How to Get a Resume Writing Service

How to Get a Resume Writing ServiceAre you in search of resume writing services? Most people take their resumes for granted and are not sure where to start. There are so many resumes that come into our office that we have to review each one individually. If you can take a little extra time to find an agency that has the resume writing services that you need, you will be surprised at how easy it is to find what you are looking for.One of the first things that you need to do is to get a general resume. You will want to make sure that it covers your education and work experience, but does not include any other information. If you need help coming up with a general resume, you may want to contact your college's career center.As far as the education you have, you need to consider the courses that you have taken, and any degrees you have earned. Since this information is not common knowledge, it can add to the learning curve, so you will want to make sure that the resume includes it. If yo u do not have any degrees, you may want to mention them if you do have them.Then there are some professional resume writers who are able to review resumes on their own. It is important to know that these types of professionals are not going to come in and write your resume for you. It is a good idea to give them a little time to look at your resume and tell you if there are any areas where they need to work.The most important thing about education is that you have proof that you have done it. After all, employers do not want to hire someone who has no knowledge of something. They want someone who knows what they are doing and has a good track record.You should also make sure that you list the courses that you have completed, and any degrees that you have earned. This will give you more credibility to the resume and will help to make it more attractive to the employers that you will be sending your resume to. Of course, this does not mean that you have to list everything that you hav e learned, but if you are not sure, you may want to list those that you know.If you are unsure of what to put on your resume, it is best to get a professional resume writer to review it for you. This will allow you to see how it will look without having to try to think of everything yourself.

