5 Things You Should Never Say to a Recruiter

5 Things You Should Never Say to a Recruiter A good recruiter will have the ability to make the candidate feel comfortable enough to open up to them and reveal a bit of their personality. However, as a job seeker there is such thing as getting too relaxed and an overshare or flippant remark may cost you the job. While the recruiter is not the key decision maker in the hiring process, they do have the say over which candidates are presented to their client and what kind of recommendations they make. So, no matter how pally you get with your recruiter, its important to remain professional and avoid saying these things: 1) Ill take anything You reach a point in your job search where you feel a bit desperate and at this stage it becomes tempting to accept a job from anywhere that will take you! This being said, it is not something to share with your recruiter. They want to find candidates who are passionate about what they do and have a clear direction they would like their career to go, not somebody who will do anything for the money. 2) Its only a short term arrangement If youre out of a job, it may be the case that you need an in between job  to keep you afloat while you find something a bit more permanent; however you should never let your recruiter know this. They have established a trust with their client and are therefore expected to supply them with candidates who are truly committed to the role, so even hinting at the fact that its not exactly your dream job may rule you out of the running. 3) My last company was just AWFUL You wouldnt bad mouth your previous employer in a formal job interview (or shouldnt anyway!) and you shouldnt do so in a casual chat with a recruiter either! Its likely that theyll ask you why you left or whats made you want to look for a new opportunity, but you should not use this as an invitation to vent all your frustrations with the company. It wont reflect well on you. 4) I dont think Ill take the job So youre going through the motions for a new role; your recruiter has sent your CV through to their client, theyve invited you in for an interview and the arrangements have been made. Deep down you know that you wont be taking the job because either youve got other interviews lined up, youve decided you dont want to leave your current job, or another reason altogether. If youre purely going  along with the process  to keep your options open, thats understandable; just dont tell your recruiter this or all trust will probably be lost and theyll feel like all their time and effort was in vain. 5) Im just waiting for my counter offer No better way to remind your boss what theyve got than by threatening to leave, right? If your recruiter has found themselves in the middle of a plot to get a pay rise or promotion, its probably best to keep this quiet, than to let them know theyre a pawn in your game. Useful reading:  How to Avoid Candidates Dropping Out or Accepting Counter Offers [Image Credit: Shutterstock]

The Visionaire A Creative Resume Template for Leaders

The Visionaire â€" A Creative Resume Template for Leaders The Visionaire â€" A Creative Resume Template for Leaders Visionaries are the people who think of any future advancements in a creative and imaginative way. They are bold dreamers and creative thinkers â€" someone a lot of companies would love to have on board. Perhaps you are already a leader just like that, or strive to become one.   In any case, you’ll want your resume to speak up to the unique professional and interpersonal skills you possess.   This creative resume template will help you add that special flair to your job application. The catchy geometric design and somewhat unexpected choice of colors will show that there’s an interesting personality hidden behind all those work entries. As well, you have a roomy profile section that you can use towards writing a creative bio or a more formal resume summary/objective. Plus, don’t forget to tick all the boxes in the skills area.The best part? Just like other creative resume templates, this one is available for instant free download. File size: 73 KB Format: .docx Downloaded 3, 191 times License: Free, personal use only. Please read the license terms for resources. Download previous article 9 Tips to Get Hired for Weekend Jobs next article Pharmacist Resume Example + Tips to Create A Compelling Job Application you might also likeThe Freelancers Resume Creative Resume Template for Independent Workers

