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What do employers think of self-employment?

[QUOTE who="Ann in chi-town in Woodridge, Illinois"]John in Montreal, this is the predicament I am in. I own, with a family member, a large physical retail store. I am ...

How does a single mom of a disabled child work??

Start your own online business. Start a website or blog about your challenges, recommendations, and real-world knowledge/experience! There are companies that you can have ...

Recruiters STOP ASKING me to do your job???

Thank you! THAT is what I have been saying all along!

Things Employers should do to make job hunting/applying easier

[QUOTE who="bornfree in Arizona"]Why would they do this as well? That should happen only after one has gotten the job.[/QUOTE]

I agree. If the interviewer KNOWS ...

Things Employers should do to make job hunting/applying easier

[QUOTE who="Nanlisa in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania"]Suppose you don't have a college degree nor the experience that they want? What are you? Dead wood or something. And how ...

Things Employers should do to make job hunting/applying easier

[QUOTE who="bornfree in Arizona"]That is a biggie for me. Why do they do this?[/QUOTE]

The employees at temp services have their own quota to make. They have to ...

Things Employers should do to make job hunting/applying easier

[QUOTE who="losthope in Indiana"]Back on topic which is employers. They should stop calling applicants in for interviews that have gaps on their resumes and then proceed ...

Things Employers should do to make job hunting/applying easier

12) Remember, you are interviewing THEM just as much as they are interviewing you. Is this the place where you want to work 40+ hours a week? Or will you accept the job, complain ...

Things Employers should do to make job hunting/applying easier

5) Have a copy of your resume - with all the exact dates written on it (perhaps in pen if you didn't include dates on the resume you sent out) right by your phone - so that when ...

Things Employers should do to make job hunting/applying easier

I went back to the beginning of this initial post ~ reading everyone's thoughts about what potential employers should or should not do regarding the application/interview process ...

Short term employment on Resume'?

Being the owner of a quarterhorse, I do the CV differently than most others too ... I bring that "doctor, lawyer, chief..." to life in that presentation vs. doing what ...

Short term employment on Resume'?

Why would a candidate go all the way through a background check and NOT share that he/she is not working??? In no way am I saying to lie to the person that calls you or interviews ...

Short term employment on Resume'?

I typically only put the years on someone's resume, not the months - unless they did an internship (even then I would put the season). Months is too anal - there is such a thing as ...

Recruiters STOP ASKING me to do your job???

Sure it's great to have a bunch of different options in the basket - to try a variety of ways to get yourself noticed - but simply posting a resume online is the lazy man's way ...

Short term employment on Resume'?

Again, you just want a freakin' CHANCE at an INTERVIEW. Once you get an interview than YOU - the job seeker...

oops - that's THEN not THAN. :)

Short term employment on Resume'?

Stating that your most recent employment was with a company FOR TWO MONTHS will HURT you more than HELP you. You don't get to write in the description why you aren't there anymore ...

Not sure what to pursue

The choice you make depends upon what it is you are looking for in your job/career/life.

If you want to take pride in your work, love your job, and respect the people on ...

Recruiters STOP ASKING me to do your job???

bornfree~ I never recommend posting your resume online. By doing so, you have absolutely no control over who will see it AND you are putting yourself into a pool of thousands of ...

Short term employment on Resume'?

Raf ~ I would include the job and write (2011-present) for the dates. Create the resume AS IF you wrote it while you were still employed - so when you send it out, it looks like ...

Sending Resumes is a WASTE of time

DISPLACED - My point was not so much that her idea about sending the monkeys was great and that everyone ought to do that and drop the whole resume process - it was more about the ...

Sending Resumes is a WASTE of time

I am here to use my GOD-GIVEN gifts to be of service to others and to help others - through my professional and personal experiences and services.

Despite your deep-rooted ...

Sending Resumes is a WASTE of time

I believe YOU were the one, Mary, in the "mommy's" forum who upset all the moms in there because they just couldn't understand why you were even there- since you are not ...

Sending Resumes is a WASTE of time

I have found by reading some of these posts over the past year here that unless the reader/poster seems to agree with the regular full-timers on here, the reader/new poster can ...

Behavioral Interviews

In my last job, I could have been a better lover to my boss (just kidding - just wanted to see if anyone was really reading this!) I was phenomenal at my last job; I was the ...

Behavioral Interviews

What have you been doing for the last year?
. What things would cause you to be late for work?
. Everyone takes time away from work, what are some reasons that you ...

Resumes and Out of Work for a Year

[QUOTE who="MiraclePlease in Commerce, Georgia"]Geez no need to have a spasm. I am simply saying that what happens when they do the background check and find out that you ...

Resumes and Out of Work for a Year

If you plant seeds all over it that raise flags (the year you graduated from college - decades ago, the last date of your last day of work - months ago, all 50 jobs you ever held ...

Resumes and Out of Work for a Year

[QUOTE who="MiraclePlease in Commerce, Georgia"]Okay but won't the employer find out that the person is not presently working? Isn't that being dishonest by putting for ...

Resumes and Out of Work for a Year

I am pretty sure I read in a post here that someone was writing about wearing nice jeans to an interview? That's why I mentioned this. A lot of what I write and what others write ...

Resumes and Out of Work for a Year

Again, the point is to get NOTICED. To get a phone call. Once you have that person. that decision-maker, that screener - on the phone or in front of you - that's when you bring to ...

Resumes and Out of Work for a Year

The purpose of a resume is to get either a phone interview and/or an in-person interview. Every bloody thang you've ever done or are doing does not need to be on it - including ...

I'm torn between becoming a Speech Language Pathologist or Occupational Therapist?

Only boring people get bored.

You are at a client's house for maybe an hour. You are free to go and get back in your car and drive down the street. Maybe that client can't ...

I'm torn between becoming a Speech Language Pathologist or Occupational Therapist?

Not sure how/why it is that the word "boring" keeps coming up by the therapists posting in this forum - from the client's/patient's perspective, they are hopeful that ...

I'm torn between becoming a Speech Language Pathologist or Occupational Therapist?

[QUOTE who="lisa in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey"] Do you want to watch people eat, choke on and swallow pureed food, or do you want to watch people go to the toilet and ...

trying to keep the positive

http://www.gettingfiredandotherblessings.com/?p=421

Resumes and Out of Work for a Year

Not being willing to say what you have been doing for the past two years raises more flags than at a winter olympics game! You can say you lots of things, and then pick the one ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

We learn from everyone around us. We learn how we would like to be, and we learn how we never want to be.

I may have missed this in an earlier post of yours ARE YOU SERIOUS ...

References that have gone out of business

I always recommend having 3 to 5 references on your "reference sheet" (which ought to match your resume and cover letter in wording, style, and design ... p>

Ideally ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

Here's what I know for certain.

We have no control over other people - their thoughts, reasoning, choices, comments, reactions, etc.

If you do everything you possibly ...

Resume

A few weeks back I posted part of the ACTUAL WORDING I created for a client of mine who is in your field. For more help, you can click on my name and contact me via my profile ...

Administrative Assistant

Since you have been at the same job, in the same role, for three years now, it is unfortunately possible that your employer is simply looking for a way to create a paper trail in ...

Is a professional written resume worth it?

If the resume you are sending out is working for you, then there is no need to make that investment in yourself/career to have a professional writer craft one for you. (Having a ...

Administrative Assistant

Although you are not interested in part-time employment and have turned down interviews for part-time employment, you also state that you "blew the interview" that you ...

Resume

Here is PARTIAL wording for ONE (of several) jobs I included on a client's resume who is now a Licensed Aesthetician. If you would like the complete wording, you can email me at ...

Is there a Job Description that I can put on my resume for a "Stay-at-home mom?"

I've always believed that if what you are doing - and how you are doing it (in your life, in your job search process, etc.) is working - then keep on doing it!

If, on the ...

Is there a Job Description that I can put on my resume for a "Stay-at-home mom?"

Normally, I do not use or recommend including any personal pronouns on a resume (I, me, my); however, in this particular real-world example, it was ok to because of her objective ...

Is there a Job Description that I can put on my resume for a "Stay-at-home mom?"

Here is the third role/experience I wrote for her resume; this was also a volunteer job with no pay for her ... p>

A NURSING HOME
Activities Assistant 13 years

Is there a Job Description that I can put on my resume for a "Stay-at-home mom?"

For this next role/experience I included on her resume, I came up with the name of the "meetings" she was having at her home for seniors. She L-O-V-E-D it! Again, this ...

Is there a Job Description that I can put on my resume for a "Stay-at-home mom?"

To perhaps help those who have been out of the "official" workforce for a while (for whatever reasons) - I thought I would share with you REAL WORDING I created for a ...

Is there a Job Description that I can put on my resume for a "Stay-at-home mom?"

[QUOTE who="Jennifer in Saint Petersburg, Florida"]If you're not working a bona fide job - your UNEMPLOYED. Geez. Lying on an employment application is grounds for ...