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#CareerAdvice : #JobSearch – 23 Companies Hiring Like Crazy in February.

February 1, 2019/in First Sun Blog/by First Sun Team

When you love your job, you can live your best life. So why not make this the month that you find the perfect job for you? Whether you’re looking for a fast-paced environment or a traditional corporation, whether you like to work from home or are looking for a pet-friendly office, there’s something for everything.

Many of them are hiring for the best jobs in America, and we love the exciting cities popping up as job hubs and ground-zero for innovation. Check out the list and apply today!

Pacific Dental Services
Where Hiring: Irvin, CA; Castro Valley, CA; Sacramento, CA; Henderson, NV; Irving, TX; Bonney Lake, WA; Wheat Ridge, CO; Phoenix, AZ & more.
What Roles: Regional Manager, Benefits Coordinator, Creative Director, Graduating Dentist, Pediatric Dental Assistant, Regional Marketing Assistant, Paralegal, Pediatric Manager, Recruiting Coordinator, Patient Collections Specialist & more.
What Employees Say: “Flexible schedule, great work-life balance, amazing leadership, good benefits, and so much more.” —Current Employee

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Glassdoor
Where Hiring: San Francisco, CA; Mill Valley, CA; Chicago, IL; Uniontown, OH; London, England; Hamburg, Germany; Dublin, Ireland & more.
What Roles: Senior Software Engineer in Test, Director of SDR, Director of Sales SMB, Program Manager of C&C, Senior Front End Engineer, Communications Manager, B2B Marketing Manager, Manager of Sales Development, Sales Compensation Senior Analyst, Senior Finance & Strategy Analyst & more.
What Employees Say: “Since I started with the company, I have felt a strong connection to our values and a deep desire to grow with Glassdoor. Local leadership is approachable and always willing to hear our ideas (and float them upwards when they are good ones!) Growth is possible as long as you continue to put in hard work month after month. Quota is challenging, but achievable, which is the whole point of having a sales quota.” —Current Senior Mid-Market SDR

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Accolade
Where Hiring: Plymouth Meeting, PA; Atlanta, GA; Scottsdale, AZ; Seattle, WA & more.
What Roles: Data Science Engineer Intern, Talent & Development Coordinator, MBA Intern, Business Partner Human Resources, RN Clinical Case Manager, Registered Nurse, Senior Product Manager, Director of clinical Customer Delivery Lead & more.
What Employees Say: “Accolade has pivoted the business and is reinventing the member experience in Healthcare. The mission and team are very inspiring and the company is scaling quickly.” —Current Employee

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AppDynamics
Where Hiring: San Francisco, CA
What Roles: Product Design Intern, Software Engineer, IT Integration manager, Salesforce Business Analyst, Enterprise Sales Representative, Senior Art Director, UX Writer, VP Product Marketing, Director of Commercial Strategy, Application Security Manager & more.
What Employees Say: “We have a world class sales process that if followed properly proves to our customers the amazing value of our solutions and drives that value after the sale to assure satisfaction and growth of the solution and its usage. We have an excellent engineering and product management staff that focuses on delivering high-quality solutions that customers need.” —Current SE Team Lead

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Colgate
Where Hiring: New York, NY; Piscataway, NJ; Topeka, KS; Cambridge, OH; Minneapolis, MN; Morristown, TN; Cincinnati, OH; Dallas, TX; Charlotte, NC & more.
What Roles: Research Scientist, Procurement Associate Manager, IT Intern, Associate Brand Manager, Maintenance Technician, Senior Digital Designer, Quality Assurance Chemist, Operations Technician, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Sr. Finance Analyst & more.
What Employees Say: “Friendly culture, flexible hours, awesome management.” —Current Employee

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IKEA
Where Hiring: Emeryville, CA; East Palo Alto, CA; Brooklyn, NY; Frisco, TX; Bolingbrook, IL; Conshohocken, PA; Philadelphia, PA & more.
What Roles: Furniture Assembly Co-worker, Store Administrative Coworker, Risk & Compliance Coworker, Deputy Store Manager, Customer Service Leader, Food Service Coworker, Graphic Communication Coworker, Solution Owner Intralogistics, Senior Accountant, Logistics Specialist & more.
What Employees Say: “I really liked the people I met there. IKEA has a tendency to attract all kinds of people, so my team was always diverse and fun. The benefits were good, too.” —Former Employee

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Informatica
Where Hiring: Redwood City, CA; New York, NY
What Roles: Senior Consultant Master Data Management, Visual Designer, Global Deal Strategy and Business Practices Analyst, Cloud Technical Support Engineer, Customer Success Technologist, Senior Sales Consultant, Sales Compensation Analyst, Staff Software Engineer & more.
What Employees Say: “Informatica truly invests in its people and embraces our core values of Do Good, Act as One Team, Think Customer First and Aspire for the Future. The culture allows you to perform your best work and explore what is possible by creating the new normal daily.” —Current Inside Sales Employee

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Belmont Village
Where Hiring: Houston, TX; Albany, CA; Buffalo Grove, IL; Los Angles, CA; Dallas, TX & more.
What Roles: Receptionist, Regional Director of Maintenance, Director of Nursing, Development Manager, Community Relations Assistant, Staffing Coordinator, LVN/LPN Wellness coordinator, Cold Foods Cook, Medication Technician & more.
What Employees Say: “I actually love and respect the people I work for. Patricia Will, the CEO and founder, is lovely, intelligent, funny, kind, generous, fair, perceptive and intuitive -the kind of top boss who knows the names of the team members holding the broom. Her heart is in alignment with her mind and she is a real role model for the rest of us. Yay, Belmont!” —Current Director of Sales and Marketing

