8 Easy to Follow Steps For Writing Your First CV

Writing your first CV, although it seems a daunting task doesn't have to be a difficult process. Many people find it very difficult to sell themselves as it feels like bragging so inevitably you can end up with a CV that undersells your talents.

Additionally, if you are a school leaver or university graduate, it is unlikely that you will have a great deal of relevant experience or evidence for relevant skills. They will be there somewhere! It is just a case of thinking laterally to come up with everyday experiences that show your talents.

Whether you are a school leaver with no work experience or an individual with a wealth of experience who has never been required to produce a CV until now, do not panic! Simply follow these simple rules and you will produce an impressive CV in a style and format that employers will recognise and appreciate.

The 8 Easy Steps to a Perfect CV

1. Include the following sections, and preferably in the following order:

* Personal Details

* Personal Profile

* Education and Qualifications

* Any other relevant qualifications

* Employment History

* References

2. Ensure your CV is concise, preferably no more than 2 A4 pages

3. Choose your words carefully to provide maximum impact - especially in your personal profile where you really need to highlight your skills and knowledge

4. List your Employment History with the most recent job first

5. If you do not have any work experience then substitute this section for, 'Personal Successes' and describe your achievements and the skills required e.g. voluntary work or sporting achievements.

6. Make sure your CV is tailored to suit each job you are applying for, focusing your attention on the skills that job specifically requires

7. Do not include any clip art or photographs

8. Check your CV to make sure there are no spelling mistakes or grammatical errors

You will now have a winning CV! Couple this with a killer cover letter and you will be giving yourself the best possible chance of securing an interview.

Seeking for a job in SG, you can source a list of available jobs at job bank Singapore.

A recruiting article by Dougles Chan - A recruitment mentor that speciliased in recruitment training and recruitment mentoring in Singapore and globally.

Contact Dougles Chan @ +(65) 9388 0851 or email to dc@dougleschan.com for your recruitment training and mentoring needs.

6 Tips for Finding a Job After College

Finding a job after college can be an tiring process. What you worked on while in college was researching papers, reading books, and taking tests. College didn't exactly prepare you for finding a job after college. Follow these six tips and you'll be on your way to getting that job in no time.

1. Nosce te ipsum- "Know thyself"
This is extremely important when it comes to finding a job after college. What are your dreams and goals? What would be your dream job? What have you always enjoyed doing? What are your skills? These are very important questions that you need to answer before you move forward in finding a job after college.

2. Build a powerful Resume.
When building a resume it's important to focus on what exactly you have to offer to the particular company you are applying for. Show how you're skills will be perfect for that company. Why should they hire you as opposed to someone else? Communicate THAT point and you will get the job.

3. Knowing where to look for a job.
After building your resume its time to find your new job. One of the best places to look for jobs is online. Particularly online job boards. Google search "[type of job you're searching for] + job board. That will bring up the website that has jobs that you're looking for. These types of sites are where you will find many of the best jobs. You can try looking on sites like Monster.com or Careerbuilder.com which are the two biggest job boards. But you will have more success if you look in the smaller job boards.

4. Broaden your network.
Many college grads say the best way to get a job is to look in your network. Let everyone that you know that you are looking for a job. By expanding your network you never know what jobs may come your way.

5. Keep your emotions in check.
Looking for a job can be hard. Especially if it takes a while to find one. Quickly, it become this emotional roller coaster of going from getting excited because you got a call for an interview, to an extreme low when you don't get the job. How you avoid this is simply focusing on the process of getting a job. If you focus on the day to day process of searching for a job, then finding a job after college has less of an emotional impact.

6. The law of averages.
The law of averages stats that at some point you are bound to get a job. Each time a company decides not to hire you, just think of it this way: One more 'no' got you one more 'no' closer to that 'yes' for that job you've been waiting for.

Stick to these tips and you'll get a job in no time.

Looking for a job in Singapore, you can search a list of latest jobs at job bank Singapore.

An article by Dougles Chan - A recruitment mentor that speciliased in recruitment training and recruitment mentoring in Singapore and globally.

Contact Dougles Chan @ +(65) 9388 0851 or email to dc@dougleschan.com for your recruitment training and mentoring needs.

Workplace Safety Tips - My Top Ten List

Maintaining a safe workplace is almost but not entirely totally unlike following OSHA regulations. If complying with OSHA regulations at your lowest up front cost is your goal, then I suggest you read another site. However, if you are truly interested in keeping your employees safe and productive in your workplace then here are some workplace safety tips for you. They might even help you comply with some OSHA regulations along the way.

