1. Unless you are invited to do so, avoid sending attachments.
2. Spam filters and corporate security measures will often strip attachments from email, or block the email from going through.
3. You can paste your resume into the body of your email. And, you can post a copy of your reusme on the Internet with a link to it.
4. Of course, it is always best to get your resume hand delivered to the hiring manager.

How you format your resume is as important as the career information and experience within it. You wouldn’t come dressed to an interview without carefully choosing your clothes. The same goes for your reusme. Your resume has about 5 seconds to make its first impression.

1. Use a font size that is easy on the eyes. No smaller than 10 points.
2. Avoid large fonts. They waste space and may seem comical.
3. Use a professional, business font such as Arial or Verdana
4. Use the same font throughout your resume.
5. Use white space. Crowded text is difficult to read.
6. Use short bulleted text to increase ease of reading.
7. Keep your resume to one page.

Remember, the goal of your resume is to get an interview. Accounting for every aspect of your professional life smacks of unprofessionalism.

Overall, the most effective way of conducting a job search is networking. The best part about networking is that the more friends you make, the wider your network! Because really, that’s all that networking is – meeting people, making friends, and talking about your business (your business is YOU!).

By networking, you’ll find people who know about unadvertised jobs. Talk to people you know and find out about their companies – ask them to do internal job searches. They can tell you the right person to send your resume to; and you’ll have one of the most sought after types of references: somebody who knows the employer.

This kind of networking is great for everyone. You get a good reference from a trusted source and your friend may get a bonus for bringing in a referral that is hired.

You shouldn’t conduct your job search solely by networking, but you definitely shouldn’t conduct a job search without it.

WEBWIRE – Wednesday, October 08, 2008

REDMOND, WA – October 8, 2008. The cure for America’s serious nursing shortage may be at hand. There’s a new website specifically designed to help nurses find jobs easily. My-Nursing-Career.com provides nursing job leads, listings of nursing schools with no adminssion waiting lists, expert career advice from fellow professionals, and other resouces to help nursing in their careers.

My-Nursing-Career.com offers free access to ALL advertised nursing jobs available on the Web. The big three career sites (Monster, HotJobs, and CareerBuilder) provide access to jobs that are posted by paying employers. “That amounts to less than 10% of all advertised nursing jobs that you can find on My-Nursing-Career.com” says Jeff Morrow, marketer for the site. Now, for the month of October, $50 will buy employers and recruiters job postings with exposure to 5,000+ careers sites across the Internet.

Providing listings of nursing schools with no waiting lists is another area of specialization for My-Nursing-Career.com. Nursing can find LPN to RN, LPN to BSN, and RN to BSN online programs with no current admission waiting list. “It might seem odd to earn your nursing degree online” says Jeff Morrow. “But, earning your AA in nursing is where most of your labs and on site training occurs. Online students complete their academic requirements online and their clinical requirements locally” There are many highly regarded nursing school that are now offering the equilivant of their campus program online.

Visit My-Nursing-Career.com www.my-nursing-career.com to find all the advertised jobs listed on the Internet and listings of schools that offer their nursing programs online.

Technorati Profile

Career Marketing Online is undergoing a site-wide update. Not all information is available at this time. I know it is kind of lame, but its the best motivator to [...] Continue Reading…

How Can the Most Popular Career Sites Be Bad For Your Career? Consider What They Offer: Monster.com and other large career sites have only 3% of 5% of all advertised jobs on the Internet Only advertisers who pay $200 to $3001 get their jobs advertised on Monster, making their internet information a closed system of [...]

There is no way around it. Your resume is your proxy, your stand in, and the best representation of your work to an employer who has never met you. At 8 1/2 x 11 inches, your resume can slip through doors, land on desks, and introduce you to people you’ve never met. If your resume isn’t written correctly, it can kill your chances at an interview in 5 seconds flat. That’s all the time your proxy gets to make a first impression.