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Rivian
Where Hiring: Plymouth, MI; San Jose, CA; Normal, IL; Irvine, CA & more.
What Roles: Industrial Design Lead, Photo Editor, EPC HAL Engineer, Purchasing Manager, Interior Trim Design Release Engineer, Group Manager of Interiors, Senior Manager of EPC Controls and Calibration, Localization Engineer & more.
What Employees Say: “Fun work culture where everyone is contributing to the success of the program. Fast paced environment where progress can be measured daily instead of quarterly. Not bogged down by bureaucracy” —Current Engineer

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Talkdesk
Where Hiring: San Francisco, CA; Lehi, UT; Salt Lake City, UT & more.
What Roles: Operations Manager, Implementation Specialist, Commercial Account Executive, Sales Development Representative, Director of Product Marketing, Event Marketing Coordinator, Solutions Consultant, Engagement Manager, Field Marketing Manager, VP of Partner/Channel Marketing, Enterprise Sales Engineer, IT Support Specialist & more.
What Employees Say: “I’ve never been happier at Talkdesk. If you work hard, you will get recognized and rewarded. We’ve hired some very experienced and smart people the past few months and we’re only going to keep improving. Everybody here is dedicated to company culture and the overall growth of the business.” —Current Employee

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Instacart
Where Hiring: San Francisco, CA
What Roles: Manager of Brand Insights, Personal Shopper, Senior Technical Recruiter, Operations Strategy manager, Logistics Operations Associate, Shift Lead, Payroll Coordinator, Head of Design, Senior Data Engineer, Senior Product Writer, Director of Business Development Operations, Logistics Operations Team Lead & more.
What Employees Say: “Tremendous scope of responsibility- you can have as much impact as you’re capable of generating. Colleagues are very humble and smart and well-intentioned.” —Current Engineer

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BioMarin Pharmaceutical
Where Hiring: Novato, CA
What Roles: Research Associate, Quality Site Head, Sr. Scientist, Technical Manager, Publication Planning Manager, Senior Director of Novato Engineering and Facility Services, Quality Control Analyst, Product Support Engineer, Director of Global Brand Management, Associate Director of Corporate Accounting & more.
What Employees Say: “Great learning environment, lots of extremely smart people, room for advancement, study teams are great, flexible hours.” —Current Clinical Operations Manager

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Axis Communication
Where Hiring: Chelmsford, MA; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Denver, CO; Baltimore, MD; Fargo, ND; Los Angeles, CA & more.
What Roles: Supply Chain Coordinator, Account Executive, Field Sales Engineer, Key Account manager, Regional Sales Manager, Marketing Intern of Business Development, Recruiter, Distribution Analyst, Inside Sales Account manager, Marketing Events Coordinator, Channel Business Partner & more.
What Employees Say: “Amazing culture, benefits, work-life balance, management, location, opportunities for growth, great facility. From the minute I walked in the door on the first day, I was made to feel like a welcomed member of the family! Every day something new far exceeds my expectations!” —Current Employee

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Venngage
Where Hiring: Toronto, ON
What Roles: Content Marketers, International Marketers, Software Developers, Talent Acquisition Manager, Product/UX Designers & more.
What Employees Say: “The management works collaboratively and they encourage each of the members of the company to grow and explore within and outside of their respective roles if it interests your career interests. It’s refreshing to be part of a work environment that actively motivates and pushes you to be proactive about your ideas and career goals.”

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Walmart
Where Hiring: San Bruno, CA; Las Vegas, NV; Sunnyvale, CA; Bentonville, AR; Baytown, TX; Old Bridge, NJ; Saginaw, MI & more.
What Roles: Data Science Intern, Machine Learning Internship, Software Engineering Internship, UX Design Director, Assistant Manager Trainee, Marketing Manager, Associate Product Analytics, Project Manager, Quality Engineer, Principal Product Manager, Senior Software Engineer & more.
What Employees Say: “I have worked at WalmartLabs Carlsbad for 4 years as a software engineer and really like the teamwork culture, the new technologies we use, and the freedom to innovate in the retail supply chain, e-commerce and data analytics tools we build. The apps we build are used by independent suppliers, retail staff, warehouse managers and product innovators around the world. The office is modern with flexible seating arrangements, a great kitchen, gym, and game room. Management supports training, time for personal development, and even community service time. Compensation is good and recognizes performance.” —Current Senior Software Engineer

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AGS
Where Hiring: Duluth, GA; Gainsville, TX; Las Vegas, NV; Oklahoma City, OK & more.
What Roles: Director of Products, Licensing Specialist, Field Service Technician, Compliance Specialist, Customer Service Manager, Assembler, Mechanical Engineer, BOM Coordinator, Accounts Payable Specialist, Electrical Engineering Manager, Technician Lead, Software Engineer, Graphic Artist & more.
What Employees Say: “Good management that isn’t afraid to delegate authority and trust their team. Unusually strong and effective teams all around: management, production, sales, marketing, engineering. Fast-paced and agile. Strong ethical sense from top to bottom.” —Current Engineer

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MongoDB
Where Hiring: New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Austin, TX; Palo Alto, CA & more.
What Roles: Developer Advocate, Cloud Product Manager, Enterprise Account Executive, Regional Director, Sales Development Representative, Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, Build Engineer, UX Researcher, Lead Web Engineer, Golang Software Engineer, Sales Enablement Manager & more.
What Employees Say: “Puts hiring the best and developing employees as the top priority. Set vision for growth and outlined objectives to get there- strong follow through. Team culture- collaborative, fun, lots of team extra-curricular activities.” —Current Employee