My Top Ten Workplace Safety Tips:

1. Maintain a clean work area. Not only will you remove many hazards from a work area by keeping it clean, but you will also provide a more productive work environment for your employees.


2. Use guards and engineering solutions wherever possible instead of relying on PPE - personal protective equipment. PPE is hard to police and uncomfortable to wear. Find a way to prevent the exposure in the first place. Your workers will be much more productive if they are comfortable


3. Assume your employees want to work safely and give them that chance. Many safety incentive programs seemed to be based on the idea that employees want to get hurt and you have to bribe them not to stick their hand in the machine. If you have that idea, then these tips are not for you.


4. Give clear work instructions. Make sure your employees know the right way to do what you expect of them. Don't just give them a list of things not to do. Include safety instructions in every procedure you write.


5. Don't dwell on worst case scenarios but focus on what is most likely to occur. Start by focusing your energy in preventing your most common incidents. That means you will have to keep an accurate OSHA incident log even if it looks bad to some manager you report to.


6. Love your employees. Don't confuse this with something that might get you a sexual harassment claim. I mean, care about your employees and let them know you do. If a machine is becoming unsafe, shut it down before someone gets hurt.


7. Spend time getting to know the work your employees do. Even if you once did that job, it is likely it is done differently by different people. Look at what people are actually doing and compare this to what is written in procedures. If the procedures are different from the actual practice , find out why.


8. Maintain the machinery in good working order. Many times employees get into dangerous situations by having to compensate for a machine defect or wear. In the case of wear, it may have occurred so gradually that they think it is normal. A strong preventive maintenance program makes for a strong safety program.


9. Avoid unnecessary hazards. Look for new materials or equipment that can eliminate the hazards your workers are exposed to.


10. Maintain a clean work area. See workplace safety tip number one above. Potential exposures to hazardous material and conditions can be dramatically reduced simply by keeping the work area clean. And the benefit in employee productivity and morale is worth the effort even without the safety incentive.

Looking for a job in Singapore, you can find a list of available jobs at job bank WDA.

An article by Dougles Chan - A recruitment mentor that speciliased in recruitment training and recruitment mentoring in Singapore and globally.

Contact Dougles Chan @ +(65) 9388 0851 or email to dc@dougleschan.com for your recruitment training and mentoring needs.

8 Things I Did to Improve My Current Job

The economy is in a terrible state; a state of which we haven't seen the likes since the Great Depression. Employers are slashing jobs at a record pace and unemployment offices are overcrowded with people now forced to reconfigure their lives. During these tough times we all want to avoid being the one to get the proverbial "pink slip"... easier said than done when you are at the mercy of your employers. Hard work may no longer be enough; it's time to step up your game. You need to show that you are not only worth hanging on to, but that you are a contributing member of the team that will help the company survive. The question on everyone's mind--how?

So what is the right mix, the right solution to stay above water during tough times? They say change is coming. I say change is here. It's time to wake up and cope with change.

This has been my experience:
I left a good job that had long given up on the promise of providing me opportunities for growth in my respective field of information security. I was looking for a challenge; the next stepping stone in my career. I worked as an Information Technology technician for nearly ten years. I had suddenly realized the company's technology strategy didn't fit with my understanding and aspirations around enhancing the discipline of Information Security. Soon after, I accepted a job offer from a healthcare insurance provider which offered many challenges and a promising future. But it wasn't all as I thought it would be - not right away anyways.

During my first year of employment my job felt like a waste of my time. I was not contributing, not because I didn't want to or couldn't, but because in my opinion things happened slowly and very little interest was given to my expertise and purpose. I tried my best to stay busy and contribute even when the rewards were small and few and far between. As work began to come our way and much was expected of us, we needed a plan, we needed a strategic plan to handle information security.

However, a plan was never fully developed and a vision didn't immediately flourish. Work became an everyday frustration of "putting out fires" and we were never put in a position to show value and results. One of the toughest things to do in the industry of information security and assurance is show ROI and we simply didn't put ourselves in a position to do so. I saw this as a problem and raised the issue. I raised the issue again and again until it got me in trouble.

 I didn't get in trouble because I was pointing out the obvious, but perhaps because of complex politics and because I didn't fully understand how the organization worked. Despite all that, I felt it was my obligation to my employer to raise issues of concern since this is why I was hired. So I backed off and went into frustration and unmotivated mode. What a terrible way to work. Everyday I looked forward to being late to work and leaving early although I never acted on it. I remained strong to my commitment to my employer. My job became a burden on me however, and to top that off, the economy started to hit us, big time.

