Monday, April 20, 2020

Writing Executive Summary Resume

Writing Executive Summary ResumeIn order to make a better impression on the hiring manager or prospective employer, it is advisable to craft a better executive summary resume. However, this should not be seen as a 'done thing' and you should take extra care in this effort.A summary resume is a resume that you usually see when someone applies for a job or is contacted by an employer. This is an intended marketing tool used to promote a business or organization or to simply tell potential customers of a product. But because there are so many uses for it, it is important to craft a summary resume that is polished, convincing and specific.A summary resume will help you sell your business or organization to a prospective customer. It can tell about you, your job experience, products or services, business affiliations, leadership positions, salary expectations, and benefits. It is also important to remember that when you write a summary resume, you should keep it brief and easy to read.If you want to write a summary resume for a marketing campaign, make sure that it contains a special way to promote yourself and the benefits you offer your clients. You can also include your phone number or email address where it is not known that the potential client is getting the summary resume. A marketing technique that works well in different scenarios is a line that you can use to talk about your qualifications.A summary resume should be precise and not too long. You don't want to give the impression that your organization or business is too complicated to write a concise executive summary resume.In order to make your summary resume more impressive, you can include a mini-brief about your company. One key advantage of a summary resume is that it helps potential customers to get a better idea about your organization. This is especially true when you are promoting your business by writing a summary resume.Although you should take extra care when crafting a summary resume, you can achieve the same result by using other online resources. These include an executive summary resume writing service that will help you craft an executive summary resume, and a great, free online resume coach to help you improve your skills.

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Try This Unbelievably Easy Productivity Hack

Try This Unbelievably Easy Productivity Hack We’ve all been there: You’re facing a challenge and trying to come up with a bright idea to solve it. Now, science offers a simple but brilliant solution: Inspiration, it turns out, is only a blink away. A new study finds that those “aha! moments,” as researchers call them, rise to the surface when you close your eyes â€" and sometimes even when you just stare into space or at a blank wall. The researchers say in the journal Psychonomic Bulletin Review that these are “all signs of shutting out distractions and turning attention inward.” Although the moment when inspiration strikes can seem like an out-of-the-blue flash of insight, it’s actually part of a thought process Think of your brain as a smartphone: Even when you’re not actively using it to do something, connections are being made and information is being processed automatically. Earlier research using MRIs and EEGs to measure brain activity found that different parts are activated when people try to solve problems analytically or via insight. “Insights occur when a solution is computed unconsciously and later emerges into awareness suddenly,” researchers John Kounios and Mark Beeman explained in a 2009 article in the Journal of Psychological Science. In other words, the solution is in there, but in order to tap into it, you have to shut out some of the visual transmissions your brain’s operating system is trying to process at the same time. In the new study, experiment subjects blinked more and moved their eyes less when they solved problems through insight, indicating that they were shutting out some of the visual static around them. (You blink less when your eyes are focused on something.) The researchers speculated this could be connected to an increase in the production of dopamine, a brain chemical associated with motivation and reward, as well as how we think and learn. The gist of this dive into the scientific underpinnings is that closing your eyes or staring into space gives your mind a break from processing visual imagery so it can go retrieve a solution that’s floating just below the surface of your consciousness. So the next time you need a creative solution to a problem, don’t throw yourself into analyzing it. Instead, close your eyes so that “aha! moment” can break through. Read next: Why Slacking Off Is Good for Your (Short-term) Job Security Video Player is loading.Play VideoPlayMuteCurrent Time  0:00/Duration  0:00Loaded: 0%Stream Type  LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time  -0:00  SharePlayback Rate1xChaptersChaptersDescriptionsdescriptions off, selectedCaptionscaptions settings, opens captions settings dialogcaptions off, selectedAudio TrackFullscreenThis is a modal window. This video is either unavailable or not supported in this browser Error Code: MEDIA_ERR_SRC_NOT_SUPPORTED Technical details : No compatible source was found for this media. Session ID: 2019-12-31:8df7f7effc31a2b468026cda Player Element ID: jumpstart_video_1 OK Close Modal DialogBeginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.TextColorWhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentTransparentWindowColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyTransparentSemi-TransparentOpaqueFont Size50%75%100%125%150%175%200%300%400%Text Edge StyleNoneRaisedDepressedUniformDropshadowFont FamilyProportional Sans-SerifMonospace Sans-SerifProportional SerifMonospace SerifCasualScriptSmall CapsReset restore all settings to the default valuesDoneClose Modal DialogEnd of dialog window.PlayMuteCurrent Time  0:00/Duration  0:00Loaded: 0%Stream Type  LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time  -0:00  Playback Rate1xFullscreenClose Modal DialogThis is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.Close Modal DialogThis is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.

