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shared by Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 06 May 15 - No Cached

be aware that most employers still expect (and want) a plain old resume. A majority of advertising and marketing executives said they prefer a traditional resume, like a Word document or PDF, from candidates applying for creative roles, according to a recent TCG survey.
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shared by Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 26 Mar 17 - No Cached

concluding that noncognitive skills like character, dependability and perseverance are as important as cognitive achievement. They can be taught, he said, yet American schools don’t necessarily do so.
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They assumed it would be technical expertise. Instead, it was people who made time for one-on-one meetings, helped employees work through problems and took an interest in their lives.
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The extent to which jobs required social skills grew 24 percent between 1980 and 2012, he found, while jobs requiring repetitive tasks, like garbage collecting, and analytical tasks that don’t necessarily involve teamwork, like engineering, declined.
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many business and medical schools, students are assigned to small groups to complete their work. So-called flipped classrooms assign video lectures before class and reserve class for discussion or group work. The idea is that traditional lectures involve too little interaction and can be done just as well online.
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whether they “play well with others.”
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shared by Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 06 May 15 - No Cached

shared by Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 06 May 15 - No Cached

1. Social networking use is skyrocketing while email is plummeting
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A recent study by OfficeTeam shows that more than one-third of companies feel that resumes will be replaced by profiles on social networks. My prediction is that in the next ten years, resumes will be less common, and your online presence will become what your resume is today, at all types and sizes of companies.
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3. People are managing their careers as entrepreneurs
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2. You can’t find jobs traditionally anymore
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4. The traditional resume is now virtual and easy to build
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5. Job seeker passion has become the deciding factor in employment
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shared by Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 13 Jan 16 - No Cached

DO trim your resume back to the most recent 10, 15, or 20 years.
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DON'T be afraid to mention early experience that is still relevant
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DO be creative and strategic in how you list employment dates on your resume. Don't feel locked in by the traditional way of including dates.
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DON'T leave dates of education off of your resume unless you have a good strategic reason to do so.
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DON'T forget to fill your resume with achievements and results that illustrate your personal brand and the unique promise of value that you bring to the workplace
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