For the first time in years this strong performing company was faced with the tough decision of lay offs. This scared me, or at least got me thinking. I asked myself: "If I was asked by an executive to describe my contributions to the company, what would I say? How can management justify my job?" Wow! Wake up call!

1. I realized that I would, like everyone else, likely struggle to find work if I lost my job. Not because of my ability or marketability, but because there's a lot of competition out there and finding a better job would be really tough. So I decided to change my current attitude and focus to fit my style - the turning point.

2. I wrote down what benefits my job offered. When I say benefits I mean what challenges, learning opportunities, chance to get involved, opportunities to develop my professional status and knowledge. I wrote down the things that I can find at work that would show results for my employer.

3. I looked for areas or projects where my past experience could be of use in an effective manner to help others while helping myself establish a better reputation and improve my brand within the company. This was important to me because in every job I've ever held, I have always been involved in rewarding projects and activities and I wanted to maintain that.

4. I developed plans on how I would contribute to these projects. I didn't want to only contribute, I wanted to stand out and be noticed. So I had to develop ways that I could be productive and be a leader. I thought out my ideas and put them on paper so that when I presented them, they would make sense and gain stakeholders' interest.

5. I took charge. I became a marketing genius of my own work and myself. I sought out people that would be on my side and back my ideas. In many cases I gained people's input on my plans before I presented them. Input from people that have an established reputation in the company is an undervalued asset. If you can find allies, go get 'em.

6. Positive attitude. My attitude changed drastically. I have always been a pretty optimistic and positive person but for a while my attitude was down the toilet. How did I remain positive you ask? Simple, I just stayed true to myself and to my strengths. I figured, if I get laid off, I didn't want to walk away thinking I could have done better. I'm at my best when I am true to myself and when I maximize my strengths and abilities. Find them, we all have them. That's why you were hired in the first place.

7. Get noticed. There is nothing wrong with letting people know that you did something right. You're expected to own up to your mistakes so why not take credit for your good work? I began walking into my boss's office 3-4 times a day to let him know what I've accomplished thus far. I kept him informed of every detail of my work and how it was being received by other departments.

8. Finally, I made my boss look good. When you do good work in cross-functional activities and teams, your ability will shine and everyone will know your worth. But it is your boss that holds your success and job status in his or her hands. If you make your boss look good, he or she will want to retain you because your work actually provides him with job security as well; you're part of his or her vision and helping achieve that. Eventually you will outgrow your job and possibly look to leave, unless you're content where you are and with the growth you've achieved, but while you're at your job, making your boss look good will get you more projects to work on, and more opportunities to shine and develop yourself professionally. Make your boss your ally.

So after all that, where am I today? Today, I'm leading two of the company's most critical information security activities. I'm developing the company's Information Security Incident Management and I'm also heading the information security risk assessment for a high priority project. My boss and others, have shown great appreciation for my work and every day now my work has major rewards with those rewards coming more often.

The money is the same, but my life is simpler and my job is a happier place. My positive attitude seems to be contagious as others look forward to working with me and participating in my meetings. I usually stand by the conference room door as people leave my meetings so that I can get feedback. Positive feedback is great food for self confidence.

In all, I feel that I have further solidified my job status and most importantly, I have engaged myself in promising activities that will have great rewards in the future. Information Security has a promising future, so this will only enhance my chances to grow professionally.

Seeking for a job in Singapore, you can source a list of available jobs at Singapore WDA job bank.

A recruiting article by Dougles Chan - A recruitment mentor that speciliased in recruitment training and recruitment mentoring in Singapore and globally.

Contact Dougles Chan @ +(65) 9388 0851 or email to dc@dougleschan.com for your recruitment training and mentoring needs.

Copywriting Tips: How To Get Your First Copywriting Job

Today, I'm going to share with you some copywriting tips and how to start your own copywriting business. This article will show you how to get your first copywriting job and clients as a new copywriter. I personally followed the steps below to get my first copywriting job.

Tip #1: Write For Friends For Free
In the beginning, I wrote the first couple of jobs for free. So I did 2 jobs for friends for free. I wrote advertising for them including the website, email copy as well as print ads. Through this, I got copywriting experience, writing experience and references. The question is how did I get paid? How did I get my first job? The answer to these questions will continue to the next copywriting tip.

