Job Hunting Advice


Resume:
Use concise, powerful and succinct words
Carry your resume and business cards around you at all times
Post your resume on all online job engines
Omit home address and home number from your online resume, but include email and cell phone
Ask friends and family to ask their friends and their family for leads and fwd your resume to them

Contact Letters/Email:
Cover letters should show off your professionalism and the best of your personality
Thank you emails/letters should be as personal as possible, warm and thoughtful
If they tell you not to call, email

Networking:

It?s never what you know, but who
Volunteer in your off time, you?ll get your foot in the door, experience, references and perhaps a lucky opening
Make a personal business card
Search for local job fairs at colleges, community centers, convention halls, go meet the recruiters, get their business cards and keep in touch
Attend conferences in your field of work

Miscellaneous:
Make a website to post samples of your work