shandeigh
I am just completing my medical transcription course and was wondering how it works from home. I find the field of Pathology the most interesting and would love to work in thaf field, working from home. What I’m wondering is how it works, for instance, do I tap into a website to get the transcriptions? Thanks for any help.
Shandeigh
May
23
Hollywood Sucks asked:
If the employer does not specifiy how they would like you to send your resume, but they insist it should be done by email, do you put the cover letter in the body of the email and send the resume as an attachment? Or do you send both as an attachment? And should they be separate attachments?
Celisse
If the employer does not specifiy how they would like you to send your resume, but they insist it should be done by email, do you put the cover letter in the body of the email and send the resume as an attachment? Or do you send both as an attachment? And should they be separate attachments?
Celisse