Tip #2: Join Copywriting Forums and Identify Successful Copywriters
I joined a copywriting forum on the internet with lots of different copywriters discussing different topics, and helping people out who'd come and ask for copywriting advice. On this forum I identified a successful copywriter, and built a relationship with him.

Tip #3: Contact Successful Copywriters
Next I contacted this successful copywriter and propositioned him through email. I told him that I'm a new copywriter, I'm new to the business and I'm looking to get some work. I said if he was ever overloaded with work, then perhaps he could send some work my way and I could help him out. Out of that, I got a reply from him within a couple of days telling me that he had some extra jobs, but he not sure about my ability. He wanted to see my portfolio first.

Tip #4: Show Off Your Copywriting Portfolio - Get Copywriting Jobs
Now remember, I was just getting started in the copywriting business. I didn't have a big copywriting portfolio, but I did have two copywriting samples I had done for friends, for free. So I sent through my samples and he was impressed!

Tip #5: Prove Yourself
Before he actually decided to send me the job, he wants me to tell my thoughts on something he has written recently. As a successful copywriter asking me, a total beginner to analyze his work and ask for my thoughts to improve his work, was very intimidating. This is the right time to prove your skill and expertise. I shared a couple of things that I thought he could change such as the headline as well as a new opening sentence of the sales letter. In the end, he was actually very impressed and sent me work right away. Literally within two weeks he sent me two pain clients as referrals who offered paid copywriting jobs to me. Those jobs were worth thousands of dollars.

Tip #6: Find More Copywriting Jobs Online
As my career took off and my confidence grew, I was able to use different strategies and not just relying on other successful copywriters as my main source of getting clients. Start to participate in some of those online marketing forums or copywriting forums which you can find by going to Google and typing in "copywriting forum". Once you go to those forums, you can now identify the real people who seem very active as copywriters. Now what you may find are some copywriters who would be happy to give you work but they may take a percentage. This is standard and this is usual.
So, that's what I recommend you to do. Go there find a copywriter who seems doing quite well.

Contact them and simply start a referral relationship. And you never know in the future when you'd become overloaded of copywriting jobs, you might be the one sending on work to other copywriters as well. Because there are more clients that we could ever all work for. There's never going to be a shortage of writing advertising no matter what kind of economy were in and that's what I recommend you to do.

Looking for a job in SG, you can find a list of latest jobs at WDA jobsnet.

A recruiting article by Dougles Chan - A recruitment mentor that speciliased in recruitment training and recruitment mentoring in Singapore and globally.

Contact Dougles Chan @ +(65) 9388 0851 or email to dc@dougleschan.com for your recruitment training and mentoring needs.

5 Key Things to Remember When Writing Your Resume

Are you actively looking for a new job? If so, you need to focus some attention on your resume. Whether you intend to breathe new life into an old resume or create a new one from scratch, please keep these key points in mind when doing so:

Your Resume is What Lands You A Job Interview
To most of us, a resume is a document stored on our computer or a simple piece of paper. To an actively looking job seeker, a resume is a vital document that makes or breaks their chance of landing a job interview. Yes, job interviews are what land you a job. But, it is the resume that lands you a job interview. Until the interview, you are just one of many applicants. Your resume (this document) must do all the talking for you. That is why it is recommended you take the time to craft the best resume possible, proofread it multiple times, ask friends and family for suggestions, or even consider hiring a professional resume writer. Without a good resume, you don't stand a chance of scoring an interview let alone a job.

Your Resume Should Contain Strong, Yet Relevant Keywords or Phrases
Hiring managers and business owners get hundreds of applicants for one open position. Due to that massive number, they are unable to physically and thoroughly read every single sentence on every single resume. That is why they scan or browse for important keywords. Keyword searches are also used when searching online databases. For that reason, your resume should contain important keyword phrases. It all depends on the job you are applying for and your experience, but a few keywords to use include accomplish, management, managed, achieved, delegated, and so forth.

Your Resume Should Be Easy to Read
When it comes to writing your resume, it is important to focus on ease of reading. There are a number of different ways this free resume tip applies to job searching. First, your resume must be easy on the eyes. That is why a simple format is recommended, as well as bullet points, short sentences, and short paragraphs. Anything that looks like it will take 15 minutes to read will be bypassed. Then, it is important to keep a good flow. The information on this document should not jump around. Keep your job history (including tasks performed) together, keep your education together, keep your training and/or skills together and so forth.

