Tom Dean's CNS Website
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Getting Your Job - Tip of the Week This Week's Tip Excelling at the Entry Level - you graduated and earned a job: now what? Advance to the front in winning the job - You have just finished the interview, now seal the deal! Previous Tips of the Week Dealing with a gap in your Resume? Read this link! Neat article on MSN about attitudes-and a thought to internalize: "Is my attitude short-circuiting my success?" "10 Attitudes of Successful Workers" This tip is from a recent CNS graduate: "I recently completed the Computer Networking & System Administration program at TSTC. I would like to share with you a great tip concerning resume’s that can increase your response from prospective employers. Like many students after completing my program at TSTC I submitted multiple resume’s to online agents and began a comprehensive search for employment. My return on job applications were less than 10%, I decided that I must take a fresh approach and reformatted my resume. Like many TSTC graduates I received excellent training, but lack the job experience that many employers are looking for. A great tip for students who have completed programs but do not have any relevant job experience is to deviate from the standard Resume layout. I decided to post my Education and Skills section first, this is a place to elaborate and really sell your skills set to an employer; follow up with your work experience on page 2 if applicable. This reformat has increased my response from 10% to 75%, I attribute this to simple esthetics, the first thing an employer should see is a reason why they should hire you, and if you list irrelevant job experience first your more or less giving them a reason not to call you back and they might not even read your skills section. Another helpful tip for students entering the job market, look for large business’s fortune 500 companies are more likely to have solid entry level job placement or internships.” An article I came across on MSN. “Four Ways to Get Hired Faster”. This is an excellent article for all who are entering the job market. |
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