Five Steps For Better Gut Health

Five Steps For Better Gut Health Poor digestion affects millions of people every day. Digestive disorders can cause a lot of trouble with your health. It can affect mood and tiredness levels, as well as general wellbeing. It can be hard to get on with everyday things when you are in pain or suffering with cramps. So to function at your best, you want to have a healthy gut. How can that be achieved, though? Here are some suggestions for you. Keep a Food Diary Monitoring what you eat can play a big part in finding what foods are worse for you than others. Illnesses like irritable bowel syndrome can be triggered by a variety of foods, and they are different for everyone. So make a note of what you eat and how you feel afterward. If a pattern emerges, then you know what you need to start cutting out. Use a Supplement Using a supplement, or just eating foods that can help your gut is worth a try. Many people like to have a probiotic drink or eat live yogurts. For some people, though, dairy can cause more digestive problems. So it won’t work for everyone. Using foods like fermented vegetables can act as a source of probiotics. So try to include things like sauerkraut in your diet. You could also use coconut yogurt (a sugar-free version) or miso. If you find it easier to add supplements to your routine, then look for ones that are as natural as possible. It has been said that activated charcoal can be good for digestive health. But it seems like the jury is still out on that one. So it might be worth doing some research into whether charcoal is good for you or not. Exercise and Stretch There isn’t much that exercise won’t cure. Gut health is another of those things. Exercise can help to almost massage your digestive system as it will get it moving in ways that it wouldn’t normally. It is a good idea to practice relaxing and calming exercises like yoga or walking too. This can help you to destress. Stress is a cause for an unhealthy gut, so you want to eliminate stress as much as possible. Get Plenty of Sleep It might be hard to believe, but how much sleep you get can affect how well your digestive system works. As you rest, it gives your body time to reboot and refresh itself. Your digestive system needs time to be able to detoxify and rid your body of the waste from the previous day. If you find that you don’t need to go to the bathroom first thing in the morning, then perhaps you are not getting enough rest. Use Essential Oils If you find that not much else is helping, it could be worth giving essential oils a try. Massaging a few drops of oil, with a carrier oil, into your stomach, can help a lot. The best essential oils for gut health are tarragon, thyme, rose, peppermint, and clove. Image credits. Main.   Diary.      Exercise.  

Three Secrets to Build Your Personal Branding Success Overnight - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Three Secrets to Build Your Personal Branding Success Overnight - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career We all do it. We all have someone we set our sights on as the goal we strive for. We have one person we aspire to be like, whether its achieving their level of success, their number of publications, their level of speaking engagements, or even beating their Klout score. Our whole reason for personal branding is to improve some aspect of our lives â€" our job, our business, and our career â€" and make it something we enjoy or can be successful at. And to do it, we find a role model. Someone we can look up to and model our own lives and career trajectories after. The problem Ive found in my own role models is that they have become successful, seemingly overnight, while Im still slogging it out, barely scratching the surface that they have broken through. But I have paid enough attention to what my role models have done, and Ive managed to find my own successes by following their paths. Here are three steps to finding that overnight success: 1) Overnight success actually takes years About 13 years ago, I had my sights set on humor writer W. Bruce Cameron, creator of the famous 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter column that became a book, then a TV series. We belong to the same humor writers group, and I was always insanely jealous about his success. We joined the group at the same time, but he was syndicated, was getting books, and was getting national media attention, while I was still appearing in a handful of weekly newspapers in Indiana. What I did not realize at the time was that Bruce had been writing his humor and honing his skills for 15 years before we ever met. His overnight success had taken approximately 780 weeks of writing new material, promoting himself, and growing his network. By the time he joined this group, he had already spent years working hard for the accolades he was getting, seemingly overnight. Dont be surprised or jealous of the quick success of your not so well known role model. They have probably been at it for quite some time â€" thats why you chose them as a role model in the first place. Find out what theyve been doing for the last few years to get to that point. 2) Overnight sometimes refers to the workload This column is due every Sunday night at 3 am Eastern Time, and there have been a few times I have come up on that deadline â€" even now, I have one hour to go. Most of my days end at 2 am, and depending on my next day, start again at 7 am. Of course, I have the added duties of a business owner, so I dont just clock out at 5 and start up at 8 the next day. But I try to save the late night activities for personal branding efforts and writing, and limit my regular work hours for client work and meetings. Depending on your own workload and work-life balance, you may have to forego sleep for a while if you want to make a big impact on your personal brand. Getting eight hours of sleep is great, but the people who achieve overnight success often work overnight. 3) Dont quit This is the most important piece of advice. The reason most people fail at their personal branding efforts is that they quit after a few failures. Life is filled with failures. Your career will be filled with failures (if it isnt, you arent trying hard enough). Even the most successful writers have piles of rejection letters, each one an individualized, personalized failure. I heard an interview with one successful writer who has 480 rejection letters â€" he has almost a full ream of papers worth of rejection letters. The true professional wont take these failures personally. If anything, they use them as fuel to keep going. But the unsuccessful amateur will take them personally, get discouraged, and quit in a huff. Thats not to say the professional is cold and calculating, and doesnt get pissed. They do. But they use their pissed-off energy to fight harder, stay up longer, and get better. They turn their failure â€" and their burning desire to see the person who rejected them ground to dust under their heel, MWAHAHAHA! â€" into the momentum to drive them on to the next success. They dont blame their failure on the rejecter, and then quit. They move past it, and do better next time. Remember, overnight success takes hours and hours of work, every day, for years. If you can be patient and be persistent and not quit when anyone else would, youll get to where you wanted to be. And then youll find out that youre not satisfied with where you wanted to be, and decide you want the next step instead, so you start the process all over again. But thats a column for another time. Author: Erik Deckers is the owner of Professional Blog Service, and the co-author of Branding Yourself: How to Use Social Media to Invent or Reinvent Yourself. His new book, No Bullshit Social Media: The All-Business, No-Hype Guide to Social Media Marketing, which he wrote with Jason Falls, will be released in October 2011.