Your Resume Shouldn't Be a 5-Page Story, But It Does Not Need To Be 1-Page Either
Online, you will find lots of free resume writing tips. Many of those tips state that unless you are looking to apply for an executive level position, your resume should be one page and one page only. This is actually not recommended. Why not? Sometimes you need one page and sometimes you need two. You never want to eliminate important training, job skills, or education just to get your resume to nicely fit on one page. Keep in mind that your resume does not nor should it tell your entire life story, but it should include the basics (job history, common tasks especially those that are transferable to the new job, education, training, and so forth).

Your Resume Is Something You Can Edit Later
Resume writing is a skill. Yes, anyone can write an okay resume. With that said, it often takes a professional or loads of trial and error to write a 100% excellent resume. If you don't want to hire a professional resume writer, focus on some trial and error. Lets say you apply for 15 jobs that you are qualified for, but you don't get one single interview. At this point in time, you should revisit your job search resume. Consider improving it or seeking professional assistance. While you cannot edit the resumes you already sent out, you can work on improving yours for the future.

Looking for a job in SG, you can get a list of latest jobs at jobs bank Singapore.

A recruiting article by Dougles Chan - A recruitment mentor that speciliased in recruitment training and recruitment mentoring in Singapore and globally.

Contact Dougles Chan @ +(65) 9388 0851 or email to dc@dougleschan.com for your recruitment training and mentoring needs.

Career Search: Nursing Is a Rewarding Profession

Have you ever considered a career in nursing? For many nurses, they find their work brings them joy, fulfillment and a few surprises each day. Want to know more perks of being a nurse?

Impact the lives of others
Nurses help patients on a daily basis, which is why most find the profession personally fulfilling. Do you love to work with young children? Or, do you have a special place in your heart for the elderly? With so many facets of healthcare, nurses can choose their specialty, working in a field of care that best suits them.

Flexible schedules
Nurses are needed in hospitals, clinics, assisted living facilities, schools and more. With the varying industries comes the ability to choose a facility that offers the hours you'd like to work. Clinics typically offer nurses the opportunity to work 9-to-5 where hospitals and senior care facilities need around the clock care so shift work is often available.

Variety
Nursing is ideal for those that thrive in a fast-paced environment. No two days are alike-just like no two patients are alike. Nursing promises lifelong learning. With advancements in technology and changes in patient care, nurses are able to learn and hone new skills.

Job security
Nurses are a critical component within the healthcare system. As the population continues to age, the need for nurses will increase. Job security is strong. Registered nurses (RNs) top the Bureau of Labor Statistics list for highest employment growth although home health aides come in a close second.

There are also opportunities for career advancement. Many nurses pursue management positions, complete continuing education to move into a different specialty or put their years of knowledge to good use as they teach up-and-coming nurses.

Respectable pay
In addition to being a satisfying and gratifying career, nurses find the career provides excellent wages and benefits. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the median salary for a RN was just over $65,000 in 2013. The best-paid 10 percent of RNs made more than $96,000. And, just as other full-time jobs, nurses generally receive medical, dental, vacation and other benefits from the employer.

Endless opportunities
Nurses are needed everywhere-across the country and throughout the world. The skills and experienced gained as a nurse can be applied in countless situations. But, the most successful nurses are the women and men that treat patients with care and compassion-qualities that lead them to the rewarding career in the first place.

Looking for a job in SG, you can get a list of latest jobs at jobs bank WDA Singapore.

An article by Dougles Chan - A recruitment mentor that speciliased in recruitment training and recruitment mentoring in Singapore and globally.

Contact Dougles Chan @ +(65) 9388 0851 or email to dc@dougleschan.com for your recruitment training and mentoring needs.

Top Reasons Resumes Are Rejected - Job Hopping

There was a time when most people expected to get out of school, find a job, and stick with it pretty much for the rest of their lives. Today, the opposite is true. People tend to change jobs fairly often, for various reasons. One study showed that in the U.S. people aged 25 to 37 were holding jobs for an average of 2.7 years. Sometimes they job hop by choice, other times it's forced on them as many companies downsize, or shut down altogether. Yet many employers don't like hiring people with too many jobs on their resume. How can you get around this obstacle?

