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Why Hire a Professional Resume Writer
by Barbara Adams, Military Transition Expert – Federal Employment Strategist, Executive Coach Military personnel can offer a great deal of experience and dedication to the private sector employers. You undoubtedly realize as a highly-respected person serving in the military, "you have worn many hats," and yet the summation of your capabilities and talents is often inadequately regarded if it is described using military jargon. Most civilian employers do not understand military protocol, and quite frankly, they are not required to because they are not interviewing you for a position in the ranks of uniformed service. Only 1% of the US population are military members and you have a 1 in 2B chance of the person at the hiring agency understanding what you have to offer as a veteran. CareerPro Global’s professional writing team goes through months of extensive writers training and acquires certifications prior to beginning work. 75% of our writing staff is folks with prior military experience. First we hire only highly skilled writers and teach them a very specialized process and provide the tools and support to ensure they are prepared to assist you in this very important journey. Professional resume writers are experienced in organizing, assimilating and interpreting your military career and marketing you effectively. Accomplished and experienced military to civilian resume writers can strategize your qualifications and experience and demilitarize your career, projecting your experiences into a highly effective resume presentation. Even well-qualified, dedicated, and capable candidates such as yourself has to plan strategies and care enough about the first impression you make with a potential civilian employer to show the hiring authorities your "best side." It's a known fact if your resume is going to get the attention it deserves, "make your first impression your best impression." In today's military, you have traveled across many miles and continents, serving in different campaigns, personnel issues, logistics, training; projects, security, as well as managed materiel, equipment and inventory just to name a few, and many have fought bravely in life-threatening war. How do you explain this to a civilian? How could they ever imagine some of the situations you have participated in and successfully accomplished? They cannot. Or your information is classified and a professional writer can weave your experience into the content of your resume. The first step for the transitioning applicant is to understand his or her talents, skills, and abilities and how those attributes relate to business and industry. Military personnel develop traits and skill sets beneficial to private enterprises because they are held to the highest standards of performance and operations. Recruiting professionals statistically have agreed military personnel make excellent leaders, once given a specific task: they are decisive, resourceful, disciplined and devoted team players; performing exceptionally well under pressure. There are many reasons why recruiters or hiring managers overlook well-qualified military applicants. First, they may not be able to understand matched skills from a front-loaded military resume prepared in military-speak. Second, the language and "buzz words" do not equate to their customary civilian terminology. If forced to decipher too much technical information or military jargon, he or she may be unable to see the value of the candidate. Speaking of value, this is the most important factor that you need to show a potential employer. What is the value you bring to our organization? When speaking to most military and I ask for a few accomplishments their response has been “I just did my job.” Being humble is such an inspiring trait, however when it comes to competing for a job, there is no room to be humble. As a former member of the military, no matter the length of time serve, you have much to offer and Are the most loyal, well-trained, disciplined, and goal-oriented individuals any employer could hope to recruit. One of the most important decisions you can make to aid in your transition from the military is to hire an expert who can market and emphasize your value expertly in this competitive employment economy we face today. Many of our clients have stated that “hiring the right professional was the best decision they ever made.” Why you might ask? Because they received job offers immediately and at a higher pay scale than they ever imagined. Allow CareerPro Global to assist you in your military transition to the private sector or federal government. Our career advisors are standing-by at www.careerproplus.com / 800-471-9201 to assist you in your next career. The initial consultation is free so take advantage of the most trusted and trained folks to assist you in this most important transition.
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US job openings rise, outnumber the unemployed by 1 millionBy Christopher Rugaber - The Associated Press - Reprinted with Permission - ©2019 All rights reserved WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers posted nearly 7.6 million open jobs in January, near a record high set in November, evidence that businesses are still hungry for workers despite signs the economy has slowed. The Labor Department said Friday that hiring also rose and the number of people quitting their jobs picked up. Quits are a sign of a healthy economy, because people typically leave a job for another, usually higher-paying, one. The tally of available jobs now outnumbers the unemployed by roughly 1 million. Openings began to outpace the unemployed last spring, for the first time in the 18 years the data has been tracked. “The question now is, will workers be increasingly tempted to switch to new jobs or will their current employers raise wages to keep them?” said Nick Bunker, an economist at job listings website Indeed. The strong job market is already pushing up wages more quickly, with hourly wages rising in February at the fastest pace in nine years. The report, known as the Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey, or JOLTS, also showed that layoffs declined, a reassuring sign that employers weren’t spooked by the government shutdown, which ended Jan. 25, or the sharp drop in the stock market in December. Nearly 3.5 million people quit their jobs in January, up 2.9 percent from the previous month. That could force employers to pay more to prevent their workers from quitting. “The high quit rate is the major source of upward wage pressure, because high turnover costs are a strong motivator for employers to raise wages to retain their top talent,” said Julia Pollak, labor economist at ZipRecruiter. The economy grew at a healthy clip last year of 2.9 percent, the fastest pace in four years. But trade tensions with China, slowing global growth and signs of caution among consumers have weighed on the economy early this year. Many economists forecast growth could fall below 1 percent in the first quarter. The JOLTS report suggests the job market remains strong and bolsters most analysts’ expectations that steady hiring and rising wages will support faster growth later this year. Openings have fallen slightly to 7.58 million since the record high of 7.63 million in November. The data was sharply revised this month to show that there were more open jobs late last year. Before the revisions, the record had been 7.3 million openings in January.
