Tuesday, April 21, 2020
AaAaa Resume Writing Service - How Can They Help You?
AaAaa Resume Writing Service - How Can They Help You?Getting a great aaa resume writing service is very important, but you need to make sure that you use the right one. These days, the only way to tell if a company is just after your credit card number is the fact that they charge you for a resume as well as for cover letters.So when you call a professional career counselor, they're going to ask you questions about your career goals, and perhaps get some job references from you. If they contact you by email or telephone, then you will be given the opportunity to view their resume first before you discuss a possible job interview. But even with all this information, you still have to ask yourself if the resume looks professional enough.In my opinion, the major resume components are the cover letter and the resume. They both have to be professional and present yourself in the best light possible. The resume must match the job advertisement and should explain why you would be a good fit for the position. Remember, it's not the degree that matters; it's how you present yourself and why you should be hired.Nowadays, the 'dot com' resume is acceptable. The degree and professional experience from your old school are the 'traditional' resume components. Nowadays, the dot com resume contains everything you will find on a standard resume, but minus the header. It does not really matter what part of the world you're from as long as it includes your name and job title, and gives the employer a picture of you as an individual.The aaa service must have a resume template that you can download and customize to suit your style and personality. An Internet search will turn up many companies who offer such services.They're not like ads for old companies, asthey can actually help with future employment prospects, because they cover more of the job description than just your job requirements. These services usually include information on other responsibilities, such as leadership a bilities and team building experience.There are plenty of companies out there offering these services. You just have to look for the right one to provide the personal touch to your resume and get the job you deserve.
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Will I Get Fired
Will I Get Fired Q: What should I say to an employee who keeps asking if she is going to get fired every time she makes a mistake? One of the people I manage is about one year into the position and is doing okay most of the time. She does make mistakes and has trouble remembering or picking up certain concepts. I am really hoping she will improve as she gains more experience. She has one habit I find odd. Whenever she makes a mistake or forgets something, she asks, âWill I be fired?â I donât want to be constantly reassuring her that she is not going to be fired, but at the same time if I donât see growth and improvement, then I would have to think about it. I donât want to give her a false sense of security that nothing will happen to her regardless of performance, but I donât want her constantly worrying about messing up. And as a supplemental note, she was fired from her previous job. I knew this but felt she had enough potential to develop in a different role. A: Itâs not unusual for people to worry about getting fired when theyâre making mistakes, especially if theyâve been fired in the past. But rather than continually asking about whether sheâs going to be fired, sheâd do better to ask you for overall feedback and how you feel things are going in general. What you can do on your side is to address that proactively, as well as to explain how you handle firings so that she understands she wonât be blindsided by it (assuming that thatâs true, which hopefully it is). Close Modal DialogThis is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. Iâd sit down with her and say this: âYouâve asked me that a number of times, so I assume youâre worried that you might be blindsided by it. Let me tell you about how I handle performance issues and what happens long before someone is fired, so that youâre really clear on what that looks like. We do sometimes have to let someone go when theyâre not performing in the way that we need, but when that happens, itâs not a surprise because we have conversations about it before it gets to that point. That means that if your job is in jeopardy, I will tell you that clearly and will tell you what I need to see from you in order to fix things, and weâd establish a clear timeline for working on the issues. Thatâs not where you are. Youâre doing well overall. Iâd like to see you make fewer mistakes on X and Y and work on your understanding of W and Z. That doesnât mean never making a mistake; we all make mistakes from time to time. But Iâd like to see you steadily improving your mastery of those areas, and Iâm confident that youâll be able to. If that changes in the future and I start having real concerns about your future with us, please know that Iâll talk to you about it directly, so you donât need to wonder.â Of course, this needs to be true â" but thatâs the way you should be managing anyway, and it makes sense to make sure that your staff understands that. Q: Are man buns appropriate for the office? It seems in recent times to be growing more popular for men to grow their hair out and wear it in a bun. Today I saw this for the first time in the professional world, on a government intern. I was a little surprised to see it, but on reflection I donât think he looked unpolished, and anyway, if women can wear buns professionally, why shouldnât men be able to? But I know there are offices that donât even like beards on men or pixie cuts on women, let alone man buns, so I was curious to know what you and the readers think. I also suspect this may just be a trend that blows over within the next year or two. A: I think itâs awesome, but Iâm biased because I like long hair on men. But Iâm a proponent of anything that evens out standards of professionalism between men and women â" whether itâs pants on women (which was shocking at one point) or buns on men. These questions are adapted from ones that originally appeared on Ask a Manager. Some have been edited for length. More From Ask a Manager: How can I stop being afraid every time my manager wants to talk to me? Looking professional after working out at lunch My coworker wants all of his calls screened for him