How To Financially Prepare To Quit Your Job

How To Financially Prepare To Quit Your Job How To Financially Prepare To Quit Your Job Few moments in life are more exhilarating and terrifying than the day you quit your job to pursue something else, whether its your own business, full-time parenting, or a mini-retirement to travel the world. A few months back, we wrote about Kevin O’Connell, founder of The  Niche Movement, an organization devoted to helping young adults  not just find jobs, but careers they love. His mission may be a tall order: For every 18-to-34 year old who dreams of a better job, many would be happy just to have a job. As of 2013, the U.S. economy needed to add 4.1 million new  entry- and early-level jobs to match pre-rescission employment levels, according to a report by public policy think tank  Demos. They  also forecast that America, at its current job growth rate, won’t reach full employment until 2022. Even then, workers under 25 will face unemployment rates double the national average. Right now, 45 percent of all unemployed Americans are young adults, some 5.6 million people in all. So is it any wonder that someone who finds a job â€" especially if it’s lucrative â€" feels reluctant to leave the financial safety of such a golden cage? In our interview with OConnell we covered many of the existential  questions you should ask before quitting your job to pursue a dream, but what about the cold, hard numbers? Does it ever make financial sense to quit your job, or should you just take a leap of faith and quit anyway? If you want to ensure youre financially prepared before you quit, what should you do? How much money do you need to save? Here are some thoughts. 1. Youll need some savings; save  at least six months expenses Unless you have another source of income already in the bag (or youre going to be relying on a partners income), quitting your job without some kid of safety net is a bit reckless. Consider six months of living expenses a comfortable minimum to put in the bank before you quit. This figure holds true especially for those going the entrepreneurial route in high tech, as you can’t expect angel funding the moment you get your bright idea for an app or startup. And the sad fact is that just 26 percent of all Americans (one in four) have no emergency savings, a Bankrate.com poll reveals. To avoid that situation you’ll want squirrel away six months financial padding, according to Dr. Richard Orbe-Austin, an executive coach psychologist cited in a recent Forbes column: “Since the average job search takes about four to six months, you should craft a plan of action.” And that plan of action should entail the following… 2. Plan to live on (much) less If career change is important, you simply can’t “afford” to hold it hostage because you’re resisting a lifestyle change. Financial scholars call this the “hedonic treadmill.” That is, human beings adapt quickly to the achievements and lifestyle advances they make, and happiness peaks as we level off to the new normal. (If you prefer, think of it as the fiscal equivalent of new car smell wearing off.) One minute you’re happy living off ramen noodles and splitting the rent with three roomies; the next, you have a ritzy apartment to yourself, a big screen TV and a Beemer parked out front. OK, so that’s not all of us, but you get the idea: Once we mount the hedonic treadmill, we soon forget about our happy circumstances in earlier days, and loathe stepping backwards. But you don’t have to travel all the way back to Ramen Noodleland. Consider incremental changes: a cheaper apartment, a less expensive car, fewer nights and lunches eating out. (You should also approach hitting the bar with caution, though some sacrifices are easier to make than others.) The more you can cut back, the further your savings will go; the same amount of money required for six months can last perhaps twice as long and give you more breathing room. 3. Ramp up to takeoff Maybe it’s an odd analogy, but it fits the job switch strategy well: Seasoned musicians in the studio don’t merely jump into a tune. They’ll play four or five bars in warm up mode so that when the song actually starts, they’re right on beat and in sync. Likewise, a job shift isn’t something we can approach abruptly. Start making your plans weeks or even months before you leave your current gig. How will you cover health insurance, for example? If youve been making 401(k) contributions, will you roll it over? How will you continue to save for retirement? Do you need to replace certain perks of your job (free gym access, for example) with an affordable membership elsewhere, or by hitting the running trail? Will you need to apply for credit in the near future? (Its harder to do without an active paystub.) 4. Seek counsel from others who have done it You may think you’re alone on making the leap, but you’re only solo in making a leap in general. Use your social network (especially LinkedIn) to get advice from others who’ve faced the same situation. Here you’ll find financial mentors especially helpful as you develop a checklist of moves to make. 5.  Always, always leave on good terms You may not love your job. Heck,  you may hate it. But resist the urge to let your boss (or any of your coworkers) know that. If you were a good employee, your old employer may be your best safety net as you go out on your own. If things dont work, you can always beg for your old job back. To smooth over your departure, give plenty of notice. If youre going out on your own, more than two weeks may be appropriate. And when your boss asks why you are leaving, emphasize the opportunities you want to pursue, not the job youre trying to escape. 6. Before you quit, ask yourself if its the right move As a newspaper staff writer and editor, I used my day job to subsidize my passions in music. As a freelancer, I still do. This allows me to avoid taking gigs I find distasteful (such as playing in a cover band) and take on projects I truly love â€" and make money doing. (Last year, I scored an independent film; the year before, I placed a remix in a Disney movie. Prom was a lousy flick, but that’s another story.) This need not be arts-related; you can assay teaching by becoming an adjunct. But when you become your own patron, you follow in the footsteps of artists from  many generations before. Three of the greatest poets of the 20th Century had day jobs. After all, it’s hard to make a living writing poems, even if you’re famous for it. T.S. Eliot worked as a bank clerk; William Carlos Williams was a doctor; Wallace Stevens sold insurance. Some of you studied them in college lit classes. Poetry was hardly “a hobby” for all three. I’ll say it again: Switches are stressors, even if they excite you. I’m sure O’Connell “gets it.” I just hope his Niche Movement accommodates this sure fact with financial wisdom. It’s exciting to follow your heart, but you’ll need your head for numbers as well. You can’t accomplish the transition otherwise, period. But properly prepared money-wise, you’re in the best position possible to go for it. What about you? Are you preparing financially to quit your job? What have you done; and what worries you? Let us know in a comment.

