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From Layoff To Liftoff: 5 Steps To Rebuild Your Career

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In an era dominated by remote work, AI, and social media, a personal cover letter is still important. One study conducted by ResumeGo reveals applications with tailored cover letters had a 53% higher callback rate than applicants without any cover letter. Write a customized cover letter.

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10 Best Tools to Help You Land Your Dream Job [2021]

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Plus, Grow with Google provides low cost, paid courses for certification in trending IT and programming fields. And it offers resources to write your cover letter too. Grow with Google offers free online tutorials and productivity tools to bring your office software and application skills up to date.

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Diplomas and Dilemmas: How 2023 Graduates Can Navigate Job Market Chaos

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This month, the graduating class of 2023 will bid farewell to a rather extraordinary college experience — having endured an unforeseen worldwide pandemic, an unexpected switch to remote learning, skyrocketing inflation and housing costs, not to mention cascades of tech sector layoffs.

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Employees Are ‘Rage Applying’ Instead of Quiet Quitting. Is It Working?

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The fact that the average cost of hiring a new employee was $4,683, according to data from the Society for Human Resource Management’s 2022 “ Talent Access Report.” They are showing that this generation of workers isn’t looking for a company to call home for 30 years. They’re looking for the best opportunity for their current needs.

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Set Yourself Apart from the Competition » Make or Break Moments

Make or Break Moments

Each had a resume, test scores of the tests they’d volunteered to take to show their abilities and each provided a cover letter and their hourly rate. I thought I would prefer someone from the United States and Canada but I soon learned that they were the highest cost and not all had experience.

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So you want to find a new assistant job?

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Tailor your covering letter and CV. I’ve written posts on both covering letters and resumes so all I would add here is that you should tailor your CV and covering letter for each of the jobs you are applying for. Agents are not there to further your career.

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Guest Blogger: David B. Wright, Author

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Youve sent out dozens, or maybe even hundreds, of resumes and cover letters. Your resume & cover letter have done their jobs, and have piqued the employers interest - now your job is to make it as easy as possible for them to decide to offer you the job. Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Guest Blogger: David B.