Month: July 2012
Ten Hints to Writing a Great Cover Letter
Ten Hints For Writing A Great Cover Letter From time to time, it becomes necessary for you to pull out your legal pad or notebook and sharpen up your rusty pencil to produce a much needed cover letter. Sometimes, it helps to write it out in long hand and then transfer...
Discussion 2: Resume and profile
Discussion 2: This week we need to discuss your resume and profile. This important to us and you because this is how selections are made. In talking to many of you, lots of resumes are being sent out with out much success. This may be due to your resume not giving the...
So Much Talent
SO MUCH TALENT..... There is this belief that everyone who steps foot inside of a workforce center has a problem. And I don't mean the problem of finding a job. I mean the social stigma of receiving a social service of any kind. Though there is no shame in...
Who’s in Charge of You?
WHO'S IN CHARGE OF YOU? We have many ways of being ourselves. We can be outgoing or we can be quiet and shy. These are two of the many different ways we can behave. We try to act the "right" way in every situation, but sometimes we get stuck with...
Going Out And About Town
Getting Out and About Town! It's a small world after all, at least that's what Disney tells us, but when you live in a small town, or you just moved to somewhere new, the world gets even tinier! You're looking to meet people, go out, try new things, but you can't find...
Navigating Your Contract
Navigating Your Contract Let me first start off by stating that this is not a legal service that will send you blissfully to the isles of Hawaii with all of the money you just made off with. Let me also say that this is not an advocation service... there's a...
Be Successful At Work
BE SUCCESSFUL AT WORK MAKING WORK "WORK" Many people are raised to think of work as a four-letter word --- literally, a curse we are burdened by and forced to do. However, there are a lot of different ways you can take on the "world of work."...
The Big Think Tank
What is the Resume Format for You?
WHAT IS THE RESUME FORMAT FOR YOU? A personal marketing package is a personʼs first introduction to a prospective employer. Therefore, it must make a great presentation. It should be accurate, neat, attractive, error-free and as professional as one wants to be...