How to Deal With Knock Backs – Keeping Positive in Tough Times
Rejection is never an easy feeling to deal with. Knowing that, for one reason or another, you did not make the cut is a very obvious blow to your ego, and if you keep hearing that you aren’t a good match for the companies that you applied for, it can quickly become an easy path […]
Why Some Struggle To Toot Their Own Horn
In a job market that is infamous for being cut-throat, learning how to simply drop a line about your skills and qualifications while networking is important. If people don’t know what you can do for their company, they won’t hire you. Tooting your own horn is an important networking skill, and it also feels good […]
Why You Don’t Get The Job When You’re Overqualified
Many of you would think that we now live in a more conventionally sensible world, and having more and more qualifications would make you a hot item in almost any industry. However Resume Rescue is here to tell you that there are many, many industries where having too many qualifications or having too much experience can […]
Give Your Resume a Health Check
One of the most common issues that people have who are re-entering the job searching group after a long hiatus is that they have a resume which is obsolete. If you want to get a job these days, you are going to have to do a lot more to your resume than just update it with […]
Technology Tips to Help You Get A Job
Getting a job these days often requires a certain amount of technological savvy. If you aren’t using your tech smarts, your newly acquired gadgets, or your internet reputation to help get to an exclusive interview, you are already way behind the times. Getting a job is a more technological endeavour than ever before. Not very […]
What Hiring Managers Don’t Tell Job Applicants
Did you ever wonder what secrets hiring managers keep from the applicants that they have to screen? Although rather controversial, Resume Rescue believes it’s important that we share these with you. This helpful guide will tell you some of the more shocking revelations that managers often don’t tell job applicants. “The position may already be taken, […]
7 Ways to Sabotage Your Chances at Getting a Job
Have you been wondering why you simply haven’t been hired yet? Believe it or not, the reason you may not have a job after months of searching may not be the employers’ fault – it may be your own. Make sure you aren’t committing these seven deadly job hunter sins if you want to maximise […]
Are You Cocky or Confident?
Job seekers out there know, just as well as the hiring managers, that confidence can make or break a person’s ability to get a good job. Confidence allows people to believe in you, and also makes you appear like a qualified, intelligent, and capable individual. Here at Resume Rescue, we understand that there is a very […]
Your Interview, Your Fashion
During the old days back in the 1950s, it was always very obvious what kind of clothes you were expected to wear during a job interview. Now it’s pretty safe to say that employers’ expectations have changed – sometimes pretty drastically. Still, the clothes make the person and the clothes that you wear can make […]
5 Resume Writing Faux Pas
Everyone loves to think of themselves as a resume writing genius, but the fact is that some of the most major mistakes people make when writing resumes are also some of the most common. Here are five major mistakes that could make the difference between whether or not you get the job you want. 1. You […]
