by Peter Lloyd for Job Hunting
In this second of three posts outlining help from The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, we look at books. All are available online, but the library will lend them to you for free. Just get them back on time.
The books, below, include career guides and cover job searching, networking, interviewing, resumes, and cover letters. More important, the recommendations come from Career Center librarians, who have had lots of experience dealing with books and the people who use them. To speak with a librarian, see Locations. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: book, Cover Letters, interviewing, Library, networking, resumes
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by Peter Lloyd for Job Hunting, On the Job
Here in the Talent Centric Blog, I’ve avoided compiling job search questions and offering answers, especially the kinds of answers a lot of employment blogs and websites so confidently provide. On the other hand, there’s value in the Q&A format. Reading Q&As can help a job hunter keep up with trends in employment. At the very least, they reflect what employers expect from resumés, cover letters, interviews, and all the rest.
So instead of adding to the glut of Q&As, let me direct you to two sources on each end of the good of what’s already out there. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Cover Letters, interviewing, Job Hunting, job search, Q&A, resume writing job tip
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by Peter Lloyd for Creative Experts, Job Hunting
Ages ago, a jobless copywriter in New York City made a big splash in the ad industry when he produced and ran a television commercial that pitched his talents to Madison Avenue ad agencies. The story made the pages of the industry’s leading rag, Advertising Age.
The cost must have been substantial compared to what someone in the same position with a similar idea would need to spend today. Those were the days when you actually had to pay big money to broadcast a video message. And your audience was very limited. In this case, the New York metropolitan area.
Today you can produce, broadcast, and push a video job pitch to the world for next to nothing. So there’s no excuse, even in this candidate-heavy recession, for not standing out from the crowd with your résumé or cover letter. The cost of producing a serviceable video message is negligible. The cost of broadcasting it—zip. The only limit is your own creativity. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Cover Letters, Creative
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