Career success

A Quick Guide To Personality Tests (And Why They Don't Work)




With personality tests,- the big idea is that it is possible to quantify your personality by asking you about your feelings, thoughts and behavior. You will be presented with statements describing var...
Career success

A Quick Guide To Placement Tests




Companies (mostly in the technical industries) make candidates sit for placements tests to 1. Test their knowledge of their niche and 2. To see how well they can reason. Never mind that studies have s...
Career success

How To Survive Psychometric Tests




We use psychometric tests to help with career guidance and counseling, and Employers use psychometric tests help make selection decisions. Studies have consistently shown that psychometric tests are n...
Career success

Writing Great Cover Letters

Resume


Leave that phrase “To Whom it May Concern” out of your cover letter. Now. - Anonymous     Consider the cover letter as the third page of your resume, actually page 1 ...
Career success

What Are Resume Screeners?

Resume


Why is everyone so worked up about the screeners? Keywords, people. Keywords. Make sure your resume contain all the relevant keywords (skills) and phrases (e.g. summaries of your achievements in pr...
Career success

The 6 Seconds Test For Resumes (And How To Survive It)

Resume


A recent eye-tracking (how we scan a page, typically left to right in 'F' or 'Z' pattern) study of recruiter behavior (done by TheLadders) found that recruiters spent an average of 6 s...
Career success

A Quick Guide To Great Words for Your Resume

Resume | Power words


Here are words that sound good on resumes of college students. You are just starting our, with no experience, but you got to show your value: - Fluent (so you know languages) - Hnors (so yo...
Career success

What Skills To Put On Your Resume

Skills | Resume

get-skill-quote-teddy-roosevelt
  What skills do we put on our resume? There will be resume for fresh grads, resume for this or that career...the internet is full of examples about the ideal 'niche x' resume. ...
Career success

What To Put on a Resume When You Have Nothing to Put On It

Skills | Resume

first-job-quote-wes-craven
  This is what you ask when you have few work experiences, not many (none) references and are just a beginner on the roadway to skills.   Do this:   - List your skill...
Career success

The Ultimate List of Tips For Great Resumes

Resume

resume-quote-seth-godin
  # 1 Tip for resumes 'I'm impressed if it appears that the resume was rewritten for the specific job I am hiring for.' - Hiring Manager   Remember: A great re...