Get The Hiring Manager's Attention

Your resume’s cover letter needs to make a strong first impression that will entice employers to want to know you better. Researching the organization and demonstrating why you would make an excellent candidate for this particular job will set you apart.

• State why you like the company
• Use the job description as guidelines
• Bring your specific experiences to life
• The last paragraph should say you're eager to learn more about the position
• Add an individual touch by saying what your next steps will be

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Advice for Making the Right Job Move

Whether you find yourself out of work and needing to find a new career path, or whether you're just ready to make a career change for personal reasons, now is the perfect time to figure out what sort of new position would truly fulfill you and make you happy, not just pay the bills. 
Consider the following exploratory steps:

1. Evaluate what you truly enjoy doing.
2. Determine your career goals.
3. Explore your preferred work style.
4. Analyze your preferred work environment.

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How to Keep Your Job!

Top 10 Tips for Keeping Your Job

If you have a job you're not thrilled with, before you turn in your resignation, take a look at these tips on how to keep your job. And, if you've successfully kept your job, share your advice on how you made your job work.

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Where To Begin

Employment is a serious concern in the Church. The Church expects priesthood leaders to address this issue at the local level. Leaders need to seek out those with financial or employment challenges and act with compassion consistent in finding improved opportunities. Unemployment of 8.5% is a concern, but if you are THE ONE in the tragedy, it is a significant personal challenge!

The following article can be a catalyst for those persons who want a job, need a new job, or know of  someone needing help searching for employment. It contains a myriad of resources that can help you look for employment and get you thinking about what you want in a job. This is a place to begin.

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Is Your Leadership Showing?

Most members of a team know when they’re doing their work well. They often have a particular area of expertise, and they have deadlines and deliverables.

For leaders, it’s a bit different. How do you show that you’re leading? Here are five competencies that good leaders demonstrate. They are related to one another, and each is framed with a question to help you think about opportunities to display leadership.

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Present Yourself With A Penetrating Message!

Great article and video about how to communicate your message in 15 seconds. Great for job interviewing and gospel sharing approach.  This is accomplished by building a message map in 3-steps. A message map is the visual display of your idea on one page. It is a powerful and tool that should be a part of your communication arsenal. Building a message map can help you pitch anything (job skills, interview answer, a product, service, company, or idea) in as little as 15 seconds. 

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How to Market Your Skills ...

By Curt Rosengren US News and World Report Posted: July 19, 2011

You’ve seen skills checklists that ask you to tick off every skill that sounds like you. When it comes to telling your story to a prospective employer, it’s still one-dimensional. There’s nothing to back it up.If you want to talk about your skills in a compelling way, you have to go deeper than that. Remember potential employers aren’t interested in your skills; they’re interested in how those skills can meet their needs. The following will help make your story more compelling by letting you demonstrate that.

Reverse engineer to find your skills  In a nutshell, you’re going to identify your skills through reverse engineering. You will look at three things:

1. Your big picture responsibilities
2. The tasks you had to perform to fulfill those responsibilities
3. The skills you needed to successfully perform those tasks

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