Personal branding: a new twist on an age-old idea It’s no secret that your professional reputation can do a lot to hurt or help your career. In fact, this is a universal truth that has been around as long as commerce itself: If you have performed well in the past, acted with integrity, offered valuable …
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Oftentimes, your resume is the first opportunity potential employers have to form an opinion of your background and abilities. While the visual design of this document is important if you want to put your best foot forward, the skills you choose to showcase within it are even more so. Consider the following nine as essential. …
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So you have decided to go into hotel management because you love the hospitality industry, you like leading and taking charge, and you’re ready to take your career to the next level. Management seems like the obvious next step. But many management-bound employees overlook the fact that accounting is actually a large part of a …
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Applying for jobs when you don’t have a high school diploma or college degree can be a difficult slog, but because of the healthy job market in recent years, it’s harder for employers to find enough good candidates, making it easier to find a great job without a degree. Many employers realize that they need …
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There should be no such thing as a bad reference. Choose the best of the best to give yourself the reference you deserve. Whether you make it or break it could depend on one quick phone call. Here are a number of ways to get and keep a good reference: Do Get a move on! …
Once upon a time, you typed up your resume, submitted it to a few select employers in your area, and worked hard to stay at the same company for years or even decades. Today’s fast-paced, global workforce no longer resembles this kind of static career-building, but we’re in a highly digital environment that demands continual …
When applying for food service, hotel, or resort jobs, you’d probably expect to be called for an in-person interview. But employers in the hospitality industry are overloaded and may not have the time or staff to physically interview every applicant. What do they do? They conduct phone interviews to narrow the field and choose the …
