1. The resume document must be named after your name. You can also include the position you are applying for while naming the resume document. For instance if your name is Michael Smith and you are applying for the position of a computer analyst, you can name the resume document as ‘Resume of Michael Smith (computer analyst)’. Mentioning the position you are applying is optional; you can also name the document as: Resume of Michael Smith.
2. The next most important thing is the subject line. While sending an email to your friend or a relative, you can omit the subject line, but while mailing an employer as a job applicant you must always include a relevant subject line. The subject line must inform the employer about the post for which you are submitting the application. For instance, if you are applying for the position of a HR manager; the email’s subject line should be: ‘Application for the Position of HR Manger’.
3. The job seeker’s resume must always be accompanied by a cover letter. The body of the email should carry the cover letter. You should not send the cover letter as an attachment and just write a note in the body of the email saying ‘find the attached documents’. The cover letter must have a detailed narrative explaining the reason for which you are interested in getting the job, things that you are going to offer as an employee and your qualifications.
4. Finally, the language of the resume and the cover letter must be simple and correct. Don’t try to reveal you vocabulary skills while applying for a job. Instead be grammatically correct and natural.

Solar Power Contractor

Solar Power is increasingly being turned to both for commercial and for residential projects. There are a number of states such as Florida and New Jersey that offer rebates and incentives for choosing solar energy. Being a solar power contractor could work, since more and more homes and businesses keep installing them.

Wind Turbine Installer . . .

A rising percentage of the total power is being generated by the collection of wind turbine farms in California and Pacific Northwest. There will thus be a good deal of demand for professionals with knowledge and experience of wind turbine. As a new field, the potential for growth and advancement is excellent. Get into the business now!

LEED Certified Engineer . . .

LEED or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is a certification for buildings, homes and spaces designed in an environmental friendly way. Since we are moving to a period of more awareness environmentally, the demand for professionals skilled in making LEED certified buildings will only increase. There have been more than seven thousand buildings all over the world that have the certification. The know how will be a definite advantage.

Now, if someone says that such a job market situation can also fetch jobs, then that will never be acceptable. And you will probably take it as a shoddy joke. But there are several time tested strategies that shows desirable results in job search, even during hard economic times.

Several strategies can be adopted to make more jobs available for a job seeker. One of the most significant and highly productive strategies is improving your knowledge and enhancing you skills. During the economic crisis companies look for efficient employees who will take negligible time to settle into a new atmosphere and his/her productivity will also be high. Companies during such hard time give less importance to fresher. Hence, following the advices of a career guide to improve your personality and skills will be helpful to secure a good paying job.

An alternative of the above strategy will be to seek help from a vocation professional. Vocation professionals offer a wide array of services like making CV, providing job coaching, useful exams all of which will improve your chances to fetch a job. There are additional services like social networking, writing cover letters that can attract companies and advising on career research techniques which are offered by vocation professionals.

One of the most important tools to hunt down a job is your CV. And during the time of economic slump job seeker must pay special attention to their CVs and design a quality resume. A resume must be made by doing a extensive research on the keywords. Of a resume doesn’t contain the exact keywords that are required to get a specific job, then surely that resume will be undetected by the filtering system of job portals. So to make the chances of getting a good job, a resume should be made intelligently. Resume services are quite helpful in this regard.

Once these strategies fetches you an interview, your appearance, confidence and smart body language will make an impression on the employer.

Most of these jobs are the kind that the very top percentile of applicants work hard towards and it is a terrific opportunity for these young adults to make a breakthrough onto Wall Street. And the benefits of having influential Wall Street ties on the athletic board has a ripple effect for these Ivy League schools; they in turn can attract the best talent to their college since these alumni can help prospective job seekers get the kind of jobs and internships that many would give their right arm to have right now.

These summer internships are often offered to Ivy League athletes by executives involved the sports program of the school in question. Others resort to sounding out alumni for references or to simply try and understand what a company needs. Dozens of school-going athletes will get their jobs eventually with a financial firm, an unlikely marriage that few might see as a perfect fit. Schools such as Duke, Notre Dame and Northwestern already have such industry interfaces setup and are making full use of it all.

And that’s not all; these alumni help the student athletes develop the kind of skills that will be central to obtaining an internship with these Wall Street firms and subsequently, with some luck, a job as well that would be the envy of most. Even such institutions as New York based Columbia University are not immune to this need to leverage networks. They even have a full-time Director of Career Development for athletics. That tells you perhaps how big a deal this is. Etiquette dinners are held where student athletes are educated in the subtleties of making small talk in the midst of a formal dinner. This director, Kimberley Curry, is a liaison between the industry and the college and helps students get placed by constantly working with them. Most of these Ivy League students will not make it to NFL rosters and it is their futures that these schools are safeguarding.

