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"JOB SEARCH RESOURCE"
"Here, at whatever hour you come, you will find Light, help and human kindness." ___ Albert Schweitzer
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JUNE 13, 2005 VOLUME 1, NUMBER 4 |
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Welcome to your "Job Search Resource" newsletter! Dedicated to the support and success of job seekers everywhere.
In this issue:
1. News 4. Mailbag: questions from our readers
News: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor, nonfarm employment edged up by 78,000 in May following a much larger increase in April. Payroll employment continued to grow over the month in health care and construction, but was little changed in the other major industry sectors. Total employment in May, at 141.5 million, and the civilian labor force, at 149.1 million, continued to trend up. The employment-population ratio, at 62.7 percent, has trended up in recent months. The number of unemployed persons, 7.6 million, and the unemployment rate, 5.1 percent, were essentially unchanged in May. The jobless rate was down from 5.6 percent a year earlier. The number of long-term unemployed – those unemployed 27 weeks and over – was little changed over the month. This group continues to represent 20% of unemployed persons. In the week ending June 4, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial unemployment insurance claims was 330,000, a decrease of 21,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 351,000. The 4-week moving average was 331,750, a decrease of 2,750 from the previous week's unrevised average of 334,500.
Do You Need Help Writing A Winning Cover Letter? by David Richter Your cover letter is critical to your success. It sets the tone. It is read before your resume and includes vital information about you that every potential employer needs. If you don’t have a cover letter, or if you have one that is poorly written, you’re setting yourself up for failure. Knowing the crucial elements of a cover letter is imperative to getting in doors and moving your candidacy forward. Your cover letter must function as a roadmap leading the reader from start to finish. It must be created with one thought in mind – to get you noticed. It must invite, it must compel, it must drive the reader to a very specific conclusion: ‘This candidate is qualified; in fact, not only qualified, but the best fit for the position.’ Your resume will then be read. If your resume is as powerful as your cover letter, an interview will be scheduled. So how should a winning cover letter be constructed? There are a number of ways to actually begin the letter. You could pose a question, you could make an extraordinary statement to grab the reader’s attention, or you can quote someone famous. Whatever you do, make sure it is appropriate to the advertised position and to the skills you possess. Along with this opening, you want to note the specific job to which you are responding. Your letter then needs to state your worth, your applicable accomplishments and their relationship to the responsibilities of the position. This can be a couple of paragraphs, but keep in mind that less is more as long as significant content has been included. It’s critical that your cover letter be at most one page. The final paragraph is your call to action. It is where you state your follow-up plan. This is where you create continuity to ensure your success. Make sure you do not include any salary information in your cover letter. It will either disqualify you or lock you in to compensation that does not match your worth. If the job ad requests your salary information, you can always state that it is negotiable. While not being specific, doing this will keep you in the running. Regardless of your field of endeavor or level of experience, you can write an attention-grabbing cover letter which, in conjunction with a powerful resume, will grant you access to the right opportunities and lead you to a successful job search conclusion. For free cover letter samples, click here. More detailed and specific information and cover letter examples can be found in my book, Writing Cover Letters That Get You Noticed – How To Create A Captivating Cover Letter. To find out more about this book and to learn how you can order your copy, please click here. Copyright © 2003-2006 TopDog Group All rights reserved.
Life exists on many levels. You can choose to live your existence at the foot of the mountain, or you can move your experience of life to the mountain crest. By choosing altitude, you allow your attitude to shift into a higher gear. Life then becomes a worthwhile adventure, enticing you to savor each moment because that's the way life is meant to be lived.
Mailbag: Questions from our Readers Deb writes: "What jobs are available in retail travel and tourism?" Deb: The answer depends on the country you are in and, in most cases, the region of that country in which you want to find employment. To make my answer general enough for my global audience, let me just say that as long as people want to travel (and that doesn't appear to be lessening significantly despite global conflict), there will be jobs in retail travel and tourism. You could be in hospitality, join a travel agency, work specific tours, write or sell guide books, go into advertising, or whatever else your heart is into. The way to obtain these types of jobs is through diligence, patience and commitment. Diligence means writing the kind of resume and cover letter that get you noticed. Patience is required as you wait to hear back from companies. Commitment keeps you on course and focused in the direction of your success.
Melissa writes: "I took your advice in your Resume book about using a functional resume instead of a chronological one because of my employment history. At first, I was a little concerned because I had heard that functional resumes were frowned upon by recruiters and hiring people. As it turns out, it was the best move I could have made. Those difficult to answer issues never came up in the interviews I've had so far, and one manager who interviewed me actually complemented me on my resume saying it was one of the better ones she'd seen in a while. I'm very pleased."
June 15, 2005 Job Expo Towson, MD June 16, 2005 Career Concepts Albany, NY June 16, 2005 Career Concepts Elgin, IL June 16, 2005 Career Concepts Overland Park, KS June 21, 2005 Chicagolands Chicago, IL June 21, 2005 Diversity Job Fairs King of Prussia, PA June 21, 2005 E. Bay Sales/Mgt Walnut Creek, CA June 21, 2005 Career Summit Dallas, TX June 21, 2005 Primerica Careers Southfield, MI June 21, 2005 Career Concepts King of Prussia, PA June 21, 2005 Career Summit Denver, CO June 22, 2005 Career Concepts Mount Laurel, NJ June 22, 2005 Career Summit Tempe, AZ June 22, 2005 Career Concepts Tampa, FL June 22, 2005 Career Summit Bellevue, WA June 22, 2005 Career Concepts Chicago, IL June 22, 2005 Diversity Job Fairs Phila, PA June 22, 2005 Diversity Job Fairs Atlanta, GA June 23, 2005 Career Concepts Houston, TX June 23, 2005 Career Summit Portland, OR June 23, 2005 Career Concepts Orlando, FL June 28, 2005 NJ Diversity Parsippany, NJ June 28, 2005 Job Expo Atlanta, GA June 28, 2005 Hire Quest Santa Ana, CA June 29, 2005 Hire Quest LA, CA June 29, 2005 Hire Quest San Diego, CA June 29, 2005 Job Expo NY, NY June 30, 2005 Hire Quest Ventura, CA June 30, 2005 Hire Quest Ontario, Canada
To your success,
President TopDog Group
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