Three Secrets to Build Your Personal Branding Success Overnight - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Three Secrets to Build Your Personal Branding Success Overnight - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career We all do it. We all have someone we set our sights on as the goal we strive for. We have one person we aspire to be like, whether its achieving their level of success, their number of publications, their level of speaking engagements, or even beating their Klout score. Our whole reason for personal branding is to improve some aspect of our lives â€" our job, our business, and our career â€" and make it something we enjoy or can be successful at. And to do it, we find a role model. Someone we can look up to and model our own lives and career trajectories after. The problem Ive found in my own role models is that they have become successful, seemingly overnight, while Im still slogging it out, barely scratching the surface that they have broken through. But I have paid enough attention to what my role models have done, and Ive managed to find my own successes by following their paths. Here are three steps to finding that overnight success: 1) Overnight success actually takes years About 13 years ago, I had my sights set on humor writer W. Bruce Cameron, creator of the famous 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter column that became a book, then a TV series. We belong to the same humor writers group, and I was always insanely jealous about his success. We joined the group at the same time, but he was syndicated, was getting books, and was getting national media attention, while I was still appearing in a handful of weekly newspapers in Indiana. What I did not realize at the time was that Bruce had been writing his humor and honing his skills for 15 years before we ever met. His overnight success had taken approximately 780 weeks of writing new material, promoting himself, and growing his network. By the time he joined this group, he had already spent years working hard for the accolades he was getting, seemingly overnight. Dont be surprised or jealous of the quick success of your not so well known role model. They have probably been at it for quite some time â€" thats why you chose them as a role model in the first place. Find out what theyve been doing for the last few years to get to that point. 2) Overnight sometimes refers to the workload This column is due every Sunday night at 3 am Eastern Time, and there have been a few times I have come up on that deadline â€" even now, I have one hour to go. Most of my days end at 2 am, and depending on my next day, start again at 7 am. Of course, I have the added duties of a business owner, so I dont just clock out at 5 and start up at 8 the next day. But I try to save the late night activities for personal branding efforts and writing, and limit my regular work hours for client work and meetings. Depending on your own workload and work-life balance, you may have to forego sleep for a while if you want to make a big impact on your personal brand. Getting eight hours of sleep is great, but the people who achieve overnight success often work overnight. 3) Dont quit This is the most important piece of advice. The reason most people fail at their personal branding efforts is that they quit after a few failures. Life is filled with failures. Your career will be filled with failures (if it isnt, you arent trying hard enough). Even the most successful writers have piles of rejection letters, each one an individualized, personalized failure. I heard an interview with one successful writer who has 480 rejection letters â€" he has almost a full ream of papers worth of rejection letters. The true professional wont take these failures personally. If anything, they use them as fuel to keep going. But the unsuccessful amateur will take them personally, get discouraged, and quit in a huff. Thats not to say the professional is cold and calculating, and doesnt get pissed. They do. But they use their pissed-off energy to fight harder, stay up longer, and get better. They turn their failure â€" and their burning desire to see the person who rejected them ground to dust under their heel, MWAHAHAHA! â€" into the momentum to drive them on to the next success. They dont blame their failure on the rejecter, and then quit. They move past it, and do better next time. Remember, overnight success takes hours and hours of work, every day, for years. If you can be patient and be persistent and not quit when anyone else would, youll get to where you wanted to be. And then youll find out that youre not satisfied with where you wanted to be, and decide you want the next step instead, so you start the process all over again. But thats a column for another time. Author: Erik Deckers is the owner of Professional Blog Service, and the co-author of Branding Yourself: How to Use Social Media to Invent or Reinvent Yourself. His new book, No Bullshit Social Media: The All-Business, No-Hype Guide to Social Media Marketing, which he wrote with Jason Falls, will be released in October 2011.

