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Job Search Tips: How to Get a Stellar Letter of Recommendation

May 22nd, 2012

By Loria Bielby

A letter of recommendation is important when landing your dream career. However, it’s important to realize that not everyone you know is the best candidate for writing a letter. Some candidates may not even be able to write a letter that highlights your best skills due to your lack of work history with that person. Thankfully, there are a few tips you can follow to ensure you get the best letter possible.

Here are a few tips on how to get a stellar letter of recommendation.

Choose the Right Person

As mentioned above, not everyone is the perfect fit for writing a letter of recommendation about you. For example, while a personal reference may have known you for quite some time, he may not be knowledgeable enough about the type of work you do to write a good letter. Even people you work with may not be a good candidate. For example, the CEO of a company may not be in-tune enough with your department to write a good letter. You need to find someone who you have a good » Read more: Job Search Tips: How to Get a Stellar Letter of Recommendation

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Job Opportunities: 5 of the Best Nocturnal Careers

May 21st, 2012

By Will Kerr

If you’re something of a night owl, you could benefit from picking a career where you only clock on once the sun’s gone down. By taking on hours deemed by most to be unsociable, you can also find yourself taking a home a much bigger pay check than might otherwise have been the case.

Security Services

Many properties have to be guarded by a watchful eye all around the clock. The qualifications that you’ll need vary greatly according to the precise role you’ll be taking on, as does the pay. The chances are the majority of your shifts will pass without incident (which, on the one hand is a good thing, but, one the other, could be perhaps a little boring) but, should there be some sort of disturbance, you’ll have to have the presence of mind to handle the situation. » Read more: Job Opportunities: 5 of the Best Nocturnal Careers

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Career Transition: Self Employment – Getting Past the Negatives

April 24th, 2012

By Kirsten Hendrix

Many dream of being self employed. You can choose your own hours, you are your own boss, and you are not limited as such when you plan holidays around a work place calendar. Some see it as this golden lifestyle, but is it what it seems?

No Regular Income…..

In the early days of setting up and business in particular, the hours can be endless, late nights, early mornings, and weekends. To make ends meet at the beginning can be incredibly stressful, with new equipment or products to pay for, and that desperate stage where you are trying to establish yourself and find regular income. This is regular income is probably the top negativity for being self employed, you can never quite be sure if invoices will be paid on time, or whether you will have a steady trade from month to month. » Read more: Career Transition: Self Employment – Getting Past the Negatives

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