by Kimberly Hochstetler | Mar 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
How to Make Sure Employers Don’t Penalize You Is there anything more unfair feeling than being overqualified for a job? Why should you be punished for being too good?! But if you think about it from an employer’s perspective, it makes sense: An...
by Kimberly Hochstetler | Mar 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
You don’t have much time to make a good (or bad) impression with your resume. According to a CareerBuilder survey, 17% of surveyed hiring managers spend 30 seconds or less, on average, reviewing resumes. 68% spend less than two minutes. Thus, nearly every word...
by Kimberly Hochstetler | Mar 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
HERE ARE FIVE KEYS TO PUTTING TOGETHER A WORLD-CLASS RESUME. Writing a quality resume is one of the most important skills you can have as a young job seeker. But if you’re like many students or recent graduates, you may have no idea where to start. Here are five...
by Kimberly Hochstetler | Mar 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
ACCORDING TO A NEW SURVEY FROM CAREERBUILDER AND ECONOMIC MODELING SPECIALISTS INTL., NEARLY 3 IN 4 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS KNOW WHAT CAREER THEY WANT TO PURSUE. While high school seniors planning to attend college may be thinking mostly short term – gaining independence...
by Kimberly Hochstetler | Mar 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
A NEW ANALYSIS OF COLLEGE DEGREE COMPLETIONS VS. JOB DEMAND SHOWS THAT THE NEXT GENERATION OF WORKERS WON’T BE ABLE TO CLOSE THE SKILLS GAP. College students in search of a major, take note: New research from CareerBuilder and Emsireveals there are certain degree...
by Kimberly Hochstetler | Mar 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
THE FOLLOWING JOB-SEARCH TIPS CAN HELP YOU GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS DURING YOUR SEARCH. Submitting applications left and right? Not getting as many responses as you thought you would? Feel like applying is itself a full-time position? When you’re on...