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Smart Bragging Wins Your Next Job© Copyright, 2019, Susan P. Joyce. | Work Coach Cafe | All rights reserved. Smart bragging is a requirement for job search success today. Unfortunately, many of us are not comfortable bragging about our accomplishments. We have been taught that bragging is not polite or smart. Boasting about our accomplishments makes us look needy, clueless, insecure or otherwise inadequate, missing the important personality trait known as modesty. When we point out our accomplishments, we are demonstrating “bad manners.” Bad manners? Really? Perhaps in a conversation, but maybe not then either, if that conversation is a job interview… Empty Claims Are UselessMind-reading is really NOT a widely-held expertise, although this seems to be an assumption many people hold, if their LinkedIn Profiles are an example. Particularly when recruiters are in a hurry (always!), they don’t have time to read your LinkedIn Profile to determine what you mean when you describe yourself vaguely. While these terms are popular, they are empty claims without descriptions of the accomplishments behind these phrases:
Simply adding the adjective “proven” in front of each of those terms does not, in fact, prove anything without the facts to back them up. So, prove your claims of a “track record of success” or “expert in project management” (or whatever) by providing your related accomplishments. 5 Reasons Making Your Accomplishments Visible Is SmartSo, time to get over being modest. Regardless of age or career stage, documenting your accomplishments online and in job interviews achieves the following:
So, sharing your accomplishments in social media is a necessity now. The people who might hire you will have no other way to learn about them. And, no one will have the time or inclination to divine your accomplishments from a list of generalizations in your resume and LinkedIn Profile. Your Accomplishments Build Your “Social Proof” OnlineMaking your accomplishments visible online, where Google can find and index them, is essential today. This is known as “social proof” and having visible and find-able social proof is often the difference between receiving an interview invitation and having no response to a job application. With an average of 250 applicants for every job posted online, competition for jobs is high. As a result, recruiters have turned to Google, LinkedIn, and other social media to “screen” applicants (for their job postings) and to find qualified candidates (rather than posting jobs). As a result, online visibility is a requirement for your job search and career today. According to a recent CareerBuilder.com survey, 60% of employers search for information about job applicants. And, although information is often found that disqualifies candidates, they are seeking information that supports the candidate — that demonstrates that the candidate is qualified for the job — rather than eliminates the candidate. A recent Society of Human Resource Management survey showed that 82% of recruiters leverage social media to find job candidates. When you have made your accomplishments clear and visible online, you are likely to be approached by a recruiter. Your next job may find you! Your Accomplishments Make Your Job Interviews More SuccessfulIn a job interview, follow up on these terms with your “stories” demonstrating that you actually have the skills you are claiming. Make the stories short — less than 2 or 3 minutes — but clearly connecting the dots between your claim and your accomplishment describing why you can make that claim. Be sure that the accomplishments you describe in your job interview align with the accomplishments you have included in your LinkedIn Profile and other online visibility. Confidential information from a current or previous employer must be protected, but that doesn’t mean that important, relevant information cannot be shared. Simply refrain from sharing any “trade secrets” of another employer. Such sharing doesn’t make you look trustworthy, and it could get you into trouble with that previous employer. Bottom LineToday, with hundreds of millions of online profiles visible on LinkedIn and over a billion visible on Facebook, we need to make our accomplishments clear. When everyone is in a hurry, thoughtful “bragging” about accomplishments is a very important thing to do, particularly on LinkedIn where recruiters and employers are searching (relentlessly!) for qualified job candidates. More About Successful Job Search TacticsThe New Process for Landing a Job 9 Steps to a Shorter Job Search Why Job Hunting Is SO Hard and How to Make It Easier ©Copyright, 2019, Susan P. Joyce. All rights reserved. About
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Learn How To Tell Your Career StoryBy Hannah Morgan Career Sherpa - Reprinted with permission - It isn’t enough to have a slick resume. You must be able to tell you career story in meaningful terms. But, this isn’t easy. We’ve been hardwired to believe that a resume is THE tool to use to get a job. But, every study out there today points to employee referrals as the best source for finding jobs. A resume doesn’t open many doors. Talking to people opens doors. Networking simply means showing genuine interest and learning about someone. This is how all relationships (personal and professional) begin! At some point, you’ll be asked about yourself and what you do. Will your career story be ready? Don’t Let Someone Else Tell Your Career StoryYour story is already online…somewhere. But is that the best version of your story? Do yourself a favor, right now, go search your name and see what appears on the first page of search results. THIS is what a potential employer will see. This is your new resume. According to CareerBuilder 2018 survey 70% of employers research you on social media and 60% research candidates using search engines at some point during the recruiting process. And what if they don’t find anything? 47% of hiring managers said they were less likely to interview a candidate they couldn’t find online, so deleting your social profiles isn’t a good idea either. And Jobvite 2016 Recruiter Nation study reported that 92% of recruiters are using social media. Gain control and be proactive about your online visibilityBut how? Simple. Build a personal website and be purposeful on social networks. LinkedIn is the obvious choice but don’t overlook Facebook. Prepare Your Facebook Profile for Job Search. Your Personal Website Is An Online PortfolioCreating a website and owning your name as a domain makes a smart career strategy. It ensures that you will always control, to some degree, the top search results for your name and the content that appears on your pages. Personal branding and search engine optimization (SEO) at their finest! Visual Content Is More EngagingOur brains process pictures and images faster than text, 60,000 times faster according to some data. The added bonuses of adding visuals are that pictures engage readers and emotionally connect readers to the content! How To Use VisualsYou can use visuals on your personal website, within your LinkedIn profile and in status updates! You can even create a presentation promoting you which you can embed in LinkedIn. What About Infographic Resumes?You bet infographic resumes are valuable tools to network with and WOW an interviewer. Just don’t try to put them into an ATS. You don’t need to have graphic design skills to build an infographic resume templates. Order your copy and get step by step instructions and beautiful, inspiring ideas.
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