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When the job market is this tough and getting tougher by the day, you need to step up to the plate in order to compete. Think about it: for every job that is available out there, there are hundreds of applicants vying for it. Imagine just 10% of that figure as the ones who are truly qualified, that should leave you with a couple of hundred rivals for the same job. Scary, isn?t it? Why you need a strategy In order for you to get hired, you need to get noticed, something...

I?ll admit it; I?m new to the design field. I have read articles to get an idea of what clients may want. And I have read other articles on what other designers say we should give clients. I agree with some of the things and the rest is just mind boggling. So in this article I will address the things I agree with so you have an idea of the kind of designer I want to be for my clients.

Traditionally, the steady flow of engineering graduates has meant there was not been much demand for chemical or other engineering specialists. With graduates now focusing on other areas of study, the market is now opening up once again, with careers available in the automotive, pharmaceutical and manufacturing industries, amongst others.

Fax cover letters may seem non-existent in the trend of job hunting today, but it is actually a contingency and an alternative to snail mail and email. If you want the speedy quality of emailing and the hard copy feature of snail mails, fax cover letters are definitely the way to go. Few people prefer the faxing of cover letters. But some companies explicitly state the use of fax in sending cover letters. This, for them, is an efficient and quick way to get applicant informat...

You may have lost your job recently. When you woke up the next morning, you realized that for the first time perhaps in years you have a completely open schedule. You had been working under a lot of pressure, but now you have received this setback to your career and to your ego. Isn't this time for a vacation?

Graduates will be facing an inevitable debate about what professional careers to pursue. With many alternatives, ranging from customer service through non-profit organisations to personal banking, the graduate has a wide range of choice.

Ever been fired and it was a complete surprise? If you have, it shouldn?t have been. You missed the cues. Whether you created it or the company decided it, you lost control of your career. Frequently those two are intertwined, and if you don?t dissect the experience, you may recreate it. A Gallup poll found that 77% of Americans hate their jobs. To me, that?s not a surprising discovery because most people, before they begin their job hunt, don?t do the examination t...

Outsourcing is an added advantage of service sector that is implemented in various sectors like human resource, marketing, business, transcription, writing and editing, medical and various data entry services.

Civil Engineering is a competitive field for graduates, but there are a number of alternatives careers paths available, such as hydraulic, structural or transportation engineering. Graduates must be able to display their education experience, intelligence and enthusiasm if they wish to compete effectively in the market.

Sending a thank you letter is as important as interview preparation. But they?re tough to write, so people either tell themselves that not sending one doesn?t matter, or they procrastinate until it?s too late and almost pointless anyway. But anyone who tells themselves that foregoing a fundamental rule of etiquette doesn?t matter, not only taints themselves in the mind of the interviewer, but misses two additional opportunities to sell. A thank you letter is an additio...