As these alumni networks start to work more closely with their alma mater, these student athletes are benefiting most from it, but these schools are quick to dismiss anyone being given a free ride; the students have to earn their internships and jobs just as anyone else might. The message is clear, in sports and in life you get your breaks but it’s up to the individual to then deliver.

It’s a case then of contracting demand on the part of employers having to turn away a surfeit of supply on the part of job seekers. The number of job seekers has grown constantly each year since the advent of 2008. In the wake of the great recession of our times, some 22 million Americans are now out of a job, and that’s before you even begin to figure in the 3 million people working part-time that would rather want a full-time job. That totals up to a quarter of a hundred million people that are either unemployed or not fully employed. This ends up creating a snowball effect on the economy that is negative as multipliers go. Families haven’t got the money to pay their bills or mortgages, they end up being chased by lenders and their bills continue to be unresolved. Nobody spends anything more than on what they need as essentials and the economy slows down on the whole. Sounds familiar? Well, it should. All of that means businesses can’t justify adding on workers and instead lays off workers, leading us to our core topic of unemployment.

The last big recession was seen in the 1930’s and that period needed a series of giant corrective measures that stretched through the 1930’s and 1940’s to reverse a worrying trend not entirely dissimilar to the current one. The ideas are there, and history has given us the template to work through things, it’s just that there seems to be a lack of political willpower to pull through and get the job done. The administrative system is like a deer in the headlights, paralysed by the enormity of the situation on hand. The time for bold action is here and now, not for demagoguery and passing the buck because if we don’t do anything this situation will get far worse in the years to come.

This seems to be an unrealistic, never-ending hunt. However, if you dig deeper, you may even get a job that fulfills all your demand. But there is much more to a job than just receiving higher salary and better work conditions. This is why it’s imperative to explore a bit further before accepting any job.

Apart from usual questions like ‘Will I be paid for overtime work?’, and ‘How flexible is my job?’, there are fee other questions that needs to be answered before you take up any job.

Is My Future Employer Financially Strong or Even Stable?

Times are tough, and switching jobs is becoming more difficult than ever. You don’t want to be employed in a company that may lay you off in few months. Only getting a high salary doesn’t mean the company is financially strong. Before you join any company know more about its finances and future growth. There are several ways to do it. Some of the best ways is to check its past record, reviewing financial statements, and exploring employment history.

How Would You Know If Your New Employer is About to Go Bankrupt?

If you are about to join a public company, its financial statements would be easily available. You can review it yourself of get it reviewed from a broker or financial consultant. Check what’s the Net Profit, Gross Profit, Inventory, and so on. However, if it’s not a public company, you will have to ask your employer about the financial status, employment details, long term goals, and so on. If the status is strong, you will get clear, straightforward answers. However, if the company is not in good condition, they would be hesitant to give out these details. Do not join the company if you don’t get satisfactory answers. I know it’s difficult to reject a high-paying job. But don’t take up a job that has the potential to ruin your future.

What’s the Work Culture of Your Future Employer?

Most people quit job not due to lower salary or no growth, but poor work conditions, improper behavior of managers, lack of ethics, and other social factors. Most quitters are not satisfied with their job and work culture in office. Hence, if you are looking for professional success and long term relation with the company, make sure you choose an employer that has good working conditions. You will be more productive at work, if you happy and satisfied.

Work environment certainly plays an important role in any job, and should be one of the most preferred criteria while selecting a job. If the company has flexible schedule, low turnover rate, co-operative team work, employee motivation program, and other such facilities, it is probably a workplace you must miss.

Job Description

Never make choices and decisions based on the Job Description of the position. Most companies have Human Resource and Communication department, who are experts at writing job descriptions, and embellish it with attractive words. Hence, it’s important to discuss your role during the interview, and know everything about your day-to-day tasks.

One of the best ways to assure you are at the right place is having a healthy conversation with your manager before joining the company. If it works out well, and you get all answers satisfactorily, you can make your career move easily.

When you take up a job, the only intention is to earn money. Even if you don’t like it, and the work doesn’t motivate you at all, you do it, simply to earn money. However, something that you don’t like cannot be your career choice. Hence, you wouldn’t be probably working at your current job five years from now.

Career, however, is a continuous process. You may change many jobs, but your work would be similar throughout your life. During your initial years, you work towards developing your skills, and you change employment to get a high-paying job. Probably the difference would be much clearer after going through following points:

Job is simply to have some money in your pocket. Career, however, is a series of many jobs related to your area of interest, which will affect your future opportunities.

