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From Layoff To Liftoff: 5 Steps To Rebuild Your Career

Allwork

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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How to List Skills Gained Outside of Work on Your Resume

Eat Your Career

The Resume & Cover Letter Toolkit offers step-by-step guidance, easy-to-use templates, and sample documents to get you inspired. Approach it thoughtfully and make sure you are demonstrating the very best you have to offer as a candidate. Need more help writing your resume?

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How to Use ChatGPT: Working With Generative AI

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Helping with professional documents: Ideate and write resume drafts , cover letters and other documents. It can assist you by: Answering questions: Use ChatGPT like a search engine but with immediate, natural language responses. Editing and spell-checking: ChatGPT will gladly check your text for errors.

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The September Surge Is Here: How Job Seekers Can Prepare to Land the Role

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Maybe you’ve even played with AI enough to know you are still a better cover letter writer. Pay attention to the top Just as you skim and scan news stories, briefs and other documents, so do employers. Tweak cover letter copy that AI generates to ensure it’s in your voice as well, she adds.

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5 Ways to Include Volunteer Work on a Resume

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As you write your resume and cover letter, ask yourself if bringing up your volunteer work would help you provide solid examples during an interview. Use short sentences or bullet points to document your experience. If not, briefly mention it in a single sentence, or don’t include it if you have more relevant achievements.

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A guide to job hunting

Practically Perfect PA

Harmony between your CV and cover letter. All too often cover letters either repeat, or worse, contradict aspects of a candidate’s CV. Firstly, make sure both documents are customised for the role you’re applying for – employers are very good at recognising and discarding blanket CVs. Is that evidence easy to find?

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Employee personnel files — what should and shouldn’t be included

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Knowing what to keep and the location of each document is vital to easy retrieval and to maintaining compliance with government and industry regulations. If so, then the document should be included in the employee’s general personnel file.”. Cover letter. Recruiting and screening documents. Job offer letter.

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