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Teach for America
Where Hiring: Kansas City, KS; Oakland, CA; New York, NY; Baltimore, MD; Houston, TX; Richmond, CA; New Orleans, LA & more.
What Roles: Entry Level Teacher, Manager of Strategy & Compliance, Director of Enterprise Applications, Digital Analytics Specialist, Head of Program, Staff Accountant, Head of Development, Director of Strategic Clarity, Art Director, Philadelphia Executive Director, K-12 Teacher, Managing Director & more.
What Employees Say: “Loved the community and the overall mission of the organization.” —Former Corps Member

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Livongo Health
Where Hiring: Mountain View, CA; Chicago, IL
What Roles: Backend Software Engineer, Senior Data Engineer, Sr. Manager of Corporate Accounting, Senior Accountant, Director of Revenue, Growth Marketing Manager, Content Marketing Strategist-product, Director of Marketing Automation, Marketing Associate of Usage, Senior Web Developer, Senior Applied Machine Learning Specialist, Regional Sales Director & more.
What Employees Say: “A company and it’s employees truly on a mission to empower people living with chronic conditions to live better.” —Current Employee

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Compass
Where Hiring: Seattle, WA, Aspen, CO; Boston, MA; New York, NY; Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; San Francisco, CA & more.
What Roles: Designer, Agent Team Assistant, Marketing Advisor, Regional Workplace Lead, Marketing Manager, General Manager, Product Expert, Commission Specialist, Associate Design Manager, Senior Technical Program Manager, Data Analyst, IT Associate, Director of Operations & more.
What Employees Say: “Compass is a unicorn. It is that rare company that combines passion, focus, execution, vision, and has a heart and a soul. It values its agents and employees, putting them at the center of what it does. It innovates relentlessly, looking to build solutions that matter. It services its agents with passion, ensuring their success.” —Current Employee

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Ocean Spray
Where Hiring: Henderson, NV; Middleborough, MA; Aberdeen, WA; Wisconsin Rapids, Wi & more.
What Roles: Operations Supervisor, Sr. Business Analyst, Supply Chain Manager, Sr. Financial Analyst, Brand Marketing Manager, Quality Technician, Account Administrator, Consumer Insights Manager Production Resource & more.
What Employees Say: “Great leadership. Amazing benefits (dental cleanings on site! Dry cleaning on site! Manicures on site! Gym! Masseuse! Yoga classes! Dog walking paths! so much more). Upward mobility. Clear communication. Creative, entrepreneurial outlook. Mission-driven company that cares about people and the planet. Competitive salaries and maternity leave.” —Current Director

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JM Family Enterprises
Where Hiring: Deerfield Beach, FL; Los Angeles, CA; Commerce, GA & more.
What Roles: Software Developer, Field Risk Specialist, Floorpan Auditor, Digital Experience Intern, Information Security & Compliance Manager, Risk Modeling Analyst, Body Shop Technician & more.
What Employees Say: “I have worked at a few organization and JM Family is by far the best I have ever experienced. The compensation is competitive in the South Florida market and the bonuses are beyond anything I have ever seen in 15+ years working. Profit sharing and the retirement benefits are also top notch. Work/life balance was also another great plus of this organization.” —Former Employee

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McMillan
Where Hiring: Ottawa, ON
What Roles: Designer, QA Analyst, Student Intern & more.
What Employees Say: “Humble, honest people. Executive team is always open to suggestions from employees. Great, fun culture. Well lit office space in the market, flexible hours, personal appointment time off, birthday off volunteer day off, ability to work from home (sometimes/with good reason).” —Current Employee

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#CareerAdvice : #ResumeWriting – 13 Tips to Age-Proof Your Resume … Great REad!

January 31, 2019/in First Sun Blog/by First Sun Team

As such, it is imperative that this community is competitive when facing off against younger workers. The first step in landing an in-demand job is crafting an eye-catching resume.

“The resume continues to be a crucial tool every savvy job seeker needs,” says resume writer and career advice expert for TopResume. “Older workers are often confronted with many stereotypes in the workplace, from being unable to keep up with technology, to being too rigid in their ways.

While not all stereotypes can be completely overcome within the confines of a resume, there are ways to draw the focus away from a candidate’s age and place it where it belongs: on the candidate’s qualifications.”

Here are AARPs top tips for age-proofing your resume. Grab a pen and paper, you’ll want to take notes.

Tip #1. Focus on your recent experience.

The further along you are in your career, the less relevant your earlier work experience becomes. Employers care most about your recent work that matters for the roles they’re filling, not your experience from 15 or more years ago. As a result, give more detail about the positions you’ve held in the past 10–15 years that are related to your current job search and say less about your earliest jobs.

“Focus on elaborating on your most recent positions, assuming they support your current goals. Ask yourself the following questions,” says Augustine:

Did I identify ways to make operations run better, faster, cheaper, or safer?
Did I help reduce costs, grow revenue, or increase productivity?
How else could I quantify my work? How many people did I manage or supervise? Approximately how many accounts did I have? How big was my budget or territory?

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Tip #2. Eliminate older dates.

Remove the dates related to work experience, education, and certifications if they fall outside the 15-year window. While you may want to consolidate older work experience in a separate section or a “Career Note,” including the dates of employment is unnecessary. Similarly, it’s important to share your credentials on your resume, but the employer doesn’t need to know you earned your MBA 17 years ago.

Tip #3. Limit your resume to two pages.