Job doesn’t provide many networking opportunities as you wouldn’t be working in this area for the rest of your life. However, network built at your career will help you time and again.

Job wouldn’t really affect your career path. However, you career is backbone of your life that provides you money skills, experience, and so on.

Advice About Jobs

You have taken up a job only to earn some money. So, the only thing you must be concerned about is your paycheck. Make sure you don’t annoy your boss, and behave properly with him. Finish your task on time, and learn as much as you can from the job.

However, you shouldn’t be emotionally attached with the job or the work. Simply complete your task and save energy for your career. If you job is killing you, simply quit it and find another one. That may be a bit difficult one in such an economy. But if money is what you are bothered about, you will get many jobs.

Advice About Career

You goal is not only to get your task done, but gain new skills, experience, network, relations, and so on. You would probably work in the same area for the rest of your life. So, the quicker specialize in your work, the more successful you would be.

You are not only working for money here. You work for satisfaction and enrichment. Hence, it’s okay to be emotionally attached with your company and work. Try to be loyal, get promotions and bonuses. You must actually go an extra mile, and do things that would generally exceed your boss’s expectations. You know you are at the right place, so fight harder, and don’t stop until you reach the desired level of success.

Conclusion

Many might not really understand whether or not their current job is a part of their career. Ask yourself do you want a promotion, or simply a paycheck every month. Figuring this out early in your life would save you lots of energy, money, and time.

Why I did I make such a decision? Here are some reasons. Individually, they might not be quite powerful, but they all balled together.

More Time to Family

Managing a full-time job, and few personal blogs had made my life quite hectic. And I simply wasn’t able to devote any time to my family, which my wife keeps grumbling about, all the while. Besides, I have two kids, whom I want to spend more time with.

More Time to Write

Every individual has personal preferences, or some hobbies. I love writing, whether it’s a personal blog, or book, or simply a letter. When you, however, don’t get much time to spend on your hobbies, it frustrates you. Lately, I have had some opportunities, which I missed, and I don’t want to miss them anymore.

Financial Stable

if you decide to quit your job for good, remember you must be financially stable. Besides, you must have planned for your retirement, children’s education, monthly expenses, and so on. If I wouldn’t have planned these things, I would have never thought of quitting. Besides, we don’t use credit cards, we don’t have any loans to repay, and we have investments.

Frugal Living

My family have been living frugally since last couple of years, which leaves us with much more money to spend on valuable things. And we have decided to continue. Apart from saving a considerable amount every month, it fun to notice how it helps boost our creativity.

Note: Frugal living is not depriving oneself of anything, it’s about using your money wisely.

Working From Home

With several years of experience in financial advising, I have many options to work from home. Besides, my passion for writing opens many doors. Working from home with provide me with additional income, and help spend some free time. And, best of all, I could do what I really love, whenever I want.

Also working from home is better than commuting 5 miles every day. Eating leftover is less expensive than spending on lunch, coffee, and gas every day.

Health Improvement

When you are employed, you hardly get time to exercise. Besides, you don’t really care about what you eat or drink. The only few things that you are bothered about are work, money, and fun. I have quit my job because I want to get back in nice shape once again. Lately, I have gained much, and if I continue to be so, I will set a bad example for my children.

Other Sources of Income

My wife is employed, and she has many more years before she retires. I can, therefore, rely on her for my monthly spending. Besides, I have:

• Many personal blogs, where good revenue is generated through Adsense
• Money invested in various products. I earn interest, dividends, and profits every month.
• Plans to publish a book by September this year.
• A Financial Advisory business from home

Early retirement is certainly a good option. However, there are several things (I cannot say disadvantages) that you need to mull about. Spending free time, boredom, loose communication with friends, shortage of money, inflation, health problems, and so on. Only if you have a plan that takes care of all these things, you can think about retiring early.

Be On Time

Being on time, not too early or too late is the first thing that impresses interviewers about you. It shows that you value yours as well as other’s time and that you’ll be punctual to office once you are appointed. Being too early shows that you have time to waste and being too late conveys disrespect for time and other people(interviewers). If you do happen to turn up late at the interview venue due to reasons that you really cannot help please convey that to the interviewers beforehand if possible, or at the venue politely.

Dress Appropriately

Dress formally for the job interview. Stylish casual clothes might look good on you but they are most appropriate for a holiday. Dress according to what you think best suits the environment. Even stylish fashionable clothes are appropriate for appearing for an interview in the glamour world of cinema or advertising. Inappropriate dress shows disrespect. Never dress shabbily for an interview.

