Tips For Finding a Company That Offers Resume Writing Services

Tips For Finding a Company That Offers Resume Writing ServicesIf you want to make sure that your resume will get you hired, you should hire a company that offers resume writing services Springfield, IL. A good resume will be one that is professional and uses the proper language that will attract the attention of the potential employer. Below are tips for finding a company that offers resume writing services Springfield, IL.Look for companies that offer resume writing services and resume editing services in the local area. You should be able to find a number of companies that offer both types of services online. Search for a company that has been around for some time and is a dependable business. Try to find a company that is part of a larger company or that has been around for some time.Ask current employees what other clients they have worked with in the past. You can also find information about prospective clients online by researching the company online. Once you have determined a company that you would like to work with, you can begin preparing your resume. Consider getting an outline from your resume editor that can help you quickly prepare your resume. A timeline of when your resume was created and sent can also help.When you visit a website that offers resume writing services, you should be able to see a portfolio of resumes. This allows you to see what types of resumes they have done and where they were sent. You should be able to choose from a variety of different samples before you choose a company to write your resume.Once you have chosen a company to write your resume, you can begin working on your document. Make sure that you are able to create your own resume instead of using someone else's. This will save you time and ensure that you will be able to create a professional resume.Creating a professional resume is not an easy task. Even if you have an idea of what you are looking for, you still need to find the right words for each section of your r esume. The right format and style of writing your resume is a skill that will take some time to learn.One of the most important parts of a resume is the cover page. Make sure that the cover page is professional, clean and uses the correct language. By choosing a company that offers resume writing services, you will be sure that you are writing a professionally looking cover page.As you can see, there are many things that must be taken into consideration when creating a resume. When you are trying to find a company that offers resume writing services, make sure that you get feedback from current employees. With so many available options online, it is a great idea to ask for recommendations.

