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7 Steps To A Job-Winning Resume
A new resume can jump-start your career. Your network contacts may ask for a resume and some industries absolutely, positively demand a resume as the price of admission. When you begin thinking of your resume as a power source, the results can be astonishing.1. Your resume is a sales tool. It is not a place for therapeutic self-disclosure or true confessions. Be honest but present your accomplishments in the most positive way.2. Leave tricky questions ("Why did you have six jobs in ten years?" "Why are you applying for an entry position after you've been running the show?") for the interview. Practice interview responses with a support group, friend or career coach.3. If chronology works against you, opt for a sales pitch letter or use your network to get past the screeners. If you can't avoid a resume, some experts will advise a functional resume. However, once you show up for an interview, expect to be asked for a chronological review.4. Focus on accomplishments. "Superv
mmonplacA new resume can jump-start your career. Your network contacts may ask for a resume and some industries absolutely, positively demand a resume as the price of admission. When you begin thinking of your resume as a power source, the results can be astonishing.1. Your resume is a sales tool. It is not a place for therapeutic self-disclosure or true confessions. Be honest but present your accomplishments in the most positive way.2. Leave tricky questions ("Why did you have six jobs in ten years?" "Why are you applying for an entry position after you've been running the show?") for the interview. Practice interview responses with a support group, friend or career coach.3. If chronology works against you, opt for a sales pitch letter or use your network to get past the screeners. If you can't avoid a resume, some experts will advise a functional resume. However, once you show up for an interview, expect to be asked for a chronological review.4. Focus on accomplishments. "Superv
Business Plan Outline & Checklist
Who needs a Business Plan?Every business needs one. It's not just for start-ups or new product launches or business expansion initiatives.Why? And what should be in one?Documenting a Business Plan is an extremely useful process to focus management and owners on their business concept, strategies, and operating plans. It forces consensus and decision making that might otherwise be neglected. It requires issues to be resolved and the decisions to be reflected in financial projections.A well-documented business plan will help you communicate the most important elements of your strategy and plans to the people who need to know them. Including you.Already in business for years and never needed a business plan? It's still a good idea for all the same reasons. And now is a good time.Ready to exit your business? Even better. A solid business plan will be the most important document in supporting the valuation of your business.The greatest value of a business
Strategic alliances are today commonplacWho needs a Business Plan?Every business needs one. It's not just for start-ups or new product launches or business expansion initiatives.Why? And what should be in one?Documenting a Business Plan is an extremely useful process to focus management and owners on their business concept, strategies, and operating plans. It forces consensus and decision making that might otherwise be neglected. It requires issues to be resolved and the decisions to be reflected in financial projections.A well-documented business plan will help you communicate the most important elements of your strategy and plans to the people who need to know them. Including you.Already in business for years and never needed a business plan? It's still a good idea for all the same reasons. And now is a good time.Ready to exit your business? Even better. A solid business plan will be the most important document in supporting the valuation of your business.The greatest value of a business
Mortgage Marketing, Concepts for The Future and From the Past
For both new and experienced loan officers looking to market their business to drum up some mortgage leads, consider a couple of old and new marketing concepts.It is the twenty first century and it seems as though just about everybody and their brother is blogging. So why not build a mortgage blog just for yourself?If you are sitting there thinking that you are not that computer literate or you are not a computer programmer, don’t worry, you don’t have to be. Setting up a blog is absolutely free and it is very easy. It only takes about five minutes at the most.Once your blog is in place, you can post news briefs and short articles about your business and your products. You can also encourage others in the mortgage industry to post mortgage related topics also.Blogs are great for mortgage marketing because it gives you another tool to work with. You can invite potential customers to visit so they can know more about you, your company, and the products you have to offer.
c alliances are today commonplacFor both new and experienced loan officers looking to market their business to drum up some mortgage leads, consider a couple of old and new marketing concepts.It is the twenty first century and it seems as though just about everybody and their brother is blogging. So why not build a mortgage blog just for yourself?If you are sitting there thinking that you are not that computer literate or you are not a computer programmer, don’t worry, you don’t have to be. Setting up a blog is absolutely free and it is very easy. It only takes about five minutes at the most.Once your blog is in place, you can post news briefs and short articles about your business and your products. You can also encourage others in the mortgage industry to post mortgage related topics also.Blogs are great for mortgage marketing because it gives you another tool to work with. You can invite potential customers to visit so they can know more about you, your company, and the products you have to offer.
