The cover letter is the first thing which creates an impression of you; and if it is invisible then so are you. Your cover letter might as well be invisible if it doesn’t command the attention of the reader. If you follow the same tired old cover letter formula that so many people seem to want to hang on to then you’ll get the same result that they get. You go unnoticed and end up like Mr. Cellophane in the musical “Chicago”.
The way for your cover letter to be invisible is for it to be so similar to so many others that it simply doesn’t get seen. As a professional recruitment consultant I have viewed so many cover letter and CV combinations that it takes something different to catch my attention. When I receive maybe two hundred applications, the first few are greeted enthusiastically but this soon wanes when I keep seeing: Continue reading →
Many organisations have moved their Information Technology (IT)/software development offshore to reduce costs and increase competitiveness because of more working hours due to time zone differences. Work is sent to places such as India, China and Russia. The cost savings from doing IT projects in these countries is considerable but the monetary saving is only a small part of the equation. Running projects offshore is very different to running them at home turf. Having seen many projects over the past few years, it has become clear that similar problems/issues are arising time and time again. Understanding these before you start any kind of offshoring project will help you get better results from your plan. These are six of the key areas to consider and where most of the issues lie when offshore outsourcing. Continue reading →
The Eurozone unemployment in increase to its highest level 11.7% in October as per figures published by Eurostat. While the Eurozone’s unemployment rate has been increasing since June 2011, the unemployment in the U.S. has fallen to below 8%.
About 18.7 million people were unemployed across the Eurozone, up 173,000 from the previous month. Spain and Greece are most affected with over 25%, with 60% of jobless youth; such numbers can have a negative impact in the long run. Non-euro countries, like Britain and Poland, reported unemployment rate of 10.7% in October and a 25.9 million jobless workers. Continue reading →
Problems rarely affect only one area of a person’s life. Often, when you’re having problems in one area of your life, such as problems resulting from too much stress, things spiral downward on multiple fronts. Financial problems lead to erosion of quality of family life as you are totally occupied with making the ends meet month to month. And wealthy people are not free from stress either because in their case, stress arises from constant monitoring of mortal enemies, fighting the government on taxes, fighting litigation from claims on wealth, and attacks on reputation. Irrespective of where you are in life, you may begin to feel like your life is totally out of control.
The reason you feel out of control is that you don’t know what to do about your problems and may feel that the problems have gotten bigger than you and can’t be solved. Focusing too much on what you don’t have is counterproductive because it leads to lack of action or even depression, so first write down what it is that you really want. There is something special about writing thoughts on a paper because they start becoming much more clear and many of the fuzzy interwined thoughts in your mind start taking concrete shape once you put them on paper and some of the vague fears start going away. Continue reading →
One of the most commonly spoken/unspoken questions from people is (what if) I start my own business? Starting and running a business is tough and will need a lot of time and energy. So the answer is never the same for two people. It depends on what your goals are. Are you unsatisfied with your current job? Or do you feel there is a lot more you can do if you could decide the direction of your efforts? While it is more than possible for you to find, apply for, and be awarded a new job, did you know that is not your only option? Have you ever thought about starting your own business? If this is a thought that has yet to cross your mind, you may want give starting your own business some serious consideration.
If you are serious about starting your own business or at least learning if running your own business is something that you are capable of doing, please continue reading. A few important points to be considered by those who are interested in leaving the traditional workplace to start a business are as follows: Continue reading →