Job Discrimination Go BFOQ Yourself! - Work It Daily

Job Discrimination Go BFOQ Yourself! - Work It Daily On a number of occasions I have said, and written, that an employer can refuse to hire someone because of their appearance. As I recently discovered while being interviewed for an upcoming article, technically, I’m wrong but also, technically, I’m right. Years ago I was in Barnes and Noble heading toward the Customer Service desk. As I approached I realized there was a commotion going on. There was a young woman, probably 18 or 19, screaming at the store manager because he refused to give her a job application. “You’re discriminating against me!” she yelled. Clearly, the manager was not having any luck getting her to listen or leave so I decided to help. “I’m an executive recruiter and career counselor,” I told them. They both stopped and looked at me. “And you are absolutely right, he is discriminating against you.” I paused long enough for the manager to turn white. “And it’s perfectly legal.” “Have you ever been in a bookstore before?” I asked her. “Of course I have!” “Have you ever seen anyone who looks like you working at a bookstore?” “No,” she said, her voice quieting. “And there is a reason why. An owner or a manager has the right to determine his corporate image. You are not it. He’s not discriminating against you because you’re a woman, because you’re young,” she was wearing a cross so I added, “because you’re Christian. He’s discriminating against you because you are covered from finger tips to your neck and I can only guess how far down, with tattoos, and there does not seem to be a place on your face where there is room for another piercing. Think of it this way, have you ever seen anyone with bad teeth working in a dentist’s office? Bad skin working for a dermatologist? An obese person working at a health club? A smoker working for the Cancer Society?” “So where can I get a job?” “Grocery story stacking shelves, maybe working the checkout. I really don’t know. A tattoo parlor. But certainly not a professional office or a place attracting professionals and families. Look at the faces on the children walking by. They don’t know what to make of you.” At this point she was practically on the verge of tears. “Look. You made the decision to do this to yourself. It’s not as though you were burned or injured in a car accident. It was your decision and you have to live with the consequences.” With that she left and the manager came over to me. “I wanted to kill you,” he said with a smile on his face, “but thanks.” That’s the background. Here’s the story with the interview. It’s a piece that should be (it’s not definite so I’m not naming the publication, but if you visit the Media Center page on my website, they’ll be a link when it’s available) coming out next month on discrimination against the obese. My initial reaction was what I told the woman at Barnes and Noble, you can be “discriminating” based on appearance without “discriminating” in the legal sense. The obese are not a protected class, I said. And that was my mistake. The obese and the very tall or short are protected persons. On the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website, there is a page, “Pre-Employment Inquiries and Height Weight,” which is clearly designed as a “Don’t contact us about this nonsense” warning. “Height and weight requirements tend to disproportionately limit the employment opportunities of some protected groups and unless the employer can demonstrate how the need is related to the job, it may be viewed as illegal under federal law. A number of states and localities have laws specifically prohibiting discrimination on the basis of height and weight unless based on actual job requirements. Therefore, unless job-related, inquires about height and weight should be avoided.” In other words, don’t bother them if you are too short, tall, thin or fat to do the job. So a short person, who can’t lift boxes that are five square feet in size because they are bigger than he is; a tall person who can’t fit in the existing work area because the ceiling is too low, the thin person (I can’t think of one for this so you fill it in!)… or the fat person who isn’t getting an interview to be a flight attendant, should not bother the EEOC. It’s not discrimination! So what’s BFOQ? Bona Fide Occupational Qualification. If it’s related to the person’s ability to do the job, the rejection is not job discrimination. You can discriminate on the basis of age in hiring police officers or fire fighters. Do you really want a 65 year-old running after the mugger or trying to carry you out of a burning building? Even pilots can’t captain commercial aircraft if they are over 60! The beauty of BFOQ is it has to be plain and simple, not some legal spin. Returning to my original thinking, the bookstore manager can reject the tattooed woman because she was scaring the children and, I hasten to add, making the mothers uncomfortable. (Personally, just looking at her â€" especially the piercings and the one in the tongue â€" made me nauseous.) So while it might not be for “corporate image” reasons, it was definitely because she would not be able to do the job. You can’t sell books or attract customers if people are uncomfortable looking at you. But I repeat, that was her decision. (And I am not going to get into the issue of whether or not someone who would do that to herself has psychiatric issues and therefore should be protected under, for example, the Americans with Disabilities Act.) My reaction if she had burns, or was a disabled vet, would be entirely different. In that case, I would say hire the person and use it as a learning experience for children and their parents. Image Credit: Shutterstock Have you joined our career growth club?Join Us Today!