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Etymology 101 - Defining the Head Hunter

A head hunter can be a savage who cuts off the heads of his enemy, a baseball pitcher who deliberately throws the baseball at a batters head or an executive recruiter who looks to fill open positions in a corporation. The following article will give the brief Etymology, or history, of theŇ term head hunter.


Taking Action in the Online Jobs Search

Take action! We have all heard this before. The thing you must remember though is that it is very important to take the correct kind of action. When I first started working on the Internet, I tried many Internet programs and I spent... wait... I wasted a bunch of money on products that simply did not work. I was taking action, but I was taking the wrong kind of action. The correct action that I should have been taking was following a step by step plan. For that you need a plan or guide. You can find many such guides that fast-track your financial success to actual on-line jobs. Check out respected blogs. With just a little research you can figure out which ones are good.


Resume And Cover Letter Templates

Application forms or cover sheets, as they are also known, capture the same standard information you want from each applicant eg, name and contact details, equal employment opportunity data, qualifications, and perhaps current employment details.

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A cover letter is technically, a letter of transmission ie, it"s a letter that says why you are sending or transmitting your resume, CV or other documents. If you must send one, you need to take the following considerations into account:

Purpose of Cover Letters

The purpose of a cover letter is to:

1. Introduce yourself as an applicant

2. state for which job or jobs you are applying

3. sell the key knowledge and skills you can bring to the employer, and how those will provide a benefit

4. attach your resume or other documents

5. provide contact details

Improving Your Cover Letters

You don"t want to bore your reader to death right? And you want to give a good impression ... so here"s what to do:

1. use a proper business letter layout (no pink paper with flowers or puppies, no fancy typefaces or graphics)

2. go to the trouble to find the name of the person to whom it should be addressed, it"s better than a "Dear Sir/Madam" approach

3. make it short and succinct ... don"t try to tell you life"s history. One page is enough.

4. focus on the benefits you can provide for this employer, not all the certificates or degrees you have and how you think you are a team worker, excellent leader etc

5. offer yourself as available to discuss your application; give your phone number and state clearly when you are, or are not, available

6. sign off "Yours sincerely"

And one last thing. If the job advertisement tells you what to send and it doesn"t specifically ask for a cover letter eg, if the advertising employer has an application form, don"t bother with a cover letter. It will just piss someone off and end up in the waste bin.

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