Friday, April 10, 2020

Meet Sally... Being Unemployed For A Long Time Makes Her Feel Worthless - Work It Daily

Meet Sally... Being Unemployed For A Long Time Makes Her Feel Worthless - Work It Daily For the next three weeks, we will share stories of job seekers who have applied for a scholarship (see the application form here), so you can see how important it is that we get them the help they want and deserve, but can’t afford. Meet Sally: Q: What’s the hardest part about unemployed long-term? A: The feeling of being worthless and helpless are the hardest aspects of being unemployed for a long time. To provide a little bit of background, at twenty-four-years-old, I was laid off in March of 2012, due to a buyout after only working for the company for four months. This occurred after working eleven months for another company that got bought out, and eleven months at a previous company that had an extremely high turnover rate and a hostile environment that I chose to move on from. Needless to say, three jobs in three years (my only three jobs upon receiving my master’s degree) labels one as a job hopper. It’s been difficult to convince employers that I am truly looking to stay with their firm for years. For the companies I’ve interviewed with, luckily, I’ve been able to clearly convey this message, but haven’t had much success with receiving an offer. I’ve had multiple interviews, and have constantly worked my way to the final round, only to hear that I’m the second choice candidate. I even just recently (today actually) had an offer (!) but then it got rescinded because the company did not want to negotiate salary. To go so far in an interview process, usually six rounds, it’s easy to feel hopeful, and positive about your potential new employer. To constantly receive that hope, only to have it taken away, certainly makes one feel worthless. Not receiving an offer makes me feel as if my education (4.0 GPA in my graduate degree at age 21), work ethic (60+ hour weeks typically), and work accomplishments (my resume contains several numbers displaying results), are useless, which in turn makes me feel hopeless. The longer I’m out of work, the harder it will be to receive on offer. It is also troubling because due to my “job hopping,” I have to make sure the next company I work for is one I can stay with for many years. I cannot just settle, because then I will forever be labeled a job hopper. I second guess all of my decisions, and constantly feel like despite all my research and intelligence, I am doing something wrong. However, I know that I’ve done everything in my power, and ultimately, it is out of my hands. That is one of the hardest facts to come to terms with, which in turn, makes me worry even more. If something is in my control, I know I will perform to the best of my ability to make it happen, but when it’s not in my control, I’m at the mercy of others. In summary, being unemployed long-term can make me feel worthless and helpless, which is one of the hardest feelings to overcome. Q: What have you been doing to look for work so far? A: I have taken the following actions to look for work: 1. I subscribe to multiple e-mail lists and blogs that write about job searching tips. I read these everyday, and implement the advice. 2. I have reached out to my network, including former co-workers, managers, professors, and students. I inform them of the type of role I’m looking for, and provide background. 3. I reach out to companies in my area that aren’t yet hiring. I try to contact 2 people via LinkedIn, to get their opinion of what the company is like, and state my qualifications, and that I’m job searching. I know this is something CAREEREALISM highly recommends. I must say, this is much more difficult in practice, than in theory! I have only received one response, and that person ended up leaving the company two months later! I am very much interested in how I can improve on this aspect of my job search. 4. I attend a few networking events, though this is something I need to work on. Being extremely introverted, it is easy to spend the night in a corner, wishing I was at home, searching a job board and e-mailing instead! 5. I search job boards, every single day. 6. Lastly, I have also taken a part-time job in my field, to ensure that I have experience on my resume, and also so that I may keep up to date on trends. Q: Why do you feel our Job Search Accelerator Program can help you? A: I feel the JSAP program can help me in many ways. Even after viewing the “teaser” videos, I have picked up on key pieces of advice that I could implement, and predict that the program has much more wisdom to offer. Given that my situation is unique as well (though I know everyone’s is!) it would be most helpful to receive personal coaching, where the coach understands my exact situation. Reading a blog with advice can only do so much when there is a slight twist to my predicament. Because I have received multiple interviews, I know that I am capable of being viewed as a skilled and valuable potential employee. However, I am in need of extra practices I can implement that will help me receive an offer. I also know that after going through JSAP, *I* can help JSAP, and return the favor by singings its praises. I do have a robust network that includes several people looking for work. Once I can personally realize its effectiveness, I would be so happy to be able to inform them of a program that can help them receive an offer as well. Sally* is one of the 30+ scholarship applicants we have received since launching Allies to the Out-of-Work. Want to know how you can help job seekers like her? Harnessing the power of the micro-fundraising site, Indiegogo.com, we launched a campaign to raise $10,000 that will give 100 long-term unemployed people a full scholarship to our Job Search Accelerator Program (JSAP). This program is helping hundreds of people find work. However, it’s not something we can give away for free. So, we are hoping to get donations from those of you out there who: A) Have been out of work recently and know how hard the job search really is. B) Know somebody long-term unemployed and want to sponsor them. C) Care about getting Americans back to work and on their feet. Your Turn If you're interested in helping out job seekers in need, please donate to Allies to the Out-of-Work and help them get back on their professional feet. Learn more here... DONATE NOW ? Photo Credit: Shutterstock *Name changed Have you joined our career growth club?Join Us Today!