June 26, 2009

More free resume advice for Hire Ground readers

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When it comes to selling your expertise to potential employers, there's only one person who knows your strengths and weaknesses best: yourself. You can talk to experts about how to write "the perfect resume" that will get the attention of recruiters, but ultimately it's up to you to seal the deal and persuade a hiring manager that you, alone, would be an indispensable employee.

This is the message that communications expert Rod Mattson wants to get across to job seekers in his new, two-hour seminar on July 14, titled Nobody Can Write Your Resume Better Than You. The seminar, located at the Best Western Emerald Suites Hotel in Federal Way, will be held at three different times: 10 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.

The fee to attend the seminar is $40 in advance and $50 at the door. But in this Hire Ground exclusive, Mattson says he is waiving the fee for the first 10 Hire Ground readers who sign up for the seminar before July 8. That's two hours of valuable, free advice from a highly recommended expert, who says his methods can improve your odds of finding a job by between 4 and 80 percent.

The idea for the resume-writing seminar came to Mattson after he held several other job search courses in the last few months. What he has seen among today's job hunters, however, is dismaying. Too many people, he says, are content to fill out online application forms and attend networking meetings "where people are all looking for the same thing."

"In my opinion and observations from these job seekers seminars, folks are only going to events that give even the slightest hope of landing a job," he says. "They aren't interested in learning new ways to search, write cover letters, resumes or interviewing. They want to, first, arm themselves with a 'professional resume,' if there really is such a thing."

Rather than hand you a single resume solution on a silver platter, Mattson will demonstrate ways to tailor your resume to match the individual needs of employers. Included in the seminar will be a discussion of the various types of resumes available, as well as tips on presenting your greatest accomplishments and using "power language" to get your skills across succinctly.

More importantly, Mattson wants you to get off your butt, so to speak. A well-written resume, he says, only works if it is combined with an active job search that puts shoe leather on the pavement and bypasses the "human resources" application process. "It takes work," he says. "It takes contacting hiring managers before they have an opening. I can give even the most staunch introvert the tools to do this."

So, if you are interested in taking a more active role in your job search, sign up for this resume-writing seminar at the Mattson Communication Web site or via Teach Street before July 8, and remember to mention that you saw it on Hire Ground to gain free admission.

Randy Woods writes about job-search tools, networking techniques and other tips to help you land your dream job.

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resume writing services on June 29, 2009 1:11 PM | Reply

I am glad that not everyone is just satisfied with filling online applications and is willing to assist people in polishing up their resumés.

Laura Paris on November 30, 2009 9:22 PM | Reply

Very professionally done but a sample Cover Letter would have been helpful. TIP: use a ficticious position/job seeker for the sample letter - something like "Alley Cat" looking for a new alley in which to prowl, etc. :)

ukjobsguide on January 31, 2010 8:51 AM | Reply

Based on the success of blogs like this one, wouldn’t the best advice for law students looking for good employment be to start a blog. Not a random mix of thoughts etc, but a well focused law blog discussing issues, news and developments ine the legal area the student is most passionate about. Taking a step further, focus on the state and/or locale in which you are looking to work.

Letting on March 3, 2010 7:05 AM | Reply

Very helpful blog. Given tips are very clear and well descriptive. Thanks

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