Job-search strategies panel – Glendale, 1/4/10
Posted By Amanda Collins on December 21, 2009
Start 2010 with the skills you need to land your next job!
Professional résumé writers and career counselors provide tips for job seekers.
Glendale, Ariz. (December 21, 2009) – With the unemployment rate climbing each month and no end in sight, the job market is getting more and more competitive. The same skills used just a few years ago may not work in quite the same way with employers today. As job seekers look at entering 2010 without a job secured, they are seeking alternatives to the more traditional means of approaching the job search.
The Résumé Writers Council of Arizona (RWCA) has a solution. On January 4, 2010, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., RWCA will host a free job-search strategies panel at the Glendale Public Library, 5959 W. Brown, Glendale. The panel will consist of RWCA members, including professional résumé writers, interview and job coaches, and career counselors. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn best practices in résumés and interviewing as well as some innovative and proactive methods for conducting a successful job search.
This presentation will shed some light on many of the misnomers about job seeking. For instance, “a résumé doesn’t need to be one page and is not merely a summation of your work history,” states Donna Tucker, president of RWCA and owner of CareerPro Résumé Center. “A résumé is a marketing document, and if it takes two pages to share the value you offer a new employer, that’s okay.”
While a résumé’s objective is to get an interview, the interview is the means to the job. “It’s just as important that the job seeker have the opportunity to ask questions of the interviewer at that crucial meeting. The trick is to know the right questions to ask,” says Martha Rockwell, interview coach and owner of A+ Résumés and Career Coaching. “An interview should be viewed as an opportunity,” says Rockwell, “and the prepared job seeker stands a much better chance of securing the position.”
Did you know that your online résumé should be updated every three weeks or so? “Recruiters are looking for the recent applications, typically those posted in the past few weeks. If yours appears to be older than that, it might be overlooked,” shares Amanda Collins, résumé writer and owner of The Grammar Doctors. It’s tips like this that can give job seekers an edge in today’s environment.
The Résumé Writers Council of Arizona is a professional organization of résumé writers and career champions dedicated to enhancing and improving the résumé writing and career search industry of Arizona; ensuring quality work, fair prices, and ethical practices; and remaining current with changes in the industry. The RWCA advocates community service, and this panel is a representation of that charge. The free event is open to the public. Attendees are invited to bring their current résumés for review by the professional panel following the formal presentation.
For more information, please contact Donna Tucker at 602-788-3121 or jobsaz@att.net.
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