We received three top candidates based
on our written job description and wanted to hire all three of them.
She has recorded this great 20 - minute interview
on writing job search letters — cover letters, e-notes, job posting letters, recruiter letters, networking letters, job proposal letters, thank - you letters, and more.
In all cases make sure you follow the Guide
on writing Job related Correspondence which gives a lot of specific tips on writing different types of Cover Letters.
Have a look at job application cover letter article, it offers a lot of insightful tips
on writing job related correspondence.
For more samples and resume guidelines
on writing job - winning resumes and cover letters, visit GrandResume.com
For tips
on writing job applications, check out our How to write a resume and How to write a cover letter pages.
In all cases make sure you follow the Guide
on writing Job related Correspondence which gives a lot of specific tips on writing different type s of Cover Letters.
Not exact matches
TORONTO — When Lise Cartwright grew tired of a string of full - time office
jobs, she turned to the Internet to see if there were any
writing gigs she could try
on the side.
I
wrote a separate article
on the topic of delegation where the simple rule is that if someone can do a
job 70 % as good as you can, you should delegate it because you get 70 % of the output using almost none of your time.
The top CEOs Bryant spoke to «focus
on doing their current
job well, and that earns them promotions,» he
writes.
A former employee gave the company three stars and
wrote on April 28: «Employees are in constant fear of losing their
jobs for saying or doing something that proves to management that they aren't a «culture fit.»»
Not only is it true that «a full 20 percent of CEOs
on Inc. magazine's 500 fastest - growing private companies list indicated that they continued to work a paying
job long after founding their organization,» Raffiee explains in a
write - up of the research, but many of our entrepreneurial icons actually waded into starting up slowly, keeping a corporate
job for quite awhile while they tested the waters.
Writing the
job description and
job specifications will also help you determine whether you need a part - or full - time employee, whether the person should be permanent or temporary, and whether you could use an independent contractor to fill the position (more
on all these options later).
Whether you're a student, a blogger, working
on a cover letter for a new
job, or simply looking to improve your email etiquette, Udemy is currently offering a course entitled «Ninja
Writing: The Four Levels Of Writing Mastery» that could help you engage more with the writing you already do ev
Writing: The Four Levels Of
Writing Mastery» that could help you engage more with the writing you already do ev
Writing Mastery» that could help you engage more with the
writing you already do ev
writing you already do everyday.
Von Finckenstein has only six months left
on the
job and the retrospectives are already being
written.
The only time I've had a
job that did was when I had to do little work so that I had time
on the side to either
write, or start a business, or have fun, or spend time with friends.
While it may not seem like a major concern, making even the smallest of mistakes when composing these
written messages can have a major impact
on our careers since poor
writing skills can give colleagues and customers the impression that we're not really educated or skilled enough to do our
jobs properly.
Even when you know to focus
on the specific things you achieved here — rather than your
job description, goals, or responsibilities — you need to
write in a way that tells your future boss how you'll achieve in another
job entirely — the one you want him or her to consider you for.
Trump continued the belligerent tone
on Wednesday, accusing Amazon.com Inc. of taking away
jobs in towns and cities across the U.S. «Amazon is doing great damage to tax paying retailers,» he
wrote in a Twitter post.
Researchers Christine Exley of Harvard Business School, Muriel Niederle of Stanford University and Lise Vesterlund of the University of Pittsburgh recently did a set of experiments related to female aggression in
on - the -
job negotiations in which, as they
write, «we saw that women hurt themselves financially when they followed a blanket recommendation to always ask for more.»
While the professional restlessness wasn't new for Stewart (in a Medium post she
wrote on the topic of her departure, she referenced a pattern of churning through
jobs every three years), the way she acted
on it was: She quit with no opportunity lined up.
To find out she scoured the web and reached out to a number of founders and CEOs who are also mothers to gather the best advice
on balancing high - stakes
jobs and newborns,
writing up the results in a fascinating Medium post.
«People tend to underestimate the benefit from conserving
on labor and thus worry that imports will destroy
jobs in import - competing industries,» he
writes.
I have a full - time
job that I love, but I
write for Inc.com and a few other places
on the side, so while I have a dedicated home office I'm also all about moving around when I can.
If new hires are not aligned with company values, focus
on writing better
job descriptions that more effectively communicate what the company wants, to attract better candidates.
When you strip down the complicated investment vehicles — now being peddled for pennies
on the dollar — there are people like Jack Hamersma, a boat salesman Packer
wrote about who lost his
job, was diagnosed with cancer and then had his house foreclosed upon.
«Because the NSA logs all printing
jobs on its printers, it can use this to match up precisely who printed the document,» Robert Graham, a security expert,
wrote for the blog Errata Security.
Here's the complete
written instruction manual
on how to prepare a performance - based
job description from scratch.
Years later, when Corcoran was in contention to be one of the judges
on Shark Tank, she had the
job, lost it to another female entrepreneur, and then won it back by
writing a letter to the production team telling them what they would lose out
on if they didn't hire her for the team.
«In some
jobs, immediate responsiveness comes with the territory (just think of fire fighters),» Saunders
wrote on Lifehacker.
As Liz Ryan, founder and CEO of consulting firm The Human Workplace,
writes in a post
on LinkedIn, «How are you ever going to increase your earnings if every time you change
jobs, you get a tiny raise over what they paid you at the last place?»
Let's assume the following: A) You've
written a
job description that is concise, intriguing and honest; B) you're doing this all
on your own, without the help of an HR person; C) you don't have a standardized system of recruiting and vetting; D) you aren't so obsessed with your company culture that you're looking for the exact right combination of personality, pedigree and the answer «honey badger» to the question «If you could be any animal...?»
One of the top mistakes people make
on email is forgetting to
write a subject line, says Amanda Augustine, career expert at professional
job - matching service TheLadders.
Google does a good
job already of targeting ads based
on what people search for,
write about in emails and watch
on YouTube.
We've covered the idea here
on Inc.com before, including
write - ups of research
on how fast robots are replacing
jobs and in which sectors and an investigation into all the incredible things robots are capable of doing these days.
«But the biggest difference I think is that before I could create one general resumé for a client; now, I can
write one very good standard resumé, and then I'll coach them
on the different techniques for how to update that resumé for each individual
job application.»
I did all that while still excelling at my day
job and actively raising three young children,»
writes William Hertling in a slightly maddening (to us mere mortals) if extremely helpful guest post
on VC Brad Feld's blog recently.
«Everyone has ideas, most don't do the work required to get the
job done,» the billionaire tech entrepreneur
wrote this week in a question - and - answer session
on social - news site reddit.
«The book reflects growing anxiety in some quarters about the possible negative impact of automation
on jobs, from manufacturing to professional services,» explains the FT
write - up of the award.
She figured it out so well that she quit her
job to
write a book
on the subject.
Every class you take brings you in contact with professors, teaching assistants, and students who could one day
write you a recommendation for an internship or give you a lead
on a
job.
The former CIA chief told him that some of the most meaningful moments in his
job were when he'd see a card he
wrote an employee years ago still tacked
on to his or her wall.
«
On our reckoning, since NAFTA's enactment, fewer than 5 % of U.S. workers who have lost
jobs from sizable layoffs (such as when large plants close down) can be attributed to rising imports from Mexico,»
wrote its authors, PIIE senior fellow Gary Clyde Hufbauer and research analyst Cathleen Cimino - Isaacs.
The New York Times» Andrew Kramer reported
on the phenomenon in December,
writing that «for more than three years, rather than rely
on military officers working out of isolated bunkers, Russian government recruiters have scouted a wide range of programmers, placing prominent ads
on social media sites, offering
jobs to college students and professional coders, and even speaking openly about looking in Russia's criminal underworld for potential talent.»
As I
wrote the other day, it's essential to turn the conversation back to what we should be doing
on the
jobs front, so I was glad to see Paul Krugman thinking along those lines this AM.
Along these same lines, I
wrote in my recent letter to Saber Capital investors some comments
on Bill Belichick's famous saying: «Do Your
Job ``.
In this post
on his Regional Growth Strategies blog, Pete Carlson
writes that «small businesses already located in or near low - income communities may hold the key to unlocking good
jobs for low - income residents.»
To recap, the
JOBS Act of 2012 required the SEC, by last summer, to
write rules to implement the lifting of the ban
on general solicitation in Rule 506 offerings where all purchasers are accredited investors.
As Stephen Gordon often
writes, in reality, economic policy has a larger impact
on the quality and pay of
jobs than
on the raw head counts.
She said the Workforce Development Board has set up services at the Madison College campus at 2125 Commercial Ave., across the street from Oscar Mayer, offering classes in computer literacy and workshops
on writing resumés and searching for
jobs.