Job Hunter Newsletter
The Very Best Way To Create Your Resume
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IN THIS ISSUE:
- Job Search Minute Video - "The First Steps in your Job Search"
- Job Search Tip of the Week - "The Very Best Way To Create Your Resume"
- Education Center - "Hot Industries: Business"
- Help Spread The Word!
- Job Search Links
- Free Job Search Book
Job Search Video
"The First Steps in your Job Search"
Everybody knows that the best place to start is at the beginning, but how should you begin your job search. The first thing you need is an objective, or a goal. Without a goal, how can you know what you're working to achieve? If you need help creating a motivating and specific job search objective watch our one-minute-video tip:
www.CollegeGrad.com/job-search-videos/the-first-steps-in-your-job-search.shtml
CollegeGrad.com features more than 60 job tips in one minute video format. Review them all at:
www.CollegeGrad.com/job-search-videos
Job Search Tip of the Week, by Brian Krueger, author of "College Grad Job Hunter," the #1 book for entry level job search:
"The Very Best Way To Create Your Resume"
Most college students utter an audible grunt the first time the "resume reality" hits them: "Uugghhh. I gotta do that resume thing." Do you really need a resume? Yes, you really need a resume. It will not get you the job, but you will not get the job without it. Anyone who tells you that you do not need a resume is out of touch with the entry level job market. Do not depend on it to magically produce the job offer for you, but know that anytime you make a serious job contact (including networking and interviews, both on campus and off), it will be a requirement.
Do not procrastinate on this important activity. Students often tend to wait until a resume is required before developing their resume. Then it is often cranked out with just the basics in hopes that it will free you to go on to the more important steps. But if you properly understand the purpose of the resume and where it fits into the entry level hiring process, you will see that it requires a great deal more thought and preparation than just "cranking it out."
Your resume is a professional reflection of you as the potential product: professional resume, professional product; poor resume, poor product. Take the time to develop your resume as the very best reflection of you.
From the perspective of the hiring company, your resume is your initial marketing brochure. Nothing more and nothing less. Once you view the resume from a marketing perspective, you are on your way toward developing one that is more effective. It cannot "make the sale" any more than a marketing brochure can sell you a car—there still has to be a look under the hood, a chance to kick the tires and the test drive. But if the marketing brochure is effective, you are already sold on the car before you enter the showroom. The same holds true for resumes.
Next newsletter: "The Most Important Feature of Your Resume"
Education Center
"Hot Industries: Business"
It's no secret that some of the highest salaried workers in the United States are in the business world. Business degrees come in many forms, tackling areas of study as diverse as: finance, management, marketing, human resources, and more. Because these specialties benefit all industries, a business degree offers tremendous opportunity and flexibility.
While associate and bachelor's degrees in business are common, those who strive to make it to the higher echelons of business typically earn Masters of Business Administration (MBAs). An MBA can not only be your ticket into a variety of careers within business, but to higher earning and advancement potential, too. According to PayScale, the average US salaries for MBA holders varies from about $60 thousand to more than $120 thousand a year, depending on the position, but higher management can earn substantially more.
Browse Top MBA Programs:
www.CollegeGrad.com/schools/mba.shtml
- Help Spread The Word!
Do you know of someone who can benefit from the information in this newsletter? Simply forward this e-mail to them and tell them to subscribe at http://www.CollegeGrad.com/newsletter. Thanks for spreading the good word!
Job Search Links:
- Searching job postings
- Post your resume
- Creating your resume
- Quickstart resume templates
- Creating your cover letter
- Career information/exploration
- Employer research
- Top Entry Level Employers
- Interviewing techniques
- Salary info--how much are you worth?
- Job offer negotiation
- Job Search Book Online
There are at least two other entry level Web sites that offer books on job searching, proclaming that they will tell you everything you need to know about entry level job search.
However, there is a very important point about these books they don't mention up front: they cost money.
At CollegeGrad.com, we give you two things they don't:
- The #1 entry level job search book ("College Grad Job Hunter").
- It's free.
It's that simple. So don't buy the hype. Read the real information you need for FREE:
http://www.CollegeGrad.com/book
Don't ever pay for books or reports or resources of lower quality when you can access the very best quality information for free.
P.S. Yes, you can buy "College Grad Job Hunter" in hardcopy format as well at Amazon.com for $15 (actually, 30% off that price), but the online version is better. Why? Because the version at Amazon.com is being continually updated at CollegeGrad.com. So the most current version of the book is actually the online, free version.
Disclaimer: please note that all of the links were active as of the newsletter publication, but some may become inactive over time.