When I asked my 20-something daughter why young people often job hop, she said she thinks there are a few reasons. Here are some of them:

1. It's a job, not a career - Young people, particularly if they're straight out of high school, will frequently start out in entry-level jobs in the retail or fast food industry. It's not a career to them, just a way to make money and get into the job market. They don't feel any loyalty to the place where they sell the sneakers, fry the chicken or make the fries, particularly if they're doing it in embarrassing uniforms. Soon, they move on to another place, for more money, better hours, or just a change.
2. They're bored and burnt out: Being bored can be more stressful than being overworked.A lot of today's entry level jobs can be pretty monotonous and uninspiring. Some call center jobs have been described as "mental drudgery." Few young people can handle this long-term, and soon move on, either to similar jobs, or to more promising and enjoyable jobs.
3. They're following the money: Some people take the view that they work purely to make the money to live their "real lives," so why not jump from job to job, as more money is offered.
4. Trying to find the right career: Many young people take a few years to decide on a career path that's right for them, so they may go through a variety of jobs, and make a few bad choices, looking for the right fit.

Of course, not all job hoppers are young. Some serial job hoppers are older, even middle-aged. Why would they job hop?

1. Loving the challenge: Some people just love to learn new things and have new experiences. Their favourite part of a job is the first phase where everything is new, and there's so much to learn about a new industry. Novelty and challenge make them feel alive. Once the honeymoon period is over and they've mastered the basic skills of the job, the thrill is gone, and it's on to another job, another challenge.
2. Personal Problems: There are people who always seem to have problems getting along with other employees or bosses, ending in frequently being let go, or in walking out. There are a number of other personal problems that could lead someone to leave job after job, including physical and mental health problems, substance abuse issues, an unstable personal life, etc.
3. Because they can: Recruiters and the Internet have made it easier than ever for some people to find a new job when they tire of the old one.

Why would a hiring manager reject the resume of a job hopper? It could be that the employer has the perception that the candidate could be:

1. Disloyal: He could leave at a moment's notice. It's his pattern.
2. Flaky and indecisive: If he's a serious, dedicated employee, why does he keep changing jobs?
3. Just after the money: He doesn't care about my company; he'll go wherever the money is.
4. Unreliable: If the chips are down, how can I count on him? He'll probably just leave.

Obviously the best way to avoid the appearance of being a job hopper on your resume is not to be one. And maybe you've decided to put your job-hopping days behind you. But are there any ways to overcome this obstacle if you currently have a long list of short-term jobs on your resume?

1. Address the problem: Rather than hope the hiring manager won't notice (he will), address the elephant on the resume. In your Profile section, stress that after taking time to choose a career path, your goal is to begin a long-term career with their company. Stress this in your cover letter as well. Try to come across as mature and un-flaky as possible.
2. Combine jobs when possible: Occasionally, I see people list two jobs on their resume, when they really did one. For example, they may have worked for a large company as a temp for a year, then got hired on by the company for another two years. Show this as one job, but make it clear in the details that you made the transition from the temp agency to permanent worker. It just looks better. If you've held multiple jobs at the same place, show this as one job, under the company name, with smaller sections for each post you held. Do NOT list this as several different jobs. Again, it's all about appearance.
3. Leave off old jobs: One man, an M.D., listed every job he'd ever had on his resume, right back to when he processed film part-time in high school. Don't do this! If you're an older worker, don't feel you need to list every job you did for the last 25 years, right back to when you swept the roller rink. You want to reduce the appearance that you've held 20 different jobs, particularly since the hiring manager probably won't read slowly enough to see the details of many of these jobs.
4. Where appropriate, leave off extremely short term jobs. Never lie on your resume,but if you held a job for a month or less, better to leave it off entirely, and avoid cluttering up your resume with yet more jobs.

Just by following these tips, some people will be able to pare several jobs off their resumes, and hopefully increase their chances of getting that interview.

Seeking for a job in SG, you can search a list of latest jobs at WDA jobs Singapore.

A recruitment article by Dougles Chan - A recruitment mentor that speciliased in recruitment training and recruitment mentoring in Singapore and globally.

Contact Dougles Chan @ +(65) 9388 0851 or email to dc@dougleschan.com for your recruitment training and mentoring needs.

If You Lose Your Job, All You Have To Do Is Get Another One In Our "Wonderful" Economy

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported a low unemployment rate for years. Behind these reports are articles about 50 percent of all young blacks in the inner city being unemployed and another story about 33 percent of all who lost their jobs after age 55 never finding another one. A local church bulletin carried this notation for a long time - " Success is reaching Social Security age before having to declare bankruptcy.

The Consumer Bankruptcy Project found that the rate at which older Americans - those 65 years of age or older - filed for bankruptcy increased 213 percent between 1991 and 2001. The steepest increase in Chapter 7 filings occurred among people older than 55. In 2002, the percentage of Americans older than 45 who entered bankruptcy reached 39 percent up from 27 percent in 1994, the study found.

Another report says that 47 percent of all small business people maxed out their credit cards trying to keep their business afloat in an economic arena of unfair trade. Many eventually suffered usury rates at up to 35 percent interest. Apparently many bankruptcies are not based on just consumers overspending but basic survival. Today many who believed in the Free Enterprise system and the American Dream have to take a bankruptcy education course before filing for bankruptcy. This new law was passed by politicians with many being "double dippers" getting both a salary and a retirement income while in the private sector have to take this course after being in business for many years.

However, the most striking counter statistic is this. Only about 40 percent of all workers in the U.S. qualify for unemployment insurance. The other 60 percent are in some sort of economic limbo. They either do not work long enough at one job or make enough money in any given period to qualify. ( We also do not know how everything adds up with some people working up to four jobs at one time. It appears the BLS reports one job equals one worker. )

The Bureau of Labor Statistics stop using the unemployment offices in their reporting due to this. Which leaves us with this final conclusion. We do not need any conspiracy theories to know the unemployment reporting is a managed system and a single mother making only a $100 a month is considered employed. This would have been laughable during the 1970s. Then the laughter would have turned to something more serious and Congressional hearing would been called. Now in the current economic arena, nothing has been done to expose this terrible void.

The BSL finally admitted about five years ago that many are missing in action from any kind of reporting giving up searching for a job. They put this figure at just 4 million while the streets tells us there must be many more than just 4 million. Hurricane Katrina in News Orleans exposed a vast under class living in a silent depression. The same could apply across our land.

It is difficult to find out many many jobs are full time ones. From what we have studied only about 88 million jobs are full time which confirms there is an economic limbo out there with a labor force of at least double that number. Studying the way the unemployment rate is gathered is another story.

Reportedly, the BSL gets their results by a random statistical calling of 50,000 households a month.

The person answering the phone is asked if they looked for a job in the past month. If they say no, they are counted as employed. If a person says they are helping out in the family business or on the family farm without any pay, while they are looking for a regular job, they too are considered employed. We welcome anyone to tell us we are wrong and we wish we were wrong. The Get America Working Forum says 50 percent of U.S. human resources are not being used. The term underemployment has faded away.

Meanwhile the media keep telling us how good the economy is with our low unemployment rates. They tell us how well the stock market is doing too. However, once upon a time, companies stocks values would increase based on how many people companies could hire while still making a decent profit. Today the stock values are now based on people getting fired instead of hired. Some American companies now have only about 10 percent of their workforce in America. The stock values rise as more low paid foreign workers are hired. As consumers shop their jobs away at places like Walmart.

President Clinton confirmed Free Trade with the passing of NAFTA and GATT trade agreements. President Bush followed affirming it was nothing personal for it was only business in getting Fast Track passed which makes the Executive Branch the CEO of world trade. President Bush tells us the Mexican workers come to the United States to take jobs American will not do. He neglects to tell us that Mexico reports low unemployment rates too and apparently, there are many jobs in Mexico that Mexican workers will not take. The more than 4000 factories that were moved from the USA to Mexico evidently did not help the Mexican economy that much.

It created a new working poor class in the USA and an impoverished working class in Mexico. Now many of these factories are moving out of Mexico to places like China because the Chinese will take jobs that Mexican workers will not do. The Globalist Free Traders want a world economy without borders. They say it will spread prosperity but in reality, they are spreading poverty because there will always be someone who will work for less for down to the levels of wage slave and even child labor.

Today, we can travel for miles across our cities and view the vacant factories and stores while the government tells us happy days are here again with the greeters at Walmart welcoming us to spend money of products made in far away places while our local value added economies have been chopped up into pieces as relics of another time. Our industrial might won World War 2 and restored local value added economies in Europe and Asia through the Marshall Plan. In the end, the USA lost World War 2 fifty years after the combat was over.

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A recruiting article by Dougles Chan - A recruitment mentor that speciliased in recruitment training and recruitment mentoring in Singapore and globally.

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Career Counselling - Finding a Career Suited to Your Personality

The most important aspect of finding your dream job is to look for the job or career that is matched and compatible with your personality. This may sound relatively simple, however often we often don't have a clue about what different careers really involve and too often people find themselves "ending up" in a career without ever having made a conscious choice to do so. Resources for career counseling, including career tests, can be a great help in giving people the power to make a career decisions. So what are some of the resources available to people and how can they be most effectively used to achieve outcomes?

Job Search Websites and Databases
The Internet is an exhaustive information source that allows us to select from an ever growing list of options. Most online resources help job seekers find a job based on their personal preference and skill. Unfortunately, as often happens candidates are forced to search for and take jobs that meet their requirements at that point in time based on factors such as salary, location, and often simply what jobs are on offer at the time.

If not careful however, once a job seeker takes a job or role based on such factors however, they have often unknowingly move further from achieving their true career goal. Job seekers using this methods to decide on a career may eventually feel they have found themselves ultimately unhappy and in a job or career that is not suited to their personality or to them.

Identifying What Is "Really" Important To You
A critical aspect of finding a career well matched to your personality is to understand what is important to you. It sounds simple but surprisingly few job seekers actually do this. There are a few ways one can do this. You could make a list of all the things you think are important to you in a job and then place them in order from most important to least important. You could then access a jobs database and review the many thousands of jobs and careers in order to locate those that suitably match your list of priorities.

While this process could potentially be successful, it would be extremely time consuming and fortunately there are more effective and time efficient ways of going about this process. One such method is for job seekers to take a career test, which when completed will review all their job preferences and personality traits before providing them with a list of all the jobs suited to their personality. Most quality tests, such as the Strong Interest Inventory (SII) also go a step further and provide a good list of detailed action steps to guide the person in taking the necessary steps to move toward achieving their desired career.

Ensure you use a quality Career Test only
Career tests aren't career tests, just as "oils ain't oils". What is meant by this is that there are many career tests or "Quizzes" on the internet today which, while fun to play around with, are along way from quality career advice and are often very unreliable. In order to use a career test to help you find a job suited to your personality you need to find a test you can rely on. This is easier said than done but the only reliable or trusted way of doing this is to select a career test or questionnaire which is backed by solid research data and one which hasn't just been created by the webmaster of the site you are visiting.

For example, as mentioned above the Strong Interest Inventory is a career test which has been used by professional career counselors around the world for many years, and has had many revisions and updates. It is based on years of research and its developers publish its reliability and validity data which is publicly available. Free career tests and quizzes on the internet may make many claims, but when was the last time you saw one that actually provided you with concrete reliability and validity figures and measures?

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A recruitment article by Dougles Chan - A recruitment mentor that speciliased in recruitment training and recruitment mentoring in Singapore and globally.

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How to Write a CV

CV Writing Basics

Your CV is the first step for getting your foot in the door for a great job opportunity.
When you have a well written and professional CV, it can make all the difference between job searching and job finding!

The first part of your curriculum vitae will consist of basic information like your full name and contact details. Always try to provide your prospective employer more than one way of contacting you. A direct phone number or mobile and email address would be ideal.

In some cases depending on which industry you specialize in and also the country you reside in, you may also need to put down things like your age, gender and nationality. This is a practice that is swiftly falling out of favor, but it is still occasionally used.

When you write your CV, everything should be up to date and current.

Just below your contact details, write down something about your career ambitions and goals. It is recommended to keep this part of your CV down to three brief lines.

Next on your CV, write down your academic background, education and any qualifications. Start with your highest educational achievement first. Make sure that you write down the name of the institute where you graduated and also the year. In some cases, you might want to write down the subjects that you have taken as well.

After your academic background section, include your work experience starting with the role you are in or last position held. Remember to mention your job title, job description and length of time in each position. Your job descriptions should be straightforward and to the point, ideally using bullets to list all your main tasks.

Finally, remember to make sure that you have contact information for your previous employers.

When you are looking to register your CV on the leading job boards and CV databases, keep in mind that they often make use of in-house software to complete their searches, based on specific key words. It is therefore imperative that you also include any skills, training, software knowledge and achievements.

Perhaps one of the best ways to get a great CV is to get one drafted or rewritten for you. With an expert CV writing service, offered by Gibson Recruitment, you can have professionally written Curriculum Vitae - quick and easily!

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A recruitment article by Dougles Chan - A recruitment mentor that speciliased in recruitment training and recruitment mentoring in Singapore and globally.

Contact Dougles Chan @ +(65) 9388 0851 or email to dc@dougleschan.com for your recruitment training and mentoring needs.