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Cosmopolitan Surveys 500 HR Executives to Discover the New Rules for Landing a Job in a Tough Economy —
Cosmopolitan magazine, the best-selling young women’s magazine, and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the world’s largest human resource management organization, have teamed up on a new survey about what it takes to land a job in today’s challenging environment. For the study, Cosmopolitan anonymously polled 500 SHRM members to discover what makes or breaks a job applicant’s chances…
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Using the services of a Career Coach can be useful however that doesn’t come cheap. Career Coach is an expert in the field of career guidance and selection, resume and cover letter writing, job interviews, career change issues among others.
Though one may have good experience about ones job functions it is often not so when it comes to career matters as such. The selection of a career before or after completing education or a change in career after working in a particular field for a while require Career Coaching and discussion with family members, friends and peers.
The aspect of resume and cover letter writing can be well addressed by a Career Coach. They will evaluate your skills and experience and craft a resume and cover letter accordingly. Though the resume and cover letter are documents of few pages they require perfect presentation of your personality and skills to enable a job interview. The aspect of job interviews also require a thorough preparation on the part of the candidate. Hence, the services of a Career Coach can be useful in this regard.
Sometimes candidates may out of choice or circumstances require a career change. For example, someone working in the field of aviation willing to change to the field of retail industry. Since the past job experience of the candidate is not exactly relevant to the new job being applied for in the retail industry it becomes crucial on which skills to highlight in the resume and cover letter to get a job in the new career field. The expertise of a Career Coach can resolve this issue.
Hence, it may be concluded that the services of a Career Coach are useful for job seekers. However, it is up to the candidate to use such services. Some candidates prefer parental advise while some would prefer to acquire the knowledge by reading books and magazines on career topics.
According to a report published in the Northwest Herald, the McHenry County College Career Services Department is offering two career workshops in September and October 2009.
1. Resume and Cover Letter Writing.
2. Job Search Strategy and Personal Marketing.
The resume writing and job search workshops will be presented by Frank Lanko, coordinator of Career Services. For more information, contact the MCC Career Services Department at (815) 455-8576.
If you happen to be around Crystal Lake, Illinois, USA do attend these workshops at the College.