Resume Writing - Complete Your Resume With Careful Editing and Profe

Resume Writing - Complete Your Resume With Careful Editing and ProfeIn Part 1 of the article, we covered topics such as hiring managers searching for information online, resumes, search engines, and searching. Now we will cover advanced resume writing, part 3: Complete your resume with careful editing and profe. If you still have some homework left, you can take a look at the other articles we've written so far.So you've taken your resume to a human resource professional for some coaching, but you still haven't found the time to write it all out. Thankfully, you do not have to. It's okay because this is not a one-time thing. In fact, it will likely be something you will have to do again for each job you apply for.That being said, you need to be able to write effective resume for each job you apply for, even if you are not currently working on it. If you are currently working but you have not been given any work yet, that's OK too. So, what's the best way to get yourself prepared for the next job?As we mentioned in the first part of this article, you should first create a list of your skills and education you can use to write a resume. Don't worry; it's just a list. Don't stress. Just keep in mind that this list is just a starting point, and you can add things later on.Once you have created a list of all your skills and your education, you should go back and edit your resume for some extra care. Do not rush through this part. This is actually the most important part of the resume writing process. You need to make sure that the information provided about you is accurate and professional. If you edit the resume too much, it may end up looking like it was written by someone else, who was either not educated or did not write well.To give you an example, let's say you wrote your resume after a two-week interview. But then, the hiring manager sees your resume and his or her eyes light up. You probably have received more attention than you were expecting. The hiring ma nager cannot believe your abilities and attributes and wants to get to know you a little better before making the final decision.The resume you write after this moment has already been edited and care was taken in preparing it. When you hire for the first time, you will find that you receive a lot more attention because of this one first impression.

Michael Lewis How I Knew When to Quit My Wall Street Job

Michael Lewis How I Knew When to Quit My Wall Street Job As told by Michael Lewis to Mike Lewis, in Mike’s new book WHEN TO JUMP: When the Job You Have Isn’t the Life You Want I tell my seven-year-old all the time: “Allow yourself to be lucky.” When I was his age, I used to think, “I’m so lucky that if I just look around, I can find money on the ground.” And I often did. Because grown-ups drop it everywhere. It’s in seats, on the sidewalk, everywhere. It’s amazing what you can find if you’re looking for it. Sometimes I’ll tell my son, “Let’s just go find valuable stuff.” And you wouldn’t believe what we find. All you have to do is keep yourself in a frame of mind to be open to what’s dealt to you. To back up a bit, I grew up in New Orleans. There was not much of an orientation toward careers, certainly not for kids, and I didn’t start thinking about college until I was in my junior year of high school. At that time, my ambitions amounted to getting up every morning, going to school, playing baseball, and when I graduated, going to Princeton. Nothing beyond that. I thought that once I got in I was done, that I didn’t have to do anything else, so I didn’t think much about what happened after. I majored in art history because I liked it. There weren’t really career tracks at Princeton. I mean, if you wanted to be an engineer, you majored in engineering. And there was premed, of course. Neither of those interested me. So the only implicit career choice I made was not following all the people who majored in economics because it could possibly get you a job on Wall Street. Junior year, I started getting involved in my thesis composition. Princeton’s senior thesis is a really big deal. Your whole senior year is basically organized around it, and it’s a book. I think mine was forty thousand, maybe fifty thousand words. It was 130 pages, and it took forever. But the writing of it was what changed everything for me. I loved it. It transported me. I thought, “This is what I want to do.” At first, I thought that meant I wanted to be an art historian. But my thesis advisor told me that was crazy. There wouldn’t be any jobs. Told me flat out that I just shouldn’t do it. So it took me a little while, but I realized that what I wanted to do was write books. Actually, to be specific: I wanted to write senior theses. But I didn’t dive into writing full-time. I remember thinking that too many writers don’t ever do anything else, so I should go have lots of adventures that would give me material. My first adventure was in finance, starting with a pass/fail class my senior year in the econ department that interested me enough to get a master’s in economics. While getting my master’s, I was at a dinner party sitting next to these women whose husbands ran Salomon Brothers International. I got along quite well with one of the women, and she made her husband hire me after the dinner. It was just about the best possible place to land on Wall Street at that moment. They were extremely successful, and I would have been crazy not to do it. By the time I started at Salomon Brothers, I had begun writing and submitting unsolicited magazine articles on the side. They were rejected a lot. Eventually, I got a foot in the door at a few places, and they started publishing my work while I was still on Wall Street. Even though I was doing pretty well at Salomon Brothers, I knew that writing was what I wanted to do full-time and that getting published was my first step toward leaving. I remember when I told my dad that I wanted to quit. I had just gotten my bonus, and it was big. I think it was something like $160,000. My salary was around $60,000 at the time, and I was twenty-seven. My dad thought I was crazy to walk away from that kind of money. He said, “Stay ten years and you won’t have to work any longer. Then you can write your novels till you die.” But when I looked around at the guys who were ten years older than me, I saw that none of them could leave. If I’d stayed, I would have been trapped by that success; the money would have gotten too big, and my life would’ve changed. I also didn’t have any kids then. Once you have children, it changes everything. It’s not just your own life you’re affecting. It’s a family’s life. I was really lucky in that regard. I didn’t have any student debt, and I didn’t have any other financial responsibilities, like taking care of sick parents or anything like that. So I didn’t have to let money rule my decisions. Some people don’t have that liberty. Quitting that job felt like going out on a tightrope, but with a really nice safety net underneath it. The people at Salomon Brothers were actually charmingly indulgent of my literary ambitions, letting me write about Wall Street as long as I did it under a pseudonym. I used my mother’s maiden name, and it was those pieces that got me my book contract. When I told my colleagues that I was quitting, they thought I was nuts. They were very sweet about it. They were concerned. They took me into a room and said, “You’re sure you wanna do this? This is a mistake.” I knew what I wanted to do and just thought to myself, “None of these people are qualified to tell me what to do with my life.” They thought I had a big future there because I had done well the first couple of years. But I knew a lot of my success was somewhat fluke-ish and that it would dry up the moment I was exposed as someone who was basically not interested. It’s very hard to keep up with anything you’re not really interested in. It was interesting for a little while, and then it got boring. Once it did, I seized the first opportunity to leap out of it. Looking back, it seems like a giant risk to quit a job that paid me all kinds of money at Salomon for a fairly unknown future as a writer. But I knew I really wanted to do it. There wasn’t a shred of doubt, and I was getting so sick of going to work there every morning. So it was not a terribly hard decision, and it didn’t feel like that much of a risk. When I left, I had scraped together enough writing to get a book contract, which meant that someone was publishing a book I’d written. I thought, “Hell, if someone publishes a book by me, I can make my way as a writer.” I was twenty-seven when I quit my job and almost twenty-nine when the book came out. During that period, I did not feel like, “Oh, my God, if I don’t make it here, if this doesn’t succeed, I’m screwed.” It was more like, “I’m doing exactly what I want to do, and I’ll just figure out a way to make it work.” I knew that as long as I allowed myself to be lucky, I would find some money on the ground. Michael Lewis is a former finance professional, is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books including Liar’s Poker, Moneyball, The Big Short, and The Undoing Project. Excerpted from WHEN TO JUMP: If the Job You Have Isn’t the Life You Want by Mike Lewis, published January 9th 2018 by Henry Holt and Company. Copyright © 2018 by Mike Lewis. All rights reserved.

