by Kevin Donlin from Guerrilla Resume
Following 7 months of struggle, one Minnesota man recently made a simple change in his job search and was hired for a new position only 30 days later.
Here's the story …
Scott Bornstein, from suburban St. Paul, had what he thought was a well written resume. But "every time I sent [...]
If you're job-hunting today, you know that employers are looking for sharp, self-motivated people. Paradoxically, just about the worst way to convey your talent and motivation is to say in your resume or cover letter, "I'm self-motivated." Anyone can say that! The phrase falls flat. You can't afford to let done-to-death boilerplate language sink your [...]
by Kevin Donlin, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Here's the transcript from a phone interview that Kevin Donlin, from Guerrilla Job Search International, recently did with one happy Guerrilla Job Hunter, Scott Melrose, from Mokena, Illinois.
He was hired for an executive position by an employer who found him on Linkedin, after he re-did his online profile to match [...]
Mary Berman, from Farmington Hills, Michigan, had been looking for work since February 2009 before starting her Guerrilla Job Search, in mid-September.
Up to that point, 20 weeks of job hunting had produced zero job interviews.
Just 7 weeks later, she accepted a job on Thursday, November 12, as a marketing executive assistant.
How did [...]
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