6 jobs you can do to make yourself completely recession-proof - Debut

6 jobs you can do to make yourself completely recession-proof - Debut Sure, been a couple days since  Halloween. But world’s still in a pretty scary state. Brexit, Trump, rap beef with Drake… There are all manner of things our generation needs to protect ourselves against. That’s why having a nice secure job is more important than ever. It could all go avocado-shaped at any moment, so if you’re unsure of what you wanna do for the rest of your life, consider getting a job in a recession-resistant* industry. That way if (when) the economy goes down in flames, you can stay cool without profiteering off human misery. Here’s just a few of things you can do and how to get started: *That’s an industry that offers something people will still spend money on during a recession e.g. bread or, if you’re me, pop-punk band merchandise. Get into marketing When the crunch comes, businesses are going to need help promoting and shifting their products to help restore confidence in the economy again. A lot of businesses put PR and advertising first on the budget chopping block after the crash of 2008, and it turns out the businesses that went into recovery faster were the ones that spent more on messaging than other. These days, if you’re a dab hand with search engine optimisation and Google Ads, you’ll be a hot property in the job market even if times get tough.   Do some accounting If you can crunch numbers, recession time is when you’re most likely to make a pretty penny. Near enough every business would be willing to invest in things that save them money in tough times and accountants are more than happy to show them where they should be trimming the fat for a fee, naturally.   Make people beautiful Unfortunately, for everyone hoping to save a bit of cash, hair and nails still grow during an economic downturn. But this means if you’re employed in a hair salon, barber shop, beauty parlour, or even a pet groomer’s, you’re pretty much always going to be quids in. Places like this still see a lot of business in tough times, because life is hard enough without having to walk around everywhere with that Doc Brown look.   Sell anything thats bad for you So-called ‘sin industries’ (I call em ‘sindustries’ LOL.) typically do super well during a recession. Everybody needs a pick-me-up around this time everything from a pack of cigarettes or a bottle of alcohol to a snazzy new tattoo and a big bag of pick’n’mix. Sometimes, happiness is as simple as these things, which is great news for the people who provide them.   Be a tech genius Believe me when I say that anything technology based is going to blow up quickly in the next few years. Remember that huge digital skills gap we talked about? The one’s that are gonna be filling that gaps are gonna be your software engineers, systems analysts, website builders and social media wizkids and trust me, they’re going to clean. up. Work in energy You know what never goes out of style? Gas, electricity and clean, running water. Generating power is problem that faces all governments all the time and there’s a big rush to try and provide all the energy that the country needs. Engineers, particularly those in renewable energy will be huge demand for this and as long as the planet is boiling, it’s probably gonna stay that way. Check out TIME Magazine for one hundred and fifty  more recession-resistant job ideas. Download the Debut app and you could totally grab yourself a summer internship  way before anyone else. Connect with Debut on Facebook and Twitter  today!