How to Attract Tech Talent with Your Company Culture

How to Attract Tech Talent with Your Company Culture Ive had a chat with  Brendan Bank, CIO of Booking.com  to find out all of his secrets about creating a kick-ass company culture to hire tech talent from all around the globe! Listen to the interview below and be sure to subscribe to the Employer Branding Podcast. About booking.com and Brendans role: Booking.com is an accommodation website, we bring supply from hotels, bed and breakfasts, apartments, holiday homes together with customers from all over the world. So we are by far the largest online accommodation website in the world and depending on how you count, were the third largest e-commerce company in the world. I am CIO, so Im responsible for all technology within booking.com including all the product phases and technology. So we dont have a CTO, CIO and CTO are embodied into a single role. Currently in technology, theres around a 1,000 people, most of them based out of Amsterdam, where we build new products and services for our customers and our partners. Using  culture to attract and relocate new hires: So, we started out trying to find people in Amsterdam. That didnt work. We then expanded to the Netherlands. That didnt work. Basically for every person in the Netherlands, there are about three jobs in technology, theres a huge under-supply. So we went out and we got CVs in through our website and then we got this one CV and the guy looked really promising. And it was just great and so we invited him to Amsterdam, and he came into reception and the guy didnt speak English. So we really had to learn the basics of how do you recruit from afar. From that moment on, we said, Okay, this needs to be different. We really need a good process. We need a better upfront check if somebody can speak English because thats our corporate language. And gradually we broke into more areas and found more talent. Then we had a couple Russian people and they loved to work with us so they were very active, we got a lot of referrals from them. This is how it grows and grows and then together with our culture, which is very strong with diversity, our product needs to work everywhere and so when you stay locally relevant and globally scalable. To be that relevant, we also need to understand what the cultural differences are when people book room. Because there are many differences. If you look at Japan, if you look at the United States, if you look at Europe, even by country there are different booking patterns. So for us to recruit, it was almost a necessity which we needed that global footprint also in our employees to make sure that localisation in our website really feels local. So tying back, diversity and the cultural frames were used, diversity to give it the strength, back to recruitment and then it all came together. So now we have about 70 nationalities in Amsterdam in IT, it goes to over 100 in Amsterdam if you also include the call centres and all the other departments. The  consumer brand in relation to the  employer brand: I think if you are an e-commerce professional and you have experience in tech, then we play in quite a big league, and people know us, generally. And so what we see is that right now around 70% of people that apply with us have just booked with us, so thats interesting. I think your brand just helps. So we show potential candidates, what we are all about, and they are like, Okay, this might be a nice company to work for. So I think the consumer brand really helps there. But to the employee market we really brand ourselves as a tech company and to consumers, its much more consumer brand. There is overlap, but it is not exactly the same. The top  channels for  recruiting and attracting talent: Recruitment through referrals has really picked up this year. We put a lot of emphasis on it, we improved the program a lot, we also feedback constantly through to people that refer candidates, and that helps a lot. So we got a lot more confidence from our employees that if they put a referral in, its not this black hole that is talked about, and that helped a lot. So from our hires currently over 40% are now referred, which is great. The other channel which is really up and coming is LinkedIn, so thats a very strong channel. And then we have some paid channels that are also working out. But we paid a lot a lot of learning money on paid channels because theres a lot a lot of money spent on advertisements that never produced one single candidate job boards, advertisements, online advertising, placement, anything. We tried everything basically. Booking.com employee blogs: We started the blog three years ago. Actually it started as a fun project because we had some stuff that is open source. So we created some open source offers  that we released in the market. We wanted to blog about it. So we put up this blog  and very quickly it turned out that many of our candidates who were later hired, read those blogs, because they really want to know what our company is about. They want to see some snippets of our code, because good developers, they can see the culture through how the code is written. So they know what you are based on the blog. Nowadays, we try to publish one article a week, which is hard because you have to distract the engineer and developer and designer to write something up, and theyre not professional writers. It takes a little bit of time, but its well worth the investment. It radiates this culture even before theyve even met you. So I think its a great way to communicate with potential candidates. Theres also workingatbooking.com, which is our recruitment portal, and there you find a lot of blogs on the rest of the company, so not just tech but also customer service, finance, marketing, the whole range of jobs that are there. And then we have a blog on Dribble  [and Medium], which is more a designer focused blog where we publish all kinds of designs and we talk about design. Mistakes to be learnt from: Define your culture very clearly. So what is it that you want to radiate out? Because talent these days, you can hire talent but talent also chooses you. And they choose you based on the company culture, not so much on pay, because the pay is relatively the same anywhere. So, define the culture, make it very clear what youre about, make it very clear how you do work, and then people can choose themselves if they fit into that culture. For instance, not everybody fits into booking.com and that is fine. Thats its totally fine. There are people that dont like to work with us and we accept that. Because there is no cultural fit, and if there is no cultural fit from both ends, it will not work. So thats the main thing that I would say is important and there is a whole list of other things that, for instance, take care of the partners. If you relocate so many people, we relocate about 80% of all our hires to the Netherlands because most of these hires are not in the Netherlands, you need to take care of their families, their children, you need to pay tuition for school, etc. So you need to do a lot to make these people feel at home. So dont just  take care of the employee but you also have to take care of their partner, making sure that they feel also at home in Amsterdam in this case,  in the country where they are hired. Connect with Brendan on Twitter @BrendanBank  and make sure to subscribe to the Employer Branding Podcast.

What to wear at interview University of Manchester Careers Blog

What to wear at interview University of Manchester Careers Blog After exploring all the outfit choices in the wardrobe Frances decided that although the summer florals were on trend they were perhaps not the best interview options. Basic black had always worked before, but was it too dull? If you are struggling with what you should wear for an interview here are some pointers. Before you even look in your wardrobe consider: What is the job you are applying for? What would someone doing that job wear? What would someone doing that job wear if they were meeting an important client? This is what you should be aiming for. It is important to dress appropriately, but what does appropriate look like? For 99% of job interviews you should be wearing a suit or equivalent. Even casual student jobs or bar work merit a smart outfit to show that you are serious about the role. Most employers will have a dress code and it is important to show that you can present yourself well. If an employer invites you in for a casual chat after making an application, it is an interview â€" dress up! Interview preparation Check your outfit still fits and is clean and presentable with enough time to do an emergency shop or dry clean! Check your trouser length â€" they should not be dragging on the floor. No fraying edges or trailing hems! Can you walk in those shoes? Don’t go mad with makeup, perfume and jewellery. Subtle is the name of the game! Clean your shoes â€" no  mud and scuffs! No polo shirts, chinos or comedy ties! No bare legs and no low-cut tops. Underwear should not be seen! No short skirts (Hard to define â€" knee length is safe, anything above that could be considered too short depending on how conservative their style is.) Plain dark socks. What is smart / casual? At assessment centres it is not uncommon for employers to say that evening events are smart / casual. This is an almost impossible category to dress for. Quite few companies have casual or dress down Fridays but they still have rules about what you can and can not wear. (No shorts, no jeans, shirts must have collars, no T-shirts  with logos, the list is endless!) If you look around the office on those days you see a real mixture ranging from suit â€" no tie, to sundresses, it’s a mess and a nightmare for line managers trying to address what might be inappropriate outfits. So the lesson is: If you are wearing a suit during the day, take a change of shirt or top. You probably will not need to wear a tie, you might be able to lose your jacket. If you want a complete outfit change then be very careful about your choices this is not the time for a fashion statement. Are there exceptions to these rules? Well of course there are but how are you going to know?   Its better to be the smartest person in the room than the scruffiest. More links and tips on interview outfits: Creative pool Monster jobs Channel 4 The Telegraph Virginia Tech USA Further tips on interviews and videos to help you prepare. All Undergraduate Undergraduate-highlighted Applications and interviews Interviews

