How to Lie on Your Resume and Make it Look More Honest

How to Lie on Your Resume and Make it Look More HonestWhen you lie on your resume, the first impression is often the last impression. It is not enough to simply write your best qualifications and education. You must also add the special skills that you possess that will contribute positively to the success of your job application. Here are some ways that you can make a dishonest resume appear more honest.Ask for help - Whether you have experience writing resumes or you are a resume writer yourself, this tip may not work for everyone. But if you ask for a resume critique before you begin writing your own, you may see just how bad your resume could possibly be.After the editing process, re-write - This time, as you edit your resume, ask someone else to help you with the rewrite. The key here is to re-invent the wheel, not just duplicate or paraphrase what you have already written. This could actually do more harm than good, as it will appear that you are plagiarizing.Follow a consisten t tone - Don't talk at length about your accomplishments, but use a conversational style of speaking to communicate that you are a good fit for the position you are applying for. The point here is to sound like you care about the position, rather than making yourself seem like a human cash register who is easily manipulated by your interviewer.Keep details brief - It is not enough to mention the details that can be verified easily. Instead, make it a point to create a case study. Let the interviewer see that you have studied hard for the position, and that you can help in the job.Encourage the interviewers to encourage you - One good tip that will get you off the hook and may keep your position is to politely remind your interviewer to make an interview decision quickly, before time runs out. If you are interviewing for a tenure track position, you will want to speak to the full panel of interviewers.You may wonder if there is anything you can do to help your resume or how you can m ake it look more honest. The simple truth is that, no matter how honest you feel you are, you could possibly be doing something to cause your resume to fall apart.

UPS Seasonal Worker Hiring to Reach 95,000 for Holidays

UPS Seasonal Worker Hiring to Reach 95,000 for Holidays Package delivery company United Parcel Service said on Wednesday it plans to hire around 95,000 seasonal employees for its crucial peak holiday season this year, unchanged from the past two years as improvements to its network should help it handle rising ecommerce volumes. “We’re always looking for how we can improve efficiencies as a whole, and in doing that we tend to need less people in the long run,” UPS global director of recruitment strategies Paul Tanguay told Reuters. “So the flat number is not reflective of the volumes we have coming in.” Investors will be watching Atlanta-based UPS this peak season and will expect a repeat of last year’s solid performance following bad years in 2013 and 2014. In 2013, the company was caught off guard by a last-minute surge in ecommerce packages. In 2014, UPS invested heavily for a wave of packages that failed to materialize. Read More: You’re More Likely to Land Your Dream Job If You Do This Last year, the company worked closely with retailers to manage package flows and deliver a well-received peak season performance. Peak season begins on Black Friday, the day after the Thanksgiving holiday in November, and runs through to early January when there is a large wave of returns by package after Christmas. FedEx Corp, the main rival of UPS, has not yet announced its seasonal hiring numbers. Most UPS seasonal employees tend to be drivers or package handlers. Tanguay said that over the past few years an average of 37 percent of seasonal hires becomes full-time employees. Many of the company’s top executives began as part-time workers at the world’s largest package delivery company, including Chief Executive David Abney, who began working for UPS while at college in Mississippi in 1974.

4 People You Should Not Take Entertainment Career Advice From - Work It Daily

4 People You Should Not Take Entertainment Career Advice From - Work It Daily When you are in school or just starting out, a lot of people will offer up their opinions about what you should do with your life. When you share your showbiz aspirations, everyone becomes an entertainment career expert. But there are four categories of people who you should not take advice from: PEOPLE WHO HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN DASHING YOUR ENTERTAINMENT CAREER DREAMS This could include your parents, your girlfriend/boyfriend, your best friend, or anyone else with a strong attachment to you. They don’t want to risk losing you by having you go off in a new direction, whether it involves imminently (or ever) relocating to another city or not. This also includes people who fear the presumed instability and potential heartbreak of an entertainment career. This is mostly an area your parents specialize in, as they don’t want to have to support you financially or pick up the pieces of your broken heart if things to not work out. (More on entertainment career stability and your parent’s concerns here.) PEOPLE WHO HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN FEEDING YOUR ENTERTAINMENT CAREER DREAMS This includes friends who are relocating far from home and want someone to join them on their adventure, but primarily refers to people who want you to pay them for helping you in some way with your entertainment career. Your friend’s motives are easily seen (his car is practically already packed!) and taken with a grain of salt. But if someone is trying to sell you something, whether it sounds (or is) legitimate or not, no matter what they say, assume their encouragement is financially motivated. Get a second (and third) opinion from someone who is not in one of these categories. PEOPLE WHO HAVE TRIED AND FAILED TO REALIZE THEIR OWN ENTERTAINMENT CAREER DREAMS Your older brother who moved out to L.A. to act and came back a year later (or five years later) without one credit to show for it. Your mother’s friend who was a singer with a struggling rock band for a number of years until she “settled down to raise a family.” The neighbor who wrote four screenplays and couldn’t get an agent. Yes, you hear these stories as soon as you mention that you want to try working in entertainment. These people will try to convince you it’s just too hard. “Don’t bother,” they’ll say. PEOPLE WHO HAD ENTERTAINMENT DREAMS BUT NEVER PURSUED THEM Anyone who ever performed in a school play or had a garage band probably had entertainment dreams at some point. Don’t worry about them. This category refers to people who took it further, such as writing screenplays they never showed anyone or drove to the local “American Idol” auditions and never went in. They most likely won’t tell you about these secret pursuits, so be wary of anyone who seems exceedingly attached to whether you go for your entertainment dream career or not. They might say, “Are you crazy? Those things never work out for people like us! Right?” Or, conversely, “You gotta go for it before it’s too late! Right?” The problem with career advice from members of these four categories is it’s more about them than it is about you. Your protective father is thinking about how he devastated he is when you face disappointment. Your brother might be afraid you will show him up if you pursue an entertainment career and actually succeed. Your friend who did a drive by at the “American Idol” auditions is thinking about why she can’t muster up the courage to get out of the car when you are talking about making a movie or applying for a job at a production company or moving all the way to L.A. to work at a talent agency. Make sure when someone tells you what they think you should do that it’s truly about you. There are lots of options for working in entertainment. There are countless ways to start and succeed at an entertainment career, each with their own degrees of difficulty, some with built-in safety nets. The people who are considering your best interest will ask about your plans in detail and offer as much guidance as they feel comfortable offering. They will help you explore possibilities and strategize and they will be supportive no matter what you end up deciding to do. Woman with hands over ears image from Shutterstock Have you joined our career growth club?Join Us Today!