Shake Hands Most Effectively

Your handshake conveys your personality. A firm brief handshake sets the tone right. A meek and soft handshake, a too tight grip of the hand and holding the hand for a long time are gestures that are going to make the other person unpleasant and develop a negative vibe between you.

Convey a Favorable Image

In an interview it is very important to impress your interviewer with a positive body image and language. There might be times when you might be asked difficult or uncomfortable questions. Keep calm under such situations. Always look your interviewer in the eye as it conveys trustworthiness. Slouching shows disrespect or indifference. Be alert and use non- aggressive gestures.

Don’t forget to thank the interviewers after the interview. Write a thank you note if possible and that too a printed one as it is a business note.

Thee common mistakes that people make during interviews are, going unprepared for the interview, insulting past employers, suppressing personal information and telling lies. Avoid these.

Before I emphasize on the significance of net worth, let me tell you have lucky you are to have a job. It has been predicted by most of the economist that the unemployment rate is bound to leap and stay soared for a long time. For precise information, make some efforts to explore your search engine and scroll through latest unemployment trends because this isn’t an unemployment article.

Employers will continue to terminate people because they can’t afford paying the same number of people as they did last year or year before. And they will definitely target someone who isn’t investing much in himself.

Net worth isn’t only about owning assets. It means your ability to earn money. It means how well can you improve and enhance the performance of the most useful funds-generating asset – You.

Here are ten simple things you need to do to improve your net worth, or at least save your job.

Know about the industry and location

The reason I didn’t mention the unemployment rate above is simply because I cannot. The rate is equivalent and unchanged across nation. It changes with a minute alteration in targeted area and profession. It’s around 5-6% in the financial sector, whereas 20% in construction industry. The unemployment rate is highest in Michigan, whereas lowest in North Dakota. Obviously, you didn’t know all this. Start knowing about your industry, your location, your designation. Update yourself on who is being fired, hired, down sized, or promoted. This will help you to get a new job or help you to decide when it’s to step down.

Your company’s sources of income

How does your company generate revenue? By selling mutual funds? May be you don’t know much about your organization. Because most of the companies have multiple sources of income. Maybe all are not equally rated, but remember, they do have many sources. Learn about the most important and be a fundamental part of it. Be person with real knowledge and genuine usage.

Do something to safeguard your job

On a Sunday, sit with a pen and paper and pretend to be the boss of your company. Decide who should get a raise and who should be thrown out of the firm, with strong reasons. Now look at your role. Are you worthy of a raise? Do you have the necessary skills that are needed for a promotion?

If you are a business owner, pretend to be a customer

Owning business means having many bosses. They can put you out of business quicker than a boss can fire an employee. Pretend to be a customer and think of things that you expect from a business like yours. Are you a satisfied customer?

Assess your skills

You ‘Net Worth’ as assessed by your boss isn’t the summation of your total assets. It is your ability to work, to generate results, to handle the pressure of targets and achieving them. Jot down all the skills that you have and those you will need to become the best. I am sure you have all the skills but are under-utilized. Work towards developing those skills. While in office, focus on the tasks that generate results. Eliminate wastage of time, efforts, and energy.

What if you are terminated tomorrow?

It’s a question we dread, hence we aren’t ever prepared for it. Think about the options that you have after being fired. Think about the achievements in your current job that you can list down in your resume. If you can’t think of any achievements, strive to get one. What is that you can do in your spare time that can add value to your resume? What is it that will increase your net worth?

Do it yourself

Increasing your net worth also means doing and knowing about things. What are the things that you don’t do and pay someone else to do it? Which among those tasks can be done by you? There are many things that you can learn and start doing yourself like taxes, repairs, or financial planning.

Take up a side job

Or start a side business. But try to earn some amount for other sources. Don’t rely merely on your current job income. This will help you to accumulate funds, learn new set of skills, or lead toward a new career.

Sharpen your social skills

Believe it or not, to succeed, you have to be social, pleasant, co-operative and likable. Okay, success also comes to those who are rude, arrogant, unhelpful, and ugly, but it becomes tougher for them. People help you, if you are helpful; people cooperate, if you are cooperative.

Is it your dream job?

You probably generate best results if you enjoy what you are doing. Do you think you current job is what you enjoy? Do you feel like quitting and taking up something else? May the current economy and severe market conditions wouldn’t allow you to take up what you like. However, with time, it will improve. So do your homework and be prepared for the right time.

Investing in stocks, bonds and mutual funds may be quite difficult for you due to the financial crunch. However, investing in something (you) that provides better returns, isn’t quite difficult. Start increasing your net worth before you are kicked out of your company.