The straight-no-chaser reality is “employers truly don’t want to weed through a long resume document to understand why a candidate is qualified for their open position,” says Augustine. Therefore, you’ve got to stick to two pages.

Most recruiters spend less than 10 seconds reviewing a resume before deciding if the candidate should receive further consideration. With so little time to make the right impression, it’s important to streamline your resume to two pages. Focus on using this space to highlight your recent work experience and accomplishments that best match your current career goals.

Tip #4. Avoid the “jack-of-all-trades” approach.

Although you may have held numerous roles throughout your career, your resume shouldn’t be a laundry list of everything you have done. Focus on tailoring your resume’s content to support your current career objective, rather than providing a generalized summary of your entire work history.

“When you’ve worn many hats over the course of a multi-decade career, it can be tempting to include all of this information on your resume,” says Augustine. “However, when you do that, your resume turns into a mini novel (which recruiters hate) and your document will lack focus.”

Tip #5. Optimize your resume with keywords.

Seventy-five percent of all online applications will never be seen by human eyes thanks to the hiring bots, which are software programs known as an applicant tracking system (ATS). Their job is to collect, scan, and rank an employer’s inbound applications. To improve your resume’s chances of making it past this digital gatekeeper and on to a human for review, make sure your document includes the appropriate keywords. If a word or phrase repeatedly shows up in the job listings you’re interested in, incorporate these terms into your resume.

Remember, says Augustine, “if a candidate’s resume isn’t designed and written with these bots in mind, even the resume of a qualified candidate could end up in the trash.”

Tip #6. Upgrade your email address.

Older workers sometimes are seen as lacking technical savvy. Don’t give employers a reason to believe you might fit this stereotype. Ditch your old AOL or Hotmail email account for a free, professional-looking Gmail address that incorporates your name.

Tip #7. List your mobile phone number.

If you’re still listing your landline on your resume, it’s time to mobilize your contact information. Only list your cell phone number on your resume so you can control the voicemail message, who answers important phone calls from recruiters, and when.

Tip #8. Join the LinkedIn bandwagon.

LinkedIn is a valuable platform for connecting with others in your industry and uncovering new job opportunities. It’s also an important place to advertise your candidacy to prospective employers. In fact, a study by recruiting software provider Jobvite found that 93 percent of employers admit to reviewing candidates’ social network profiles — regardless of whether the candidates provided that information.

If you’ve avoided using LinkedIn in the past, now’s the time to create a profile that supports your career goals. Then, customize your LinkedIn profile URL and add it to the top of your resume to ensure recruiters find the right profile for you.

Tip #9. Showcase your technical proficiencies.

The fact that you know how to use Microsoft Office is no longer noteworthy (unless your role requires advanced knowledge of Excel). Show employers that you’ve kept up with the latest tools and platforms related to your field. If you’re in a non-technical profession, create a small section toward the bottom of your resume that lists these proficiencies. If you realize there’s a skill or tool outside your wheelhouse that’s routinely appearing in the job descriptions you’re targeting, check out sites such as edX, Coursera, and SkillShare to find free or low-cost online courses.

Tip #10. Customize each online application.

Small tweaks to the content of your resume can make a big difference in determining whether your online application reaches a human being for review. Before you submit another online application, re-evaluate your resume based on the job posting. Then, make small edits to customize your resume so that it clearly reflects your qualifications for this specific role.

“Focus on highlighting the information that addresses what hiring managers care most about: ‘Prove to me that you possess the right skills and experience to do this job well,’” insistes Augustine. “If you focus on this objective, you’re more likely to craft a resume that is set up for success in combating age discrimination.”

Tip #11. Ditch the objective statement.

Avoid using a run-of-the-mill objective statement that’s full of fluff and focuses solely on your wants and needs. Instead, replace it with your “elevator pitch.” In a brief paragraph, known as a professional summary or executive summary, explain what you’re great at, most interested in, and how you can provide value to a prospective employer. In other words, summarize your job goals and qualifications for the reader.

Tip #12. Aim for visual balance.

If content is king in a resume, then design is queen. How your information is formatted is just as important as the information itself. Focus on leveraging a combination of short blurbs and bullet points to make it easy for the reader to quickly scan your resume and find the most important details that support your candidacy.

Since you’re keeping the length to two pages, any experience older than a decade ago can be cut or condensed. In fact, you can summarize your earlier positions in one of two ways:

Write a short blurb as a “Career Note” where you mention the job titles or types of positions you previously held and namedrop any clients or employers that are considered attractive to industry insiders.
Create an “Earlier Work Experience” section at the end of your professional work history that simply lists job titles, employer names, and locations. Additional details can always be made available to an employer, should they make a request.

Tip #13. Focus on achievements, not tasks.

At this point in your career, recruiters are less concerned with the tasks you’ve completed and more interested in learning what you’ve accomplished. Separate each job under your work history into a short blurb that describes your role and responsibilities. Then, add a set of bullet points to describe the results you’ve achieved and the major contributions you’ve made that have benefited the organization. By bulleting these details, you’re drawing readers’ eyes to the information they care most about: your qualifications. Whenever possible, quantify your accomplishments to provide additional context for the recruiter.

“Numbers are important! Quantify the scope of your work as much as possible,” says Augustine. “That said, seasoned workers shouldn’t get anxious if they no longer have access to the data that would allow them to quantify their earlier work.”

GlassDoor.com | January 30, 2019 | Posted by Amy Elisa Jackson

#CareerAdvice : #CoverLetter – 5 Strong Ways to Close a Cover Letter. Must REad!

