How Recruiters See Your Resume Top 10 Job Search Tips Is your job search off to a slow start or getting stuck? Here are some quick time-saving job search tips that will help your hunt for a new job go smoothly. Be Prepared. Have a voice mail system in place and sign-up for a professional sounding email address. Be More Than Prepared. Don't Wait. Get Help. Create Your Own Templates. Review Samples. Use Job Search Engines. Jobs by Email. Time Savers. References Ready. Use Your Network. Get Social. This tip isn't a time saver, but, it will broaden your online job search resources. Don't Stop. Related Articles: 15 Things You Should Know About Job Searching | Top 10 Job Search Secrets
How to hack the recruitment process to find the best developers for your startup or agency Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jason Cartwright, the founder of Potato, a 65-person Web development agency headquartered in London. He’s previously worked for a variety of startups, as well as larger organisations such as Volvo, the BBC, and Google. Hiring developers for your tech company undoubtedly involves making some of the most important decisions you’ll reach for your organisation. The right developer on the other hand can start you off on the correct footing, pivot any incorrect tech choices, network to pull in more skilled coders and motivate them to do their best work. One of the most common causes of death among startups is people. Recruitment consultants – just say no To begin with we didn’t have the money to pay recruiters, and it turns out we don’t need or want them anyway and nor should you. Like most agency business models, these guys exploit the inefficiency in a two-sided market. Here are some dubious practices we’ve encountered. RC: “Yeah, about Web development”
30 Amazingly Creative Examples of Designer Resumes It’s extremely hard to find a job these days! The market is slow, the economy is bad, and the competition is fierce. To get a job you will have to stand out of the crowd. The following resumes go against everything my business teacher taught me. She taught us to never place a picture of yourself, use clip art, use icons, graphics, or make it colorful. Basically keep it as dull and ugly as you can. Please keep in mind that if you apply to companies that have nothing to do with the design field, they wont appreciate your artfulness. However, I think if you are in the design field you need to show off your creativity. Resume is a French word that means summing up. The “DO’s” of a Resume: Write it YourselfBrief, Concise, Action-OrientedRewrite/ReviseAccurate (Not Puffed Up)Emphasize StrengthsDeemphasize WeaknessesHave your resume professionally edited “Dont’s” of a Resume: Essential Components Of A Resume: Optional components of a Resume: Important Resume elements: