In order to make yourself stand out in front of the competition, you need to target your resume to the employer so that it makes it past the computer and into the hands of a real person. Using the right keywords is of outmost importance, expecially now that many companies employ software to scan through resumes looking for the right keywords that should highlight your compentencies, skills and experience.
I have to admit it: it sounds quite nice, the idea to go on a short vacation in order to test if a job/career does really fit you - not only because you just like it but because you really have tried and tested it.
Most of us would jump at the opportunity to make money from the comfort of our own home, lured by the possibility to have a kind of lifestyle that could help balance work and family time.This video helps you understand if the offers that you have probably seen online, on TV, or in the newspaper are (or not) The Real Deal.
How much can you really make?
What to look for in a legitimate work at home offer?
What you really need to put in to make it succeed?
Some people change jobs many times in their lives and never figure out what they really want to do. Now, there may be a solution. One Bismarck business is helping people figure out which career path might be right for them.
Reporter Tracy Fugere has more… Mellina Perry of Fort Washakie, Wyoming came to Bismarck to attend United Tribes Technical College.
She graduated in May with a degree in Business Office Technology. (Mellina Perry, Bismarck Customer) Then I was out there trying to find jobs but then it’s like…Daycare. Perry is a single parent of two girls. She found Career Options and they found her daycare and something else. (Mellina Perry, Bismarck Customer) And we’ve been doing a bunch of work experiences. We did several workshops here, from which I learned a lot so far. It’s helped me and now I’m doing volunteer work. Perry says the volunteer work at the Independent Living Center will help her get her foot in the door in other places to start a career in the business field. Career Options Employment Services Director Trina Gress says a person may have skills that can apply to other career fields.
She says Career Options matches up your abilities and skills to the right career… (Trina Gress / Career Options) If you don’t know your personality or the work environment…it’s never going to equal success. So you really need to look at that to determine who am I…where are my strengths and weaknesses…and how do I match that with the right work environment and work culture in order to equal my success in the workforce. Gress says interests change from day to day…what doesn’t change is your personality. That’s why it’s important to focus on the client rather than the job… (Trina Gress) Okay, if you are making ten dollars an hour now and you are going to take a pay cut and make seven twenty-five an hour, have you budgeted all of that out?
We help them look at all of those things before they get to that point of searching for the job. If you have an idea for a position that doesn’t exist, Career Options will propose creating that job at a business or company.
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