January 28, 2019/in First Sun Blog/by First Sun Team

Writing a cover letter isn’t an easy task for many job seekers. There’s a lot of pressure because, sometimes, the cover letter is the only piece the recruiter will read. Therefore, your cover letter must be a piece of writing that describes your achievements, and how you will help the company succeed.

Additionally, you want your cover letter to illustrate how you are the best fit for the company, and for the reader to believe you have the qualifications they seek. If you want to land an interview with your cover letter, you don’t want to sound vague or wishy-washy. Your cover letter should illustrate why you are the best fit, and how you will help the company or organization reach success.

However, when writing the closing paragraph of your cover letter, it’s easy to have a passive voice because you don’t want to appear overconfident. For example, if you say, “I look forward to hearing from you,” that’s great –but that alone doesn’t seal the deal. The closing paragraph of your cover letter must be one of the strongest elements because it is the last impression you leave in the reader’s mind.

Here are five phrases to include in the final paragraph of your cover letter that will help you seal the deal for your next interview:

1. “I AM VERY EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY AND SHARE HOW I WILL BE A GREAT FIT FOR XYZ CORPORATION.”

Strong cover letter closings are enthusiastic and confident. You want the reader to have the impression you are truly passionate about the position and working for their company. This statement will also illustrate your ability to fit into the company culture, and how your personality and work ethic is exactly what they’re looking for.

2. “I BELIEVE THIS IS A POSITION WHERE MY PASSION FOR THIS INDUSTRY WILL GROW BECAUSE OF THE XYZ OPPORTUNITIES YOU PROVIDE FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES.”

It’s always a good idea to explain what you find attractive about working for the company, and how you want to bring your passions to the table. By doing this, you can illustrate how much thought you dedicated to applying for the position, and how much you care about becoming a part of the company.

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3. “IF I AM OFFERED THIS POSITION, I WILL BE READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND HELP XYZ COMPANY EXCEED ITS OWN EXPECTATIONS FOR SUCCESS.”

By adding this piece to your conclusion, you will be able to add some flare and excitement to your cover letter. The reader will become intrigued by your enthusiasm to “hit the ground running.” Employers look for candidates who are prepared for the position and are easy to train. Therefore, this phrase will definitely raise some curiosity, and the reader will want to discover what you have to offer for their company.

4. “I WOULD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH YOU TO DISCUSS HOW MY QUALIFICATIONS WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO YOUR ORGANIZATION’S SUCCESS.”

Remember, you want to make it clear in your cover letter how the employer will benefit from your experience and qualifications. You want to also express how your goal is to help the organization succeed, not how the position will contribute to your personal success.

5. “I WILL CALL YOU NEXT TUESDAY TO FOLLOW UP ON MY APPLICATION AND ARRANGE FOR AN INTERVIEW.”

The most essential part of your closing is your “call to action” statement. Remember, the purpose of your cover letter is to land an interview. Don’t end your cover letter saying you’ll hope to get in touch. Explain to the reader the exact day and how you will be contacting them. When you state you will be following up with the employer, make sure you do it!

Remember, the closing of your cover letter is the most important element that will help you land your next interview. By crafting a strong, confident, and enthusiastic closing paragraph, you will leave the reader feeling like you could be the best candidate for the position.

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FastCompany.com | January 27, 2019 | BY HEATHER HUHMAN—GLASSDOOR 3 MINUTE READ

#CareerAdvice : #JobSearch – How to Stand Out When Applying to the Best Jobs in the U.S. ….Bonus: How to Get a Job: A Job Seeker’s Toolkit.

January 23, 2019/in First Sun Blog/by First Sun Team

“We’re seeing a spike in demand for highly-skilled workers in 2019,” said Glassdoor Economic Research Analyst Amanda Stansell.

From security engineers to brand managers and recruiters, the impact of tech in all industries and jobs is undeniable. Stansell adds, “There’s no question that emerging technologies designed to grow and scale business, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and automation are having an impact on the types of jobs employers are hiring for across the country.”

Therefore, companies like 3M are trying harder than ever before to attract and hire top talent for feel these in-demand jobs. We caught up with the global science company that never stops inventing to get the insiders’ secrets to applying to and securing some of the best jobs in the U.S.

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Currently, 3M is focusing on being a place where people come to have careers that allow them to innovate, grow and make an impact on people’s lives around the world. Some of the roles they’re eager to fill are:

Mechanical Engineer
Chemical Engineer
Industrial Engineer
Chemist
Statistics and Data Analytic
Sales
Marketing
Supply Chain Analyst
Machine Learning
Insights

So we caught up with 3M’s recruiters to get insights on how you can stand out from the crowd. Here’s what they said.

For Machine Learning/Machine Vision/Data Science/Artificial Intelligence roles:

Applicants should have “domain” experience, including deep learning models, machine learning, computer vision and Artificial Intelligence. They should also have programming experience in Python, R, Matlab, C/C++, or Java.
The Data Science field is an extremely important focus area for many 3M initiatives. The overall goal is to leverage data analytics and systems to drive new growth opportunities for 3M’s various businesses.
The various disciplines in Data Science provide opportunities for 3M to really live their vision of “Technology advancing every company, products enhancing every home, and innovation improving every life:”
- - Machine learning is an integral part of 3M’s advancement in predictive analytics, computer vision, information extraction, and 3D digitization/modeling.
  - Data analytics enables 3M to leverage statistical and computer science techniques to extract information from 3M’s extensive big data pools and transform it into actionable results.
  - Computer vision allows 3M to develop and implement CV algorithms and software applications that leverage special characteristics of 3M materials to generate new system-based solutions and business opportunities.
  - 3D analysis techniques help with data-driven design of new products.

