Staring at a blank employment application can feel daunting. Usually you’re asked to provide a lot of information on a job application form, and, unfortunately, they are not always completely clear. These tips will help you the next time you’re staring at a blank application form:
1. Dress to make a good impression.
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Job search success is directly related to the number of techniques a job seeker uses. That is, the more different strategies a job seeker uses to find job leads, the more likely he or she will find appropriate work in a reasonable period of time. The fewer job search strategies an individual [...]

In the book Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable, author Seth Godin talks about the importance of being remarkable. He’s talking about building a business and marketing a product, but this advice applies to job searching too. After all, when you’re job searching you are marketing a product (you) to employers.
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If you are emailing an unsolicited resume to an employer, never, ever email the resume as an attachment. It simply won’t be read. It’s fine to email a resume as an attachment if the employer has asked you to send a resume (ideally, in this situation, you’ll ask the employer what format he [...]

Are you ignoring unadvertised jobs in your job search? Sure, it’s easier to look for jobs advertised online or in your local newspaper, but that is the weakness in searching only for advertised jobs. If it was easy for you to find the job lead, it was also easy for plenty of other [...]