Rambling Confessions of a Recovering Entrepreneur
I told my family that I finally accepted that my passion had become an ob- session, and you could even call it an addiction. They all laughed. What had taken me 25 years to accept, they had known for years. My wife detected my addiction as early as our honeymoon in Paris. All I wanted to do was spend time at the Bourse trading francs on the spot market. She kept on nudging me to see some old picture in the Louvre.For my daughter, it became clear when I demanded that her prom date be an officer in Junior Achievement. I thought it was a good way to ensure that she dated a young man with career aspirations. She saw it differently.It had been six months since I had read a business plan. And I missed it. I mumbled when the Wall Street Journal driver came down my block… only to skip my house. My wife had a block on our cable television — no more MSNBC, and it was no better on the Internet; I couldn’t access Bloomberg.Last Tuesday, a power stronger then myself won out. I don’t know how
ces are today commonplacI told my family that I finally accepted that my passion had become an ob- session, and you could even call it an addiction. They all laughed. What had taken me 25 years to accept, they had known for years. My wife detected my addiction as early as our honeymoon in Paris. All I wanted to do was spend time at the Bourse trading francs on the spot market. She kept on nudging me to see some old picture in the Louvre.For my daughter, it became clear when I demanded that her prom date be an officer in Junior Achievement. I thought it was a good way to ensure that she dated a young man with career aspirations. She saw it differently.It had been six months since I had read a business plan. And I missed it. I mumbled when the Wall Street Journal driver came down my block… only to skip my house. My wife had a block on our cable television — no more MSNBC, and it was no better on the Internet; I couldn’t access Bloomberg.Last Tuesday, a power stronger then myself won out. I don’t know how
Entrepreneurial Abuses
Many people assume they can start a company and make a multi-million dollar business from scratch. In fact in the United States of America you can, as it is a free country and despite all the over regulation, lawyers in the way, barriers to entry and other issues it is actually possible. It is also kind of fun to overcome all this and prove the critics wrong and indeed isn’t that the American Way.However with all these truths, I have witnessed start up entrepreneurs who are bathed in credit card debt, upside down in home equity and on the verge of losing their jobs, who wish to start a new start-up company. When designing their business plans the first thing they say is; “I need a minimum of $5,000 per month to live on” well welcome to the real world, because until you get funding for your project no one is going to be paying you a G-Darn Dime. They say; “But we will sell millions of these products, on TV infomercials!” yet they do not even have a prototype to show anyone and not even certain
today commonplacMany people assume they can start a company and make a multi-million dollar business from scratch. In fact in the United States of America you can, as it is a free country and despite all the over regulation, lawyers in the way, barriers to entry and other issues it is actually possible. It is also kind of fun to overcome all this and prove the critics wrong and indeed isn’t that the American Way.However with all these truths, I have witnessed start up entrepreneurs who are bathed in credit card debt, upside down in home equity and on the verge of losing their jobs, who wish to start a new start-up company. When designing their business plans the first thing they say is; “I need a minimum of $5,000 per month to live on” well welcome to the real world, because until you get funding for your project no one is going to be paying you a G-Darn Dime. They say; “But we will sell millions of these products, on TV infomercials!” yet they do not even have a prototype to show anyone and not even certain
How to Write a Better Resume
====INTRODUCTIONThere are as many opinions on the subject of resumes as there are job seekers! Some of the more popular opinions are centered on the use of objectives, summaries, profiles, title headings, keywords, reference statements, personal interests, salary history, dates, graphics, fonts, and of course, the length of the resume.Then there is the question of format. Should the style of a resume be chronological, functional or combination? One thing is certain - the resume should sell a candidate's strengths and qualifications, and answer a hiring manager's question, "How can you solve my problem?" It should also have full contact information, be organized, and provide specific information that a hiring manager needs to decide whether or not a candidate is well suited for a position. At the very least, it should list relevant experience and achievements.====PURPOSE OF A RESUMEA resume is a personal marketing document that communicates your career objective and value t
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====INTRODUCTIONThere are as many opinions on the subject of resumes as there are job seekers! Some of the more popular opinions are centered on the use of objectives, summaries, profiles, title headings, keywords, reference statements, personal interests, salary history, dates, graphics, fonts, and of course, the length of the resume.Then there is the question of format. Should the style of a resume be chronological, functional or combination? One thing is certain - the resume should sell a candidate's strengths and qualifications, and answer a hiring manager's question, "How can you solve my problem?" It should also have full contact information, be organized, and provide specific information that a hiring manager needs to decide whether or not a candidate is well suited for a position. At the very least, it should list relevant experience and achievements.====PURPOSE OF A RESUMEA resume is a personal marketing document that communicates your career objective and value t
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