Recruiter’s advice:

“For a data science resume, one important key to standing out is to articulately explain specific projects you were a part of. In these explanations, we want to see the goal of a project, the techniques used, the outcome that was derived, and ultimately the business/real world problems that can be solved with the technique.

When possible, it is important to explain how your approach to a problem differed from existing or previously identified solutions. It is also important to outline technical competencies (i.e. programming languages, software applications, etc.) and to explain how and why you utilized specific technologies.”

For Industrial Sales Representatives roles:

As part of 3M’s Industrial and Safety Markets Center, this role offers aspiring 3M sales professionals the opportunity to represent a variety of highly-differentiated 3M solutions into industrial/manufacturing businesses.
Additionally, we are ideally looking for individuals with three or more years of sales experience, an ability to work in a sales team environment and previous experience with Salesforce.com or other customer-relationship management tools.
If you are interested in joining a leader in the industrial space, participating in a year-long training program to create “territory readiness,” gaining endless potential career opportunities AND are willing to relocate to any territory in the US…this is a great opportunity for you!

Recruiters’ advice:

“When applying, ensure your contact information is complete (email, phone number) and that your resume highlights any specific skills called out in the description, to include relevant industrial sales experience.”

For Controls System Engineer roles:

For this area, we have entry-level opportunities as well as senior, more experienced roles available. These roles are located in St. Paul, Minnesota, for the most part, but positions are also available in manufacturing locations across the United States, with some opening globally in the future. You will travel up to 30% both domestically and internationally in these roles.
For this role, we look for candidates who have experience working with machine control system design, and commissioning in a private, public, government or military environment. We prefer that you have a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology. Experience with Allen-Bradley and/or Siemens control systems and hardware is also preferred.

Recruiter’s advice:

“Make sure you resume is reflective of all your experiences, including education and additional training courses you might have been exposed to.”

No matter what job you apply to, research the company, role and read reviews on Glassdoor. Need more help? Check out Glassdoor’s How to Get a Job: A Job Seeker’s Toolkit, complete with the guides, worksheets and checklists you need to start your job search, craft a stellar resume, prepare for interviews and more.

You can also watch a free recording of Glassdoor’s How to Get a Job Live Stream to hear straight from the career and HR experts at Glassdoor, Facebook, Salesforce and Kaiser Permanente to learn how to stand out from the competition.

GlassDoor.com | January 23, 2019 | Posted by Amy Elisa Jackson

#CareerAdvice : #ChangeJobs – Job Switchers Wring Career Wins From Tight Labor Market.

January 13, 2019/in First Sun Blog/by First Sun Team

About a year ago, Brittany Atkinson made a pledge to herself: By her 30th birthday, which falls later this month, she would no longer be working as a waitress and bartender.

Restaurants had been her life since 14, when Ms. Atkinson’s mother drove her to the local health department to get a work permit for her first job at a burger chain. Since then, the North Carolinian has worked at a Logan’s Roadhouse, a Ruby Tuesday and a Buffalo Wild Wings, growing accustomed to 2 a.m. closing times and erratic tips.

Ms. Atkinson said that many customers took it upon themselves to tell her she would never do anything else because of her tattoo-covered arms, even though she wanted an office job with stable hours and a chance to learn new skills, such as managing spreadsheets.

In November, she got that job. As an office manager at the corporate headquarters of Hwy 55 Burgers Shakes & Fries, a 133-location restaurant franchise based in Mount Olive, N.C., she earns 30% more than before and, for the first time in her adult life, she has every weekend off.

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“It’s so much easier to kind of weasel your way in and get your foot in the door than it has been in the past,” said Ms. Atkinson, a single mother to a 3-year-old, of the current job market. In previous server positions, “I had the mind-set this is all I’m going to do because jobs were so hard to come by.”

In the strongest job market in decades, many American workers are getting promoted, asking for raises and switching careers, recruiters and employers say. The country has added jobs for 99 straight months, the longest streak on record, and wages posted their biggest full-year increase in a decade, the Labor Department said earlier this month.

The rate of workers voluntarily quitting their jobs hit a 17-year-high in 2018, federal data show—a trend that illustrates American job seekers’ high level of confidence in this economy, said Jed Kolko, chief economist at job site Indeed. “Often the biggest wage gains come to people who switch jobs rather than stay put,” he said, alluding to how some find it easier to earn higher compensation from new employers than by negotiating raises in their existing positions.

Cassidy Williams, a 27-year-old senior software engineer in Seattle, has held five jobs in the past five years, each offering greater responsibilities and often higher stock-based compensation, she said.

Her path illustrates the advantage that comes with changing positions rapidly in the tech world. Ms. Williams, who has a bachelor’s degree in computer science and is pursuing her master’s, started her career in New York in 2014 as a software engineer and developer evangelist at Venmo, the digital payments company that is part of PayPal HoldingsInc. Less than a year in, at 23, she told her boss she wanted to manage people, but a PayPal executive later called her too junior, she recalled.

“I remember thinking, you know what, I don’t need to work at this place if people are going to laugh at me for my career aspirations,” she said.

A PayPal spokesman says the company has a commitment to the long-term growth of its employees. “We take this commitment seriously and are dedicated to setting our colleagues up for success every day with personal and professional development opportunities,” he said.