Turn the internship into a job offer 7 top tips

Turn the internship into a job offer 7 top tips Are you starting to think about your summer internship and planning how to make a positive impact? The stakes might be quite high. A successful internship could see you offered the dream job. If things don’t go so well that’s probably an employment option off the list. Here are my top tips to make sure you nail it. 1. Turn up on time! Plan your route and allow for things to go wrong. If I know it’s really important to be somewhere at a specific time, I always build in a comfortable cushion of time and then usually arrive ridiculously early. Fortunately I like coffee! Don’t actually arrive incredibly early at the office. Find yourself somewhere to have that cup of coffee and arrive no earlier than 10 minutes before the designated time. 2.   Get your outfit right. This isn’t just a girly thing! Your clothes need to be suitable for the environment you’re going into. It’s pretty easy if you are a man going for a City job, a suit will be de rigeur. Don’t slip up on the tie though, play it safe and go conservative. If you’re a woman you probably won’t go far wrong in a suit (or skirt or trousers and jacket). Have a think about the length of your skirt though. Of course you don’t want to look a frump, but presumably you would like to shine for your intellect and talent and not for your length of your legs? Make sure that you can move comfortably in what you wear and that includes shoes. The precipitous heels may not be ideal, nor may the sensible brogues you haven’t ever worn before. A more creative environment will probably call for more “arty” clothes, if you’re in real doubt why not call up the office and ask a receptionist what the dress code is? Generally err on the side of caution, don’t assume on Dress Down Friday tha t you can slop along in a onesie! It doesn’t matter if you are a bit smarter than everyone else you dont want to feel ridiculous. 3.   Know your employer. Remind yourself of your research on the employer before you arrive. You might have gone through a selection process months before. If so, all your work for exams since then probably means that you can’t remember much of what you found out. It would be good to go back through the website, look at press releases and follow stories in the press. You want to feel that you really know about your employer. If you can ask questions demonstrating a good background of knowledge you will be on the way to impressing. 4.   Theyre watching you! Remember that anyone and everyone you meet could be asked to give an opinion on your suitability for a permanent role. Don’t let your guard down. Be unfailing polite to everyone. Don’t forget to express your gratitude to those who support and work with you. Theyre giving up time which they could be spending on their own roles to help you and you need to recognise that. Its also good to remember that you are at the bottom of the pile. The office junior has a permanent job while you do not â€" don’t act as if you are his or her superior! 5.   Be efficient! Keep a pad and paper with you all the time. If someone gives you a job to do, you can make notes of what is wanted and avoid the need to go back to ask again, (or the worse scenario of just doing the wrong thing). Make sure you clarify what is being asked for and understand the level of detail required and the time frame you are working to. Be realistic about time. If you have already been given some urgent work, youll need to explain that and ask your supervisors to determine the order for your tasks. It is not for you to try to prioritise. Make sure the work is done within the timeframes you agreed. If for some reason you cant do that then go back and explain your problem. 6.   Don’t forget to socialise. Most employers will lay on some social activities for you. You are meant to attend them! This is an opportunity for you to show that you will “fit in” to the organisation’s culture and that you are personable and could be “let loose” on clients. It is also a chance to talk to staff you haven’t previously come across and to find out more about the organisation from them. This is going to be really tough for you if you’re observing Ramadan, but try to stick around and have the confidence to explain your fast. If you are taken on as an employee, there are probably going to be many times during your working life when the job will challenge your observance and employers will give you great credit for demonstrating that you can work and stick to your principals. 7.   Enjoy the experience. Be enthusiastic, make sure you keep smiling through whatever you are asked to do, it’s a good way to build the positive relationships which are likely to see you being offered the long term post.

