Three Weekly Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy Job Hunting Tips – August 17, 2015

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Here are three simple job hunting tips for you to begin your week!

1. Should you really reply to that blind advertisement for a job, where it doesn't specify the company posting the position? Think long and hard - you may be applying to your own company; be sure you'd be okay with them seeing that you are applying to jobs.
2. If you need to have a cigarette before that interview, try to plan ahead. Do so with enough time in advance of your interview so that you don't bring the smell of the tobacco in with you. Lighting up in your closed car just before an interview means you'll smell like a pack of Lucky Strikes when you meet with the recruiter.
3. Use a cover letter when sending a resume for a job. Yes, it still matters.

Scott Singer is the President and Founder of Insider Career Strategies Resume Writing & Career Coaching, a firm dedicated to guiding job seekers and companies through the job search and hiring process. He is a Human Resources professional and staffing expert with almost two decades of in-house corporate HR and staffing firm experience, and is a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) and Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC).

Insider Career Strategies provides resume writing, LinkedIn profile development, and career coaching services, including a free resume review. You can email Scott Singer at scott.singer@insidercs.com, or via the website, www.insidercs.com.

Job Hunting Zen Thought of the Week – August 14, 2015

Here is your Job Hunting Zen Thought of the Week!

Job interviews are stressful. You're being poked, prodded, asked questions about whoozit - not fun. It sometimes feels like you're being examined under a microscope.

Try to remind yourself you have more power in an interview than you think. You have the ability to:

• Walk away if anything about the job interview feels wrong.
• Make or break this manager's career if he/she decides to hire you (yes, interviewers are considering that).
• Make the interviewer look smart as heck for choosing to interview you.
• Negotiate your salary.

Not everything about job hunting is under the company's control. You hold a great deal of control, as well.

Scott Singer is the President and Founder of Insider Career Strategies Resume Writing & Career Coaching, a firm dedicated to guiding job seekers and companies through the job search and hiring process. He is a Human Resources professional and staffing expert with almost two decades of in-house corporate HR and staffing firm experience, and is a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) and Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC).

Insider Career Strategies provides resume writing, LinkedIn profile development, and career coaching services, including a free resume review. You can email Scott Singer at scott.singer@insidercs.com, or via the website, www.insidercs.com.

Three Weekly Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy Job Hunting Tips – August 10, 2015

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Here are three simple job hunting tips for you to begin your week!

1. Your LinkedIn profile should NOT be your resume. Your profile should have some information from your resume, but it's more of an invitation to ask for the real deal. Put in enough information to round out your profile, but don't make it too dense to read.
2. While we're on the topic of LinkedIn, make sure your profile picture is appropriate. Pix of kittens are probably better for Facebook and Twitter. For my take on this, please see my prior column: https://nochargeforthese.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/what-does-your-linkedin-profile-picture-say-about-you/
3. Take a lesson from the Boy Scouts when it comes to your interview - be prepared! Bring whatever you think you may need to survive the interview day. Tissues, water, bandages, a banana - whatever. Have your survival kit ready - a break in the day may not be in the cards.

Scott Singer is the President and Founder of Insider Career Strategies Resume Writing & Career Coaching, a firm dedicated to guiding job seekers and companies through the job search and hiring process. He is a Human Resources professional and staffing expert with almost two decades of in-house corporate HR and staffing firm experience, and is a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) and Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC).

Insider Career Strategies provides resume writing, LinkedIn profile development, and career coaching services, including a free resume review. You can email Scott Singer at scott.singer@insidercs.com, or via the website, www.insidercs.com.