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It is hard to overestimate the power of the word. According to psychologists, it treats and cripples. And in our case, it also sells, and it helps to find work. The meaning of the right word is especially important in such an important document for your career as a resume. The art of using “strong” words and avoiding “weak” is one of the most important skills of good CV-writers in the West, and we have professional resume compilers. Of course, strong and weak words are just one of dozens of aspects of writing an effective resume. The competent structure of the resume, its adaptation to a specific vacancy, the optimal saturation of the resume with “keywords”, the correct formatting of the text, the readability, and much more are also important. Learn more about "Strong" words Use these words with caution, without going too far. And do not exaggerate your achievements. Remember that you may be asked to comment on each phrase, provide factual evidence and also verify this...

Are you looking for a new job ? Are you actively filling out questionnaires on corporate and job sites? Do you intensively send your resume to all suitable (and not so) vacancies? Are you sure someone will ever read your resume? Be realistic. There are more than 40 million of us, of which several million are in a passive or active job search, using the Internet more and more. For most recruiters, paper resumes no longer exist, only electronic ones. The situation is now like this. Corporate electronic mailboxes and agency databases are cluttered with bundles of resumes. Imagine companies such as Microsoft, Intel and Hewlett Packard receive over 50,000 resumes per month through their corporate websites alone. It can be assumed that the situation is similar in large Ukrainian companies and recruitment agencies. If you apply for a job in a large well-known company, your chances are inversely proportional to the number of applicants. Which is easy and simple - not always effective ...

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Sometimes you have to hear such phrases from job seekers "I sent my resume to 200 vacancies this month." This means that 200 HR managers should spend their time reading your resume. How many of them actually read your resume? Judging by the fact that you are still in search of work, not all 200 are. Dumb mailing for all possible and impossible vacancies is not the best way to look for work. Are you looking for a new job and sending your resume to dozens and hundreds of vacancies found on job sites? But you receive only single calls from recruiters and even more rare invitations for interviews? Listen to my three tips, and you will stop wasting your time and even more so - the time of recruiters. After all, they get up to 80-90% of completely inappropriate resumes for every job posted on the Internet! Do not turn your resume into spam! If you still looked for work as a spam machine, just clicking “attach resume” and “send”, slow down, review your action plan and make ad...

If the employer is going to invest in you as an employee, this means that he hopes that cooperation with you will bring certain benefits. Therefore, when you create your resume, it is important to indicate what benefits and how your work brought the previous employer. Instead of just listing your strengths, try to emphasize how useful you are to your employer, colleagues, or clients. Use the following seven techniques to prove this. 1. COST REDUCTION All organizations, whether private firms, nonprofits, or government departments, want to save money in order to balance or increase revenue. If you have the talent to reduce company costs through skillful savings or effective negotiations with suppliers, you will probably be actively interested in recruiters. If you have helped reduce costs in your previous position, you should emphasize this in your resume. And do not forget to use specific numbers and data to visually show your value as an employee. 2. DECISION OF TASKS Busine...