Ms. Williams left Venmo in 2015 for a job with artificial-intelligence company Clarifai, where she managed two people. In 2016, she moved to Seattle for a senior engineering and development role at L4 Digital, where she oversaw a team of six. L4 Digital is now part of digital marketing-software maker Globant. About a year later, Ms. Williams jumped to Amazon.com Inc.to work on its Alexa project. But after about six months at the online giant, she decided she wanted to work at a smaller company, and hopped again to become a senior software engineer at CodePen, a tool used by designers and developers.

“Because I’ve been given different opportunities at every switch, I’ve grown a lot faster,” Ms. Williams said. “It’s a win-win situation because my new company gets whatever they need, and I get to flex my muscles in different ways.”

The tight job market has accelerated the careers of many others. Dorit Baxter, a marketing executive in Rhode Island, spent close to 10 years at International Business Machines Corp. early in her career, then opted out of the workforce to raise a child in 2010. She expected it would take years to climb back to a senior position, but since 2015 Ms. Baxter has worked in senior marketing roles at three different health-care companies.

“It’s taken less time and I’m further than I thought I would be,” she said, adding that what she thought would take five years took only two.

Ms. Baxter now has her dream job: senior vice president at TransMed Systems, a company working to improve the process of developing, identifying and matching eligible patients to clinical trials. A booming economy can reward workers’ efforts in ways that tougher job market generally don’t, she said. “You can kill yourself working 12 hours a day and, if the conditions aren’t right, you’re not going to get where you want to be,” Ms. Baxter said.

Historically, some employers have hesitated to hire people with many stops on their résumés, but in this tight labor market job hopping is losing the stigma it once had, recruiters and career experts say. In the race for qualified talent, some companies are also rethinking job requirements and considering unconventional applicants, says Dawn Fay, senior district president at staffing firm Robert Half. Farmers Insurance, for example, recently began looking beyond candidates with industry experience to fill call-center positions, instead searching for problem-solvers in unrelated fields, said Scott Atkins, an HR business partner at the company.

Still, even workers who have used the hot job market to advance their careers note that things could shift if the economy stalls. In November, Monique Mahler, 37, joined Meeting Tomorrow, a Chicago-based provider of audiovisual services and technology, as a vice president of marketing, after quickly rising at previous employers.

While in-demand job candidates can have their pick between multiple top-tier offers right now, “I wonder if it’s just an arc,” Ms. Mahler said. “I can guarantee in three or four years, that won’t be the case.”

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WSJ.com | January 11, 2019 | Chip Cutter

#CareerAdvice : #JobSearch – 7 Trends Job Seekers Should Expect in 2019

January 9, 2019/in First Sun Blog/by First Sun Team

The U.S. economy is growing and expected to maintain its strength going into 2019, leading to noticeable effects on hiring. This is especially true of in-demand occupations.

If you’re interested in a technology career, here are seven trends that are shaping employment opportunities in the coming year:

The low unemployment rate increases your value

Next year, the unemployment rate is expected to drop to its lowest point in 40 years, according to New York Federal Reserve President John Williams.

Employers need skilled workers to take advantage of the strong demand for their products and services. They can’t grow without workers. And because unemployment is so low, skilled workers have become a scarce and therefore valuable resource. If you have the right programming experience and soft skills, you’ll be very attractive in this market.

Assessment tools could decide if you get interviewed

Organizations are competing for a limited pool of talented workers. When they do hire someone, they want to be sure it’s the best fit. Thus, the growing use of cognitive assessment tools to analyze and evaluate prospective hires. These tools, like the one used by Indeed.com, screen and rank candidates based on various dimensions. They consider not only experience, skills and aptitude but also motivation, personality and behavioral factors.

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Hold out for work-life balance

To attract skilled workers, organizations realize that money isn’t everything. Skilled workers are just as interested in maintaining a healthy work-life balance. To that end, job seekers can expect to be offered expanded perks, from free meals to regularly scheduled social events to unlimited vacation days and more.

Social media activity is a hiring factor

Skilled workers are valuable in this market, but organizations still have an obligation to hire employees whose personalities and values align with their missions and culture. In other words, expect employers to examine your social media profiles. If you present an unprofessional image online, they will often decline to hire you. Don’t limit your career because of a few ill-advised posts. Clean up your social media.

Nearly every job has a data component

Even the smallest businesses today are driven by data. Jobs responsibilities that require data analytics and even light coding are becoming more frequent. If you’ve never been exposed to the concepts and principles behind data analytics principles and coding languages, now is a good time to learn those skills.

Don’t call employers. They’ll call you.

Even if you’re not seeking a job, expect some outreach from prospective employers. Skilled workers are so scarce that employers aren’t waiting for you to respond to job posting. Instead, they’re constantly ‘sourcing,’ the term for proactively identifying potential hires and engaging them in a recruiting process. To signal your interest or at least let them know you exist, it helps to have an up-to-date LinkedIn profile.

Let Revature help with your job search.

If you’re looking for a technology job in 2019, Revature can provide you with everything you need: training, connections with top companies, and a clear path to success. If you’re interested in programming and software development careers, Revature can help you make the transition, no prior coding experience required. Learn the in-demand technologies that today’s Fortune 500 companies are using.

Unlike organizations that charge you fees to learn coding and programming skills, Revature provides this training as an employee benefit to new hires through an intensive and customized 10-to-14-week program, where they learn and practice the technologies required for entry-level jobs in software development.

By the end of the training, you’ll have a feel for the real-world, enterprise-level environment in which software developers work. On top of that, you’ll have a job in a field you can grow and be successful.

GlassDoor.com | January 9, 2019 | Posted by Revature Team

#CareerAdvice : #ResumeWriting – How to Give Your Resume a Makeover for 2019.

