Boston YPA.com

A Community of Professionals Ages 21-45 Brought Together By Events

July 2011 Blog Posts (4)

Search Blog Posts

Career Blog: What makes a good resume summary?

A well written resume summary can draw a hiring manager in, increasing the chances he/she will spend time reading the rest of your resume.  A badly written resume summary can mire a reader down with useless information, distracting him/her from all the good stuff you have to offer.

There’s a lot of confusion as to what a resume summary is and what makes it powerful.  As a career counselor in Boston, I advise clients to include the…

Continue

Added by Holly Klose, Job Club Moderator on July 27, 2011 at 2:53pm — 2 Comments

Career Blog: How to Handle an Interview Blunder

There are all sorts of pitfalls you may stumble into during a job interview.  These may include things like badmouthing your former boss, rambling on about irrelevant details, or totally failing to answer a question which was asked.  The good news is that while these aren't awesome, they don't have to mean a failed interview.  With the following five strategies, you can turn the interview around.



1. Stop it!  If you catch yourself going down the wrong track during an… Continue

Added by Holly Klose, Job Club Moderator on July 20, 2011 at 10:39am — No Comments

Career Blog: Leverage your 5 Greatest Strengths to Get the Job

Normally in my blog posts, I try to offer the reader five steps, ideas or suggestions to help with the job search or career exploration.  In today’s post, I’m instead going to ask the reader to give five things.  Or, more precisely, I’m going to encourage the reader to come up with five examples using my five steps!  Like on Sesame Street, today’s post is brought to you by the number 5!

It’s important to know your strengths and be able to articulate them clearly.  Your strengths are…

Continue

Added by Holly Klose, Job Club Moderator on July 13, 2011 at 4:31pm — No Comments

Career Blog: Top 5 Informational Interview Questions

Informational interviews can be extremely useful both when you’re exploring other possible career choices and as a powerful information source and networking tool.  In the first case, using an informational interview to hear what a job is like from someone who actually does the job you’re considering is invaluable.  In the second, an informational interview can be a unique way to gather information about a company or role you’d like to apply for, as well as making powerful networking contacts… Continue

Added by Holly Klose, Job Club Moderator on July 6, 2011 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Latest Blog Posts

Most Popular Blog Posts

Blog Topics by Tags

Monthly Archives

2013

2012

2011

2010

Newsletter

Sign up here to receive our free weekly newsletter about our events.

Sponsors

© 2013   Created by BostonYPA.

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service

Sign in to chat!