22 Dec 09 Handling The Hobby Section Of Your Resume

The hobbies section of your resume can be a tricky one. Because the main importance and the way you are being judged is resume wording and style, hobbies should be handled carefully. While most people will be scared off adding a hobby section to their resume, you really shouldn’t be. As long as you know what to write, the hobby section can be another way to sell yourself. Another great little window into why you’d be a better employee than the other applicants as it were.

You should absolutely use your hobbies to illustrate skills that you have that can come in handy on the job. So only use hobbies that apply to your career, so to speak. If you play videogames a lot, you’re going to have trouble making that one come through, so an employer gains more interest in you. So stay away from hobbies like that, and stick to outgoing proactive hobbies. Anything that gets you out, as a positive force, and that likely showcases your leadership or problem solving abilities.

Remember to keep your hobbies job related, otherwise you’re just wasting space and an employer’s time, with content that doesn’t matter to them. The idea of this section is to help them learn about you, and why you would be a fantastic employee. So limit your hobbies to 2-3, so that you have a short but informative section. This is just a little place to sell yourself, don’t drone on for too long.

That can’t be stressed enough, you absolutely don’t want a large hobby section. Otherwise the rest of your resume will look worse off because of your hobbies. Also, never let your hobbies section be the reason your resume spills over to a second page. You want to keep your resume at page length, and if you can’t do that with a hobbies section, it’s better to go without.

Tags: Career, Drone, Handy, Hobbies, Hobby Section, Informative Section, Job Related, Leadership, Reason, Resume, Showcases

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11 Dec 09 Why Do You Need to Write Quality Content

Every day I consume a lots of web content and written words forms a major part of it. I have seen a lot many good contents on the Internet, and I have also seen a lot many mediocre contents. Where the exciting content provides fuel to my intellect, the mediocre contents keep me wondering, why I have wasted my time.

Like me, millions of readers out there convulse at the sight of poorly written web content. No one likes bad content, no matter where your visitors are coming from. This is one thing that could be blamed for the increase bounce rate from the website. You may lure visitors to your website by applying the best SEO techniques or by buying the coolest keyword in the SERP, but you cannot retain your visitors if you do not have quality content.

Attracting visitors is one thing, and retaining them and making them come back again and again to your website is entirely different thing. You may use short-cuts like buying keywords in Google, Yahoo, Bing, or whatever, and even you can bypass the SEO security measure to use black hat techniques. But there is not any short cut to bypass the need of quality content.

Why you need quality content

Well-written high quality content help you interact with your target audience at equal level, which in turn builds trust.
A well-written product review can be persuasive.
Good content gives the reader a reason to talk to you.
It builds excitement, hope, and makes the reader think.
It gives them the reason to keep coming back to read more.
It helps you sale more.

These are the benefits that were at the top of my mind. I am sure, you also have a lot more benefits to add. Let’s discuss the issue here.

Tags: Black Hat, Bounce, Excitement, Google, Google Yahoo, High Quality, Intellect, Interact, Lot, Quality Content, Reason, Security Measure, Seo Techniques, Serp, Short Cuts, Target Audience, Web Content, Yahoo

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15 Oct 09 Get A Raise During A Recession

Getting a raise in a recession is not easy, but can be accomplished. Even if your company is cutting jobs, and looking for new ways to save money, you can still find a way to get a raise. Or even a promotion, if the situation warrants such a thing. The road is especially difficult, but nothing is impossible if you play your cards right. Just be careful in how you approach the situation, or else you could find yourself on the money saving chopping block.

First off, ensure that you know the situation. If your company is basically on fire and jobs are falling left and right, and not even your boss seems to be safe, probably not the best place for a raise. But if things seem fairly comfortable, with a few worries here and there, you could have a good shot. Just make sure you don’t paint a target on your back by asking for more than the company will think you deserve.

Asses your worth to the company before asking for a raise. If you find people have been laid off or fired in your department, but you have survived the scrutiny, there has to be a reason for that. Asses your accomplishments and your skill set, so that you can see why the company values you. This will give you good groundwork to make use of in an argument for why you deserve a raise.

Finally, using your track record as a resource, go in and ask for a raise with your previous accomplishments as your foundation. Be prepared to get rejected, after all it’s recession, and this is more of a long shot than anything else. But be courteous and stay positive, and illustrate this isn’t a deal breaker for you, as to whether or not you’ll stay with the company. You’d just like a raise or a promotion for your continuing efforts in helping the team strive for success. Make that point evident, and you’ll be fine.

Tags: Asking For A Raise, Asses, Boss, Cards, Chopping Block, Getting A Raise, Groundwork, Jobs, New Ways, Paint, Reason, recession, Scrutiny, Situation Warrants, Target, Ways To Save Money, Worries

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