Business Communication Today, 14th Ed.
Chapter 18. Building Careers and Writing Resumes
"Securing a job is the tough part, but scouting an open position?
"According to Fast Company, Instagram is becoming an important part of the hiring process for some employers, especially in more creative fields.
Christian Ryan Jyoti (photo, left) covers the topic for FastCompany.
"Even for those who are "in the know" about the benefits of Plus, many have difficulty learning how to use Plus effectively.
"I hate negotiating.
Suzanne Lucas (photo, left) presents the results of a new survey by CareerBuilder.
Jenny Foss (photo, left) writes about what job search tactics people should not use.
Hagan Blount introduces the topic and presents the infographic at TheMuse.
"Things have changed a lot in the way we conduct business communications, especially between the customer and the company.
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"Here’s the thing: Editing is more than just giving something a once-over to eliminate egregious typos and grammar mistakes.
"I have written several articles about LinkedIn, and they often generate the most comments," says William Aruda (photo, left) in a piece for Forbes.
"Startups face tremendous pressure while competing with their bigger counterparts.
"So here you go, we present to you our latest infographic — Seven Shocking Stats & Trends about the Internet.
"The most important thing you should keep in mind is if anyone would want to share or recommend the specific post to their family and friends.
"There's a lot of resume advice out there—and some of it conflicting.
"The changing nature of résumés, use of applicant tracking systems, LinkedIn and other social media sites, Skype video conferencing, big data applications and more are all impacting the way employers and hope-to-be-employees find, communicate and interact with each other," writes Arnie Fertig in his introduction of a post at USNews.
"Everyday, each and every one of us interacts with the Cloud in some way.
"If you use your resume to apply for published jobs, then it is likely you will be competing with a few hundred other resumes and you can improve your odds of surviving this grueling process by (1) including what most reviewers want to see and (2) eliminating what most of them don't want to see.
"In a decade of recruiting for countless sales and marketing jobs spanning numerous industries and locations, there is a reliable stable of tricks I’ve seen job seekers use to put themselves ahead of the crowd in any interviewing situation," states Ken Sundheim (photo, left) in a piece featured at PersonalBrandingBlog.
Jennifer Frost, with GrammarCheck.