About Writer Sander Marcus, Ph.D., is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Certified Professional Resume Writer in Chicago. He has over 3 decades of experience in providing career counseling, aptitude testing, job search coaching, and resume writing to tens of thousands of individuals. He is the co-author of 2 books on academic underachievement, various tests, and numerous articles. He can be contacted at marcus@iit.edu, 312-567-3358.http://www.center.iit.edu
Top 7 Keys To Persuasive Writing One major reason we write anything is not only to inform, to entertain, to share, to express, to sell, to lead, to teach, to communicate - but also TO PERSUADE. Here are 7 tips based on what I have noticed over the years in what I believe is persuasive writing. 1. Start by identifying the inner needs - especially the emotional inner needs - of your audience. We persuade when we connect with...... Similar Editorial : Persuasive Communication by Robert F. Abbott. | Source : Graffiti Alphabets
Personality Styles Of Chronic Academic Underachievers Not all academic underachievers are alike. The problem of underachievement is a symptom - like a stomach ache - that can have many different causes, each of which requires a different solution.Consider a random sample of, say, 100 students (from about 3rd grade through graduate school) whom we would identify as "underachievers." If we carefully assess each one, we will find that there are many...... Similar Editorial : Academic software by Arrticol_5@yahoo.com. | Source : Dealing With Bipolar
7 Keys To Avoid Inaction After Losing Your Job Losing one's job is often one of the most traumatic events in any person's life, and can have an immediate and devastating impact on one's social, emotional, financial, and family life. Worst of all, it can make a person feel incompetent, angry, confused, and discouraged. These feelings usually lead to inaction - the failure to do anything but mope and feel sorry for one’s self.This is...... Similar Editorial : Affirmative Inaction by Gary Whittaker. | Source : Project Management Training
Why Employer Wont Read Resumes When you write your resume (with or without advice and professional help), who is your target audience? Who are you trying to satisfy?First of all, you're not writing your resume to satisfy yourself. For that matter, you're not writing it to satisfy any "expert" - the author of the resume book you just read, or the recruiter you're working with, or your career guidance counselor, or...... Similar Editorial : Effective Resumes by Colin Ong TS. | Source : Employee Performance
3 Keys To Identifying A Sales Achiever In A Hiring Interview How can you identify the great salesperson in a job interview? Well, it's not easy. First of all, true sales virtuosos are scarce, even though there are many good salespeople and sales is one of the most common and necessary types of jobs. Also, research shows that the job interview is notoriously unreliable as a predictor of job performance. And it's even worse if you are interviewing...... Similar Editorial : Identifying your Niche by Vishal P. Rao. | Source : Employee Benefit Plans
7 Common Résumé Clichés To Avoid 1.Responsible for – Everyone is responsible for something on a job. And just because you are responsible for something doesn’t mean that you are a responsible person. Simply erasing “responsible for” or “responsibilities” from your description usually strengthens it.2.Assisted – Descriptions starting with the word “assisted” are weak and non-specific. If all you do is render assistance, it places...... Similar Editorial : How To Avoid Clichés by Scott Lindsay. | Source : Teaching Cover Letter
The 9 Circles Of Résumé Purgatory Dante, in his famous “Inferno,” described the 9 circles of the netherworld in great detail. But there were no résumés in Dante’s time. Had there been, he undoubtedly would have reserved a special version of Hades, as follows: Like Dante’s Inferno, Résumé Purgatory is a funnel-shaped structure that extends down, down, down to the very center of the earth. The funnel is like a winding staircase of...... Similar Editorial : Is Your Resume DOA by pmegan. | Source : Teaching Cover Letter
Whats Wrong With Most Resumes? Having written, edited, and critiqued literally thousands of resumes in all fields for over 30 years, I have come to the inescapable conclusion that most resumes fail to capture the attention of potential employers for 7 predictable (and curable) reasons. These are:1.Lack of focus. Most resumes I see look like a random laundry list of everything the person has done in his or her career. There are...... Similar Editorial : Whats Wrong With You by Della Menechella. | Source : Teaching Cover Letter
Changing Careers? Avoid These 5 Classic Mistakes Most of the experts say that the average person can expect to change careers (not just jobs) 3 to 5 times in their working life. The reasons? Many people are burnt-out, underpaid, stressed out, bored, unsatisfied, or at a career dead end. For some, their careers have changed on them --thanks to corporate mergers, changes in technology, company restructuring, age discrimination, and a thousand...... Similar Editorial : Changing Course by Wayne and Tamara. | Source : Career Opportunities Chicago
The Right Career For Me As a psychologist and career counselor, I have worked with thousands of people over the years who are choosing or changing careers, and who are wondering whether they would really like to be in a particular career. Based on this experience, I believe that most people who want to go into a career they think they'd like do not really explore the questions they need to in order to be sure that itâ€...... Similar Editorial : Nine Career by John Robertson. | Source : Child Development Careers
A Dozen Tips For Staying Motivated In Your Job Search 1. Recognize your motivational enemies in a job search. They are: constant rejection, constant failure, and lack of control. Don't let them make you inactive and lacking in confidence.2. Look forward, not backward: Every minute you spend thinking about your past job is a minute robbed from your future. And anyway, your previous employer is no longer paying you for thinking about them; you're...... Similar Editorial : Search Engine Tips by Terri Seymour. | Source : Employees Right
