The job seeking process is complex. It requires knowing exactly what you want and involves a number of stages to undertake. To get an answer and obtain a job of your choice you need to put the right questions first. What are top ten common mistakes made during an interview? When is a ‘thank you letter’ important? Is it possible working from home? Our writers provide you with gorgeous features giving you ideas and tips on how to succeed in your career. Stay with us at Grandresume.com to view and download some of good paper examples.

Do you think you are the only one suffering in this economic climate? Think about the days of a hiring manager these days.

According to some them, they may announce a vacancy in the morning and receive a batch of resumes they hardly can carry by noon. How about reading all of them?

Proper keywords may pave your way to the top

The really is that most hiring managers do not read all resumes. At least in big companies. More and more often these days they use resume-scanning software that ‘fishes out’ key words that indicate desired qualifications and thus suitability of applicants.

Financial crisis wiped out 7.9 million jobs in US. But that’s not the worst. Most of the jobs are likely to never come back, experts say.

The government jobs report issued Friday shows that businesses have slowed their pace of hiring to a relative trickle says recent CNN report.

“The job losses during the Great Recession were so off the chart, that even though we’ve gained about 600,000 private sector jobs back, we’ve got nearly 8 million jobs to go,” said Lakshman Achuthan, managing director of Economic Cycle Research Institute.

At GrandResume.com we receive hundreds of resumes from our clients every week. Sometimes we receive resumes from people who want to work for us – but that’s another story. We have gathered feedback from our writers to understand what are the most typical mistakes that people do on their resumes. Here they are. Read the rest of this entry »

Many job applicants mistakenly believe that resume is all they need when looking for jobs. Career coaches, however, warn that having a perfect resume is only half of what needs to be done to make hiring managers call you for an interview.

Many applicants overlook the importance of cover letter which is just as significant as the resume. HR professionals say that a well-written cover letter help to make a great first impression which is an important job towards a coveted interview. Read the rest of this entry »

After graduating from college Jon Brock he planned on working in marketing. When I was a freshman, six or seven internships or job opportunities from alumni came through e-mail a day. That year more than 90 percent of graduating seniors found full-time employment,” said Brock.

In 2009, alumni-generated postings, along with most of the job market, dried up. Now, only 10 percent of Brock’s class graduate with full-time employment.
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Using LinkedIn or Facebook to find a job is an old school. Google these days is a way to go. Take a look at Alec Brownstein, a copywriter by trade, who exploited people’s urge to know what is being said about them online and got the job of his dreams.

Brownstein had a good job but wanted a more creative one. He came up with the list of ad agencies and creative directors he wanted to work for. He wrote a very short ad and paid for it to appear alongside search results anytime someone Googled those names.

According to today’s report in CNN, the U.S. trucking industry will need to hire about 200,000 drivers by the end of this year, and will need to add another 200,000 by the end of 2011.

The report cites the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and cites retirements, tougher safety regulations as primary factors behind truck driver shortage. The report also says, the industry will have to rely on the drivers who were laid-off during the recession. Read the rest of this entry »

Imagine yourself being happily employed but family matters forcing you to relocate and look for a new job. How to pull off a secret job search without anyone at your current office knowing about it?

Tip #1: be careful on social networks

Stay away from LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. And don’t send out your resume left and right. Your resume can easily end up in the hands of your current boss because some of your well-wishing network contacts were not aware of your secret job search. So, activate your network contacts — carefully and individually — on the phone.

Transitioning to a full-time job after free-lance and contract work is not easy. Career free-lancers are always looked at as a flight risk or as loners who are not able to work in teams.

According to Wall Street Journal columnist Dennis Nishi many HR managers find it hard to decipher the résumés of longtime independent consultants and contractors since they often don’t fit into traditional résumé style of company, title, years worked and responsibilities.

Here are few tips for those transitioning from free-lance jobs and independent consulting to a full-time job.

Any number of occurrences could be keeping you out of interview rooms. These six are among the most common.

1. You fail to tailor a cover letter that addresses the specific requirements of the position as described in an ad. You note duties and responsibilities while ignoring accomplishments. (Step back and review why you made a difference at former places of employment.)

2. You neglect to use contacts who can make a direct introduction. Employers give greater consideration to candidates who are referred by employees, friends and acquaintances. (Referrals move you from stranger to insider — or at least not-so-strange status.)