7 Reasons Why Accounting Is Still a Great Career Choice

7 Reasons Why Accounting Is Still a Great Career Choice Photo Credit â€" Pixabay.comAccounting was once one of the safest career choices out there. It ensured you employment, a good paycheck and success. However, with the avalanche of accounting students and tech advancements threatening to bring accountant tasks close to anyone, we must ask the inevitable question: Is accounting still a good career choice?To answer it, it is important to see all the aspects of the situation. Since accountant’s primary role is to deal with data that help companies make huge decisions evalOne of the things that worries people the most is the fear that they won’t be able to find the job they want to do, especially if that was their long-term wish they spent years studying for. The fact that The Australia Department of Employment still keeps accounting on the Skilled Occupation List for Migrants means that there is still room for those who want to get into this career, and the situation isn’t much different in other countries.2. It pays wellAccording t o PayScale, the average wage of an accountant in Australia is AU$55,046 per year, but that number increases when accountants gain skills of financial analysis and budget management, with the financial analysts earning about AU$71,299 per year and budget managers getting between AU$88,364 and AU$108,090. In the U.S. the average salary of an accountant is $49,545 per year.3. You can advance up the career ladderAccounting isn’t one of those careers where you start working on one position end remain there until you retire. On the contrary, it gives you plenty of opportunities to advance up the career ladder.From accounting, you can move on to financial analyst. From there, a Chief financial officer, and from there, you can become anything. Just look at how Man Group promoted Jonathan Sorrell to co-president last year.4. There are loads of different fieldsBesides going high up, accounting is enabling you to go wide by offering an extensive range of different fields you can choose, depe nding on your interests. This is something you can do in your college years by opting for cost accounting, internal auditing, management accounting and forensic accounting, to name a few. Even later in your career, it is not too late to change focus, and gain new certificates and skills.5. You can grow and improveevalGaining new skills and certificates will not only help you acquire a higher wage, but to grow and improve on a daily level. For example, a popular course in Australia that enables you to get certificate IV in accounting provides students with a wide spectrum of knowledge ranging from the specifics of organizing accounting in Australia to using software essential for accounting. Since they communicate with clients a lot, accountants are often motivated to improve their social skills and even learn a foreign language if they work with clients from abroad.6. It opens new doorsAccounting is the financial backbone of every business. Here, you get to interact with many people in your and other companies and forge fruitful business connections. This diversity will enable you, not only to move on to another department of your company, but also change your career entirely and go for another important position that includes the skills an accountant is proficient in, such as leadership, and organizational and management skills.7. It won’t go awayevalUnlike some other professions that are becoming obsolete due to tech advancements and industry/market changes, accounting has no chance of going away. On the contrary, every business will always need finances and a person proficient in managing them. And even though it sometimes seems that such a person can be replaced with a smartphone app or a computer, that is far from the truth. Accounting requires deliberation, which is a quality attributed to humans exclusively.This is a challenging time to choose a profession, and it is important to consider all of the aspects, including the salary, possibility to thrive and the demand for this job position. Accounting scores on all of these points, so if you’re good with numbers, responsible and willing to learn, this might just be the job for you.

Book review Cryptonomicon - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Book review Cryptonomicon - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog Okay, heres a novel in which the central themes are cryptology (making and breaking codes), nerds and world war II. Sounds boring, huh? But Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson is an amazing work and its 900 pages do not contain a single boring passage. The story is amazingly complex and has as many as five parallel tales set either during world war ii or today. Nerds, marines, scientists and one very strange priest from a mysterious order, all involved in plots and counter-plots that span more than 50 years. Theres gold to be found in the jungle or beneath the sea and money to be made in high tech. Theres sensitive data that must be protected from competitors and from hostile takeovers. Theres your personal freedom which must be protected from government intrusion. These themes form the background for an amazingly rich cast of characters, each character being highly unorthodox or even downright excentric yet totally believable. Theres amazing dialogue. Surprising plot twists A style that is simply fantastic. The book is challenging, but very much worth it. In fact, this is my favourite book. Read it! Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related

The GraduLaunch Party is coming! The GraduLaunch Party is coming!

The GraduLaunch Party is coming! The GraduLaunch Party is coming! Sweet Stuff by newbeautiful. I know, I know, I just featured her last week but look how sweet this is! I wanna go to this party! You guys! You guys! I got my life coaching certificate graduate from the International Coach Academy on June 1st! Holy crapballs. Its awesome. Please check out my invite on Facebook try try try to swing by on June 13th. Id love to see ( in some cases, meet) all of you! If, alas, you dont live in NYC but know someone who loves beer gardens, free pitchers chatting with a super cool creative career coach, please pass the invite along. We wont talk behind your back. Promise. Hope to celebrate with all of you!