Summary Sunday Holiday Job Search and Your Career In 2012

Summary Sunday Holiday Job Search and Your Career In 2012 It seems every year at this time there is a plethora of posts on why and how you should keep your job search active in December.   You may be thinking there isnt much happening this time of year but you are oh so wrong. Heres a round up of posts I recommend reading if you were thinking about taking a vacation from your job search: Holiday Job Search Strategies Get A Job In December by Cynical Girl, Laurie Ruettiman If you dont know Laurie (@lruettiman) she is a Social Media Strategist. Human Resources Chick. Formidable Career Blogger. Cat Lady. Pixie of the Apocalypse. Fun to read and shell get you thinking! Heck, you may even disagree with her on in a while. Keeping Your Spirits Up During the Holidays by Margo Rose of #HFChat, HireFriday Margo is a great online friend and I support what she is doing on #HFChat and with HireFriday!   Shes positive, hopeful and helpful. How to Deal with Job Loss During the Holiday by Julie Walraven of Design Resumes Julie has an amazing way of getting to the heart of the issue.   She is a super writer (which you would suspect, given what she does) and understands the emotional aspects of joblessness. Why Holiday Job Searches Lead to the Best Presents from JobMob This lists 7 reasons to job search this time of year! 2012 Career Planning How to Build a Personal Career Plan and Plot a Course out of Your Dead-End Job by LifeHacker This is a phenomenal post! Step by step, I wholeheartedly recommend you read this is you are considering a change in 2012! Career Success in 2012 by Bud Bilanich Bud lays out the steps for an AAR.   Whats an AAR?   After Action Review!   So read on and learn how to review your success in 2011 for a better 2012! 2012 Personal Action Plan: Recruit Your Board of Advisors from Career Success Partners (Technically Accelerate Success by Dave Carpenter) I am a huge fan of a board of advisors! Formal or informal, surrounding yourself with great people is a sure fire win! Career Bliss 50 Happiest Companies for 2012 from CareerBliss This is based on employee reviews! Surprises await! Going Social How to Find a Job Using Social Media by Jeff Bullas FYI, Jeff is an authority on social media stuff!   He knows what he is talking about! His post has been shared on Twitter 438 times, on LinkedIn 172 times and Liked on Facebook 49 times! 4 Questions to Ask Yourself before Creating Your LinkedIn Public Persona from Windmill Networking Neal is another guy who deeply understands social and networking! Your Online Footprint and Your Job Search by Wise Job Search I love Harrys straight forward style.   He understands job seekers and social! Facebook Interview with Barbara Safani from Aspire Barbaras answers will help you understand how you can leverage Facebook if you are already using it personally. How to Build Your Personal Brand on Social Networks by Link Humans (Jorgen Sundberg) This is a Slideshare deck and easily lays out the steps and ideas for accomplishing personal branding! I think you may need to bookmark this and come back later to read ALL these super links! What are your concerns right now? Post a comment and get some help!

Intern and Travel Resume Examples - How to Write Your Resume to Get Your Dream Job

Intern and Travel Resume Examples - How to Write Your Resume to Get Your Dream JobYou can use many of the most popular internship and travel resume examples, even if you are not currently employed as an intern or you are not currently traveling. These examples can help you generate your own resume for your next summer or as a way to see what other resume examples you might have available. Whether you have never been to college before, or you have been to college a few times, it is possible to easily create your own unique resume.Most people know that a typical workweek is from Monday through Friday. Intern and travel resume examples, though, show that you can also have weekends, including holiday breaks, to promote yourself. You can be creative about your weekend adventures.If you are enrolled in an internship program, you can even use your program participation as a part of your resume. That way, the employer will see your years of service at the university or college where you are enrolled. Plus, it is likely that the company is looking for interns who have recently finished their programs, so you should mention that on your resume.Vacations can also be included in the sample vacation examples. Be creative about your vacation experiences. Have you ever worked or interned in a tropical climate? Is your favorite destination only a few hours away?There are also many available online. Many of them include travel samples, too. To get all of the sample examples you need, simply search for some online or go directly to one of the companies with resume samples.For your job search, consider your field of study, either because you are planning on taking another semester or because you are starting a new degree program. As long as you are attending school, the internship or travel resume examples listed on the web site can show you how to write your resume. If you don't have a specific career goal, you can also look through a variety of examples to see what others are d oing.If you're already employed and you have experience at a professional internship, you should find ways to mention this when writing your resume. You may want to speak to your supervisor to ask how they would define 'internship.' It is also important to find something about yourself that shows that you have earned your education and have put it to work.Now that you understand that there are many intern and travel resume examples available online, you can start preparing to use them to create your resume. Look through the free examples that are available online and find the ones that best describe your current situation. Do not hesitate to contact the company and talk about what you learned in the internship or how you were able to apply what you learned to your present career.