3 Phone Interview Tips To Build Your Confidence

via 3 Phone Interview Tips To Build Your Confidence | CAREEREALISM:

Wear Your Best, Most Confidence-Inspiring Suit
Over-Prepare
Be Extra-Organized

In this competitive world, taking a few extra minutes to look your best, research and organize your thoughts can make all the difference. (Mostly because your confidence will come across in your voice).

3 in 5 Employees Did Not Negotiate Salary

via 3 in 5 Employees Did Not Negotiate Salary - Glassdoor Blog:

"3 in 5 Employees Did Not Negotiate Salary Glassdoor Team May 2, 2016 A A Do most employees attempt to negotiate their pay, or do they just accept the salaries they are offered? New research from Glassdoor finds that 59 percent of American employees accepted the salary they were first offered, and did not negotiate. Glassdoor’s Salary Negotiation Insights Survey, conducted online by Harris Poll and surveying more than 2,015 American adults aged 18+, reveals some surprising results about gender and age when it comes to negotiating for more pay."

It does not hurt to ask...

Ways to Add Skills to Your Resume

via How to add skills to add to your resume - Business Insider

Looking to upgrade your resume here are a few tips:
1. Consider some of the most common skills recruiters search for ...
2. Specialize your skills
3. Scan through a ton of job postings
4. Research people with the jobs you want
5. Diversify your list of skills
6. Don't be afraid to make it personal
7. Consider what you're proud of ...
8. Quantify your skills
9. Talk it out

Never put these things on your résumé

via Never put these things on your résumé - Business Insider

Top 4 things to remove from your resume...

1. An objective, it is obviously the job
2. Irrelevant work experiences
3. Personal stuff
4. Your hobbies

Remember you get the job, when your skills and experience meet the employers need.

Fill Out a Thin Resume by Scanning Through Job Postings

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"If you feel like your resume could use some padding, fear not, you’re probably just selling yourself short. A little job posting exploration can help you find some skills you forgot to add.

 It’s hard to be objective and write about yourself when you’re putting together a resume. You can easily forget things you’re skilled at because they’ve become second nature to you. That’s why Rita Friedman, a Philadelphia-based career coach, suggests you scan through a bunch of job postings and look at the required skills. Friedman recommends you specifically highlight the parts that make you say “Oh, I do that all the time!” There are probably at least a few things you forgot about. And while you’re scanning, you can also take note of the important job skills you haven’t acquired yet. That way you know what to work on for the future."

How to Use LinkedIn: 35 LinkedIn Tips for Professional Networking, Business & Marketing

How to Use LinkedIn: 35 LinkedIn Tips for Professional Networking, Business & Marketing:

With more than 380 million members, LinkedIn is the most popular social network for professionals and one of the top social networks overall. But are you using LinkedIn to its fullest potential?

With new social networks sprouting up constantly, LinkedIn is a platform that often gets underutilized or put on the back burner. But the truth is, LinkedIn can be extremely powerful -- especially when you're aware of all the platform's hidden features that don't get nearly as much attention as they deserve.

So to help you learn how to use LinkedIn effectively, this post is chock full of LinkedIn tips you may be overlooking ... but definitely shouldn't.

Format Your Resume for a Mobile Screen

Format Your Resume for a Mobile Screen:


Duh... formatting is not the important part... computers scan your resume so you can can into their database.

Don't spend a huge amount of time on the formatting.