3 Tips For How To Keep Your Dream Job - Work It Daily

3 Tips For How To Keep Your Dream Job - Work It Daily The world is experiencing serious economic recession that has led to high unemployment rates. This shouldn't discourage you from pursuing your dream job, though. However, you should keep in mind that finding a job is one thing and keeping it is another. So many people have the potential to get their preferred jobs in various fields, but without the ability to maintain these jobs, it becomes hard to win the trust and favor of their bosses. Do you know how to keep your dream job? 3 Tips For Keeping Your Dream Job As a concerned employee, you need to ask yourself, “Will I manage to maintain my current job?” Considering that it's not easy to get a job nowadays, you should always try your best to maintain your current source of income. This means one thing: you have to please your boss and promote the entire company by following the tips explained below. 1. Think Outside The Box Most employees are normally obsessed with their salaries, but as a smart worker, don’t let your boss know that you’re more interested in your pay slip than the company’s success. As interested as you may be in your salary, the only way to get a fat pay slip is by working hard. This can be achieved by letting your boss know about your vision for the company. Most companies are always competing for a wider market - this is the time when your employer needs you more than ever. Don’t wait until your boss decides to call an office meeting for you to break the news about your vision for the company. Instead, approach your superiors with a clever business strategy in mind and you will be sure of earning their trust and favor. You’ll no longer be an ordinary employee, and if the company ever decides to fire some of its employees due to some reasons such as economic recession, you’ll not be part of the list. 2. Neutralize Competition From Rival Companies Sometimes, expansion policies are not always the ultimate solution for any company that wishes to succeed in the crowded job market. Your company might be producing ineffective products and if it expands its business to other areas without correcting such mistakes, it’ll make things worse. It’s even better to operate a small, professional, and effective business that has a higher chance of attracting customer loyalty instead of a large business with a negative reputation in the market. As an employee, try your best to stand out from the rest by approaching your boss at the personal level to explain various challenges facing that particular business and how they can be neutralized. For example, if rival companies are producing similar products at a lower price, you can suggest the introduction of discounts, coupon codes, and other offers to attract more clients. Don’t be afraid to approach your boss - this is the only way you’ll be able to understand each other, appreciate your strengths and weaknesses, and more importantly, work as a team for the sake of the company’s success. 3. Study Your Current Workplace And Provide Recommendations From the above two tips, it’s safe to say that your company’s success depends on its image and target market. On the other hand, you also need to think about the inner image. This takes time since you don’t want to provide recommendations and ideas before settling into your new job. As you establish yourself as one of the most adored employees in that particular company, you can start suggesting various ideas to improve the interior appearance of your workplace. For example, there are so many cities in the U.S. where you can find specials on used office furniture, such as Baton Rouge. You can convince your boss to take advantage of such offers in this city to save money while upgrading the interior appearance of the office, therefore creating a professional image to their clients. Have you ever wondered why there are so many people who lose their jobs as quickly as they get them? Well, now you know there’s a great difference between learned employees and the smart ones who know what it takes to maintain their jobs. Related Posts Power Up Your Personal Brand To Land Your Dream Job 3 Tips To Land Your Dream Job Are You Second Guessing Your Career Choice? Photo Credit: Shutterstock Have you joined our career growth club?Join Us Today!