You may believe you only need a single sample cover letter, but it is actually worthwhile to consider writing a few different cover letters samples. It's best to have a variety of samples to help you apply for the jobs that interest you more quickly. Samples can be created to represent a few different scenarios.
When you write your cover letter samples, write one for a position similar to your current job and another letter for a position that would be an upward move for you. Although you might think it …

Having examined and analyzed the job advertised, you should now be in a position to determine how to write a resume or CV specifically for the job you are applying for.
Fundamental requirements of a CV or resume
The letters “CV” stand for Curriculum Vitae, which derives from Latin. Translated, this means “the way your life has run”. Correspondingly, the CV is a personal statement, which demonstrates to the employer the way your life has run. The CV will usually start from your early education and progress through to higher education and …

Remember, your resume is a marketing too and like any good marketing tool it has one and only one job. To attract employers to interview you.
Here are five easy to implement tips from Employment Digest on how to pimp your resume so it really stands out!
Tip #1: Focus on the Employer
Tip #2: Try an Executive Summary
Try #3: Narrow Down the Positions You Mention
Tip #4: Emphasize Accomplishments AND Education
Tip #5: Don’t Forget Your White Space
And tip #6 from Jobseekr is to make sure your resume is formatted in an easy to …

With over 41 million professionals, in 170 industries across 200 countries LinkedIn is the world’s largest social network.
So how does a Job Seeker stand out from the millions of other users?
Undertake Shannon Russo’s 5 Steps to complete your LinkedIn profile.

Make your email visible to all
Create an easy to search public profile
Add your websites to showcase your work
Create an interesting header
Update your status each week

I would add a sixth suggestion, make sure you have over 10 connections. Why 10? Research by LinkedIn has found that once you have over 10 Recruiters and …

An interesting issue is starting to brew for job seekers, where does one store their online professional profile? For most people they would say LinkedIn, or for the more technically minded maybe a personal web site along the lines of http://yourname.com.
But with the launch of Facebook’s personalised URLs does this mean Facebook could become your online profile?
At Jobseekr our recommendation is no. Keep a professional and a personal profile. Other than the simple Facebook is more a personal tool there is key reason to not use Facebook.
Googlejuice!
Facebook is a walled …

As a Master Résumé Writer, I’ve probably seen every booboo, typo, standard template and fuzzy strategy that’s been created in my twenty years in the industry.
Today though, I’ll address the most important two.
First, the biggest mistake people make and a concept that is hardest for most to get their heads around is this: the résumé is a document written about you—not for you.
Let me tell you what I mean. Most of us find it difficult, if not near impossible, to separate what we want to tell someone from what they …

 Sometimes using traditional methods of finding a job do not work. In times like these you might want to consider some extreme job hunting tactics.
However before you do make sure you prepare yourself, extreme job hunting can get dangerous and you could end up on the front page of your daily newspaper! You also need to be a bit careful as a recent survey by The Creative Group found about 52% of marketing executives thought these approaches were “unprofessional”.
Getting Started
Before you can undertake extreme job hunting you need to arm …

On the Internet, video is the “new black”, everyone is flocking to see how it can be used to augment business models. Recruitment is no different. In addition to video being used for general branding, we are seeing video job ads and video résumés appearing.
Video résumés
While a video résumé will not replace a traditional résumé, it does provide a snapshot of a candidate and used properly can serve as a filtering layer before face-to-face interviews with recruiters or hiring managers. The best video résumés are not just a “talking head”. …

While your resume provides employers a god overview of your skills and experience the cover letter allows you to highlight why you fit the advertised role. The letter is more free form as such allows you to demonstrate your knowledge of the role, the organisation, highlight how your specific skills and experience will add value and finally it allows you to explain any anomalies on the resume.
Another way to think about the cover letter is as the marketing brochure, the resume is a list of specifications, the cover letter highlights …

Most recruiters and employers will process your resume via an automated system, these systems attempt to “read” your resume to save time for the recruiter. Unfortunately many of these systems are not the most accurate, structuring your resume in a format that is readable by these tools is critical.

You resume must be in Microsoft Word 2003 format. Not Office 2007, HTML, PDF, WordPerfect or even RTF
Test your resume in plain text, many systems convert to plain text
No fancy paper, watermarks, colours, fonts and font sizes
Stick with easy to read fonts …