Saturday, April 11, 2020
How To Tell Accomplishment Stories Effectively - Work It Daily
How To Tell Accomplishment Stories Effectively - Work It Daily Youâve organized the information you want to use for your resume. Youâve followed some good advice youâve seen on identifying âaccomplishments,â not just what tasks you performed or the skills you have. But now come the most important next steps: translating these accomplishments into effective âstoriesâ for both your resume and your interviews. Stories? Absolutely! Related: Can Listing 'Awards' On Your Resume Portray Arrogance? Stories have three compelling components that make them a powerful part of your career search strategy: Stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Stories include emotion: excitement, suspense, humor, or strategy. Stories spark interest in the reader to know more. Now comes the toughest part â" both your resume and interview need to contain short stories â" only short stories. And this is where lack of preparation â" and perhaps a natural tendency â" creates the biggest mistake. Many job seekers are OK with the idea of telling stories, but they start the stories with the equivalent of âOnce upon a timeâ¦â and drag on until the reader or interviewer figuratively (if not literally) falls asleep. On resumes, this is represented by a âjust the factsâ boring description of job duties. At the same time, other job seekers are uncomfortable trying to tell stories, so the answers to interview questions are too short and they struggle making even known accomplishments interesting on their resumes. A big factor Iâve noticed is simply stated, if not simply solved. High school or college graduates frequently tell me that they âhavenât accomplished anything yet.â Individuals with years of work history tell me that they âjust did their jobs.â Weâre easily misled by novels, television shows, and movies â" where it takes 100âs of pages, multiple episodes, or two hours to get to the solution or the end of the story. For your resume and interview preparation, youâre better off looking at some examples from news media, either print or online. There youâll find the importance of headlines. Youâll also find that almost all news articles are written in an âinverted pyramidâ style â" where the most important information comes first and all the details trail off to the end of the article. Your accomplishments in a resume should be no more than the first paragraph of a well-written news story â" and the first 2-3 paragraphs are your answer for an interview. Resume Stories You should create 3-4 stories for your current and most recent positions. Each story should be no more than 3-4 lines â" thatâs about a 20-30 second story. There are some different formats suggested by experienced recruiters. I find the âChallenge-Action-Resultâ format to be one of the best. What was the âchallengeâ you faced? What did you âdoâ to meet the challenge? And what was the result? Hereâs an example from a âConstruction Manager:â Organized and executed out of state deployments with only 2-3 days to prepare, successfully overcoming obstacles and issues to ensure crews arrived punctually and ready to complete the task at hand. âExecuted, overcoming obstacles, ensureâ are strong words. â2-3 days, arrived punctuallyâ are specific results. Whatâs important about this statement is that, as a hiring manager, this statement sparks my desire to know more about how the candidate âovercame obstacles.â I want to know more about the story. The same is true for this example: Designed and presented an employee âonboardingâ program at the request of department managers. Involved representatives from each department in presenting department visits as part of the program. Produced video on company history for program. Presented program bi-weekly for one year while training department managers to take over presentation. Interview Stories Much is the same for your interview preparation â" but thereâs one big difference. Your interview stories cannot be 20-30 second responses. Thatâs too short. So for interviews, you need the âGoldilocksâ solution. Stories that are too short will lead the interviewer to believe thereâs not much substance to your responses â" or at least youâre not prepared. But if you give a wandering five minute response, your answers are too long. So your need to prepare â" and practice â" interview stories that are âjust right.â Hiring expert Lou Adler has an outstanding format for preparing a âuniversal answerâ to interview questions: the Say-A-Few-Words 2-Minute response. The SAFW 2-Minute response should: Have an opening statement Amplify the opening statement Add some examples Wrap it up Letâs look at the last example in the context of an interview â" âtell me about your experience atâ¦â Open: I directed the training for all managers and employees⦠Amplify: One of my most important responsibilities was developing new, highly experiential training programs. Example: I developed a completely new employee orientation program⦠(details) Example: I responded to a request from the owner to improve the effectiveness of managers meetingsâ¦(details) Wrap: The programs I developed were all reviewed positively with excellent participant attendance. With the details added as indicated, it should be easy to see how this answer could be a SAFW 2-Minute response. You should prepare 3-4 of these responses for each of your positions, and if recent, for your education. Prepare and practice! If you develop true stories, youâll spark interest in companies and interviewers â" theyâre your stories. Tell me more! Related Posts How To Create SMART Goals Set And Achieve SMART Goals Promotion Killers: Weak Goals About the author Jim Schreier is a management consultant with a focus on management, leadership, including performance-based hiring and interviewing skills. Visit his website at www.farcliffs.com. Disclosure: This post is sponsored by a CAREEREALISM-approved expert. You can learn more about expert posts here. Photo Credit: Shutterstock Have you joined our career growth club?Join Us Today!
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