Month: March 2015
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How to Write a Personal Statement for Your CV
An important aspect of an effective CV is about including a personal statement. This is sometimes also called a profile or career summary. This allows the recruiter to quickly identify strategic benefits that candidates would be able to add to their organization. The CV in itself is a self-marketing document which aims to persuade recruiters…
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How to Declutter a Resume In 3 Steps
When preparing for any job search, candidates would be dusting off their previous resume and adding their most recent job along with new skills and training. If the resume is not often uncluttered, it might end up looking like a list of outdated achievements and information. The steps below can be followed to effectively unclutter…
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Preparing to Secure a Job Before Graduation
As per a poll carried out by Accenture in 2013, only 39% of students of the classes of 2011 and 2012 had managed to secure a job by the time that they had graduated. For the year 2013, only 16% of students had job offers a month before they reached commencement. If you are about…
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Choosing a College Major
Even though college might be expensive, in most cases this would constitute of a wise lifetime investment in forging a high-earning career. There are several factors to consider before reaching to this crucial decision. Some college students who have not given much thought to their selected majors might later have found that they were not…
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Skills Every Student Should Learn
Educational debates across the U.S. and all around the world often focus on what students should learn in school. Educational technology specialists have for several years been touting about the need for students to acquire relevant 21st century skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving and media literacy to effectively prepare themselves for the new digitally-focus…