January 3, 2019/in First Sun Blog/by First Sun Team

Whether you’re a new grad poised to take on your first professional role, or a seasoned pro primed for new challenges, strut your savvy in 2019.

Step one is to ensure that the cornerstone of your personal brand, your resumeand LinkedIn profile, reflect your experience, skills and enthusiasm.

It can be intimidating to put yourself out there; minimize that anxiety by strategically formulating materials that turn heads.

Flex that structure

How you order the section headers on your resume can look different depending on where you are in your career. “New grads are likely to put education first-that’s their main experience and they are going for an entry-level position. But for executives, their education is going to be less important to feature prominently. They’ve already proven themselves. They’re going to have a stronger summary about their careers,” explains Nick Francioso, Army Veteran, mentor to career transitioning veterans and founder of resume optimization tool SkillSyncer.

Francioso points out that while there’s some wiggle room for ordering resume sections, it’s important to adhere to standard headers such as education, experience, summary and skills. He explains: “These are what the ATS (applicant tracking system) looks for. No matter what kind of resume you’re creating.”

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Busting resume myths

Your resume isn’t a comprehensive professional history; it only needs to capture your last ten years of professional experience. Francioso explains, “Your resume is what gets you the interview. Then you can talk about all the other positions you’ve had.” Of course, if you’ve worked for your most recent employer for longer than ten years, you want to include those details.

Francioso points out another myth: you don’t have to limit your resume to a single page. His rule of thumb: “If you’re doing two pages, fill two pages.” Francioso recommends that job seekers refrain from leaving excess white space, which can make the resume looks weak or incomplete.

Show me the data

Keep your content concise and avoid over-used buzzwords like “action-oriented” or “hardworking.” A reader can’t tell the difference between a candidate whom such words truly describe and one who’s just making that claim. This is where data comes in; it makes your case.

Offer data that demonstrates your success and productivity. Francioso explains: “If you have a good employer, they tend to help you create bullet points for your resume because they share performance data with you-sometimes at year-end or quarterly reviews…They are tracking performance data to calculate raises and evaluate performance.” Francioso notes that you can also track data yourself by noting reports you run or moves you make that have a measurable impact.

Metrics are concrete indicators of performance. Use them to tell your story.

Befriend the bots

Francioso explains that job seekers have two audiences to keep in mind: “Write your resume for an ATS. If it makes it through that, a human is going to read it.” You reach each audience by speaking its language.

It’s also important to create multiple resumes, each tailored to various job descriptions. Francioso’s recommended approach for getting a high match score from ATS is to “Mention those things that they really emphasize in the job description more than once in your resume- take the hard skills and word them the same way.” If the job description uses an acronym to describe a hard skill that you have, for example, use that same acronym in your skills section.

When it comes to addressing human resume readers, Francioso explains: “You don’t want to show what you’re responsible for, you want to show what you accomplished.” Use meaningful action words to tell that story.

Francioso explains that while pictures, charts, graphs may look impressive, reserve those on a separate version of your resume that you only share with contacts for whom you have personal email addresses. These are not likely to parse well in ATS.

Thinking differently about LinkedIn

Francioso sees LinkedIn as “a database of resumes,” and he recognizes users’ goal on the platform as optimizing their LinkedIn profiles to ensure maximum exposure. Francioso points out that the way you write your headline, the more active you are on the platform, the more connections and endorsements you have, all impact where your profile appears in search results.

His advice: “Make sure that you have the newest tech terms. If you’re a Java programmer, for example, you want to make sure that’s in your headline. I’ve noticed that when you search in LI, it goes to the headline first and then to the summary . . . So if you’re targeting a specific job title or industry, that’s what you want in your headline.”

Francioso points out that your headline is valuable space. If you’re searching for a new opportunity, you can signify that in settings, leaving your headline clear for SEO terms. Francioso explains: “Effective LinkedIn profiles should have headlines that take advantage of the 120-character limit and are roughly 7 – 12 words in length. Add important keywords to your headline since these can be used to rank you higher in search results. . . the most important keywords should go in your header as those are the first to return in search results.”

Another great tip: Francioso recommends creating a customized URL via LinkedIn. This way, it’s easily sharable. Plus, it looks neat, tidy and professional. Francioso recommends adding it to your resume-positioned after your email address.

Remember, refining your personal brand gives you the chance to take stock of your professional goals and accomplishments. That’s a great way to kick off 2019!

GlassDoor.com | January 3, 2019

#CareerAdvice : #JobSearch – 14 Job Search Tips Everyone Should Know

December 27, 2018/in First Sun Blog/by First Sun Team

Getting a new job is one of the most common New Year’s resolutions, with as many as 14 percent of people saying they’d like to change employers when they change their calendars.

Sound like you? If you’re ready for 2019 to be the year you finally find the right job, keep reading! We’ve curated 14 of the best job search tips from the past year to help you start your New Year’s job hunt off on the right foot, featuring advice from CEOs, celebrities and job coaches who know exactly what it takes to succeed.

1. Don’t wait until you have all of the qualifications to apply

“If you have all the qualifications you may actually be overqualified! Go ahead and apply if you have the core requirements.” —Jenn Lofgren, Incito Executive & Leadership Development

2. Explore your network — or make new connections — to get an internal referral

“Companies always give preferential treatment to employee referrals. If you don’t know someone there, then volunteering at a company’s local charity event can also be a great way to meet people.” —Carolyn Thompson, executive recruiter and managing principal at Merito Group

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3. Make LinkedIn work for you

“Make your online network reflect your offline connections. Once you set up your profile, start connecting with everybody you know