Daily Career Connection

In order to be accepted into that great internship program that you’ve found, the potential employer wants a resume. What are the do’s and don’ts of writing an impressive paper that will put you a leg up on the competition? Let’s quickly run down the basic parts of the resume.

There are five sections: header, job objective, education, experience and miscellaneous. A header contains your name, address, phone numbers and email.

The job objective states your intention and level of job opportunity that you seek. Your educational background should list any schools attended, dates and degrees awarded. Experience shows all of your past work history including companies and major duties while there. Finally the miscellaneous section may include military service, hobbies, interests or volunteer. It is yours to do what you see fit.

Now that you have got the basic resume format, let see what to include. Your name in the header should be larger than the balance of the document (just don’t make it overpowering). Make sure that all of your contact information in current and up to date.

A firm won’t try to contact you twice. Under the job objective section, target the internship offering with a few keywords contained in the proposal that you found. This will look as if your resume is custom made for the internship and you took a lot of time composing it (only you will know the secret). Since you’re probably short on experience, use your educational background to make up for that.

College students typically have the latest theories and explanations on a particular topic, therefore use this to your advantage. List any work study’s or co-op experiences that you have previously completed. This can be used in lieu of experience which is something that you hope to gain with the internship.

The last section again can be customized to your liking. This can sometimes also get you a foot in the door as common interests are a great conversation starter — so don’t be shy about your hobbies. Finally a word of caution, DON’T under any circumstances put down why you left a job. This can be explained in the interview if it is brought up by the employer. Do not volunteer anything negative. Remember, you are selling yourself. Now go get that internship. Good luck!

Until next time,

First time job seekers should strive to build good habits early in their careers because this will help to establish a favorable reputation and excellent work habits. Proper business protocol entails writing a cover letter to introduce the subsequent resume submission. It is the purpose of the cover letter to make a quick introduction of one’s self to give the reader a quick sense of the applicant and a few reasons why they are qualified for this job.

The resume on the other hand, goes into great detail the qualifications of the applicant and his abilities that make him a perfect fit for the opening. In writing a cover letter, there are typically three paragraphs that should be included. But first, the header should be addressed to the individual named in the advertisement. Try to include his/her title as well. Follow up with company, address, city and state.

Next, a proper salutation should preceded the contact person as in: Dear Mr./Mrs./Ms. Smith. The first paragraph is intended to indicate who the person is, what position applied for and how the opening was discovered. After that, the second paragraph should demonstrate some of the strengths of the individual applicant, leaving room to read the resume to get a better feeling about this person. Finally, after a quick reminder of one strength area, the contact person should be thanked for their time. Also a contact number is left for quick reference.

These guidelines if followed correctly, will stamp the first timer as an excellent conductor of business etiquette. Good luck!

Until next time,

Brian

The US market for instance is a highly unstable market in today’s times. In fact, our current market trend is quite low. Although it is possible that we have higher economic growth compared to any other country and during our peak negative cycle, there is no doubt about it- we are in a recession right now. Millions of Americans are suffering such problems like job cuts, decreases in stock withholds and more. Although this is quite detrimental, this is actually a very common phenomena and occurs naturally in any global business setup and will regain its stability within a short span of time. In this article, we will evaluate the effect of unemployment on commerce and business so that we have a better understanding of these matters.

Our recent recession has globally affected unemployment and will continue to do so at astronomical rates. Many economists predict that the effect of unemployment has changed the inflation rate and the price of the commodities and has led to a very unstable market. once the job cuts in business and commerce took place the manufacturing of raw materials which needed to perform a certain output level gets decreased. Many companies have been forced to undergo such hardships like maintaining the global value of its companies. This has caused a tremendous effect on unemployment, commerce and business too.

One might wonder then, how can we fix this problem? Well, here are a few suggestions that can inevitably help. First, we must convert the unemployment crisis into opportunities. For instance, if one finds themselves unemployed and unable to find work in their past industry, they should seek new opportunities or go into business for themselves. By doing this, more people can explore new areas and find other interesting careers that suit them. Second, we must have an evaluation plan of the companies global set up for the last 30 years. By doing this, we can carefully evaluate the key areas such as productivity, quality, workforce, marketing , customer feed-backs and then make significant improvements to the framework of the failing company/ industry Third, we must not be heartbroken about the recession and instead use it to our advantage. For instance, now is the time to invest in the market, buy foreclosed homes, etc. By doing this, you will be able to rebound when unemployment decreases and commerce and business profits increase.

Take Google for instance - they are a company to be followed and patterned after. Although they are consistently turnover employees, they have boasted that their profits are high as ever. This is because companies like Google, learn from their bouts of unemployment and are constantly figuring out ways to increase commerce and business. They are the leaders in innovation and not afraid to start and exploring new ideas.

Therefore, the question for you is this, will you be like Google and excel even in times of recession or will you be like the naysayer, who simply proclaim, “Whoa me. We are in a recession. Commerce and business are failing and the world is ending.” Or will you use this experience to grow and build your business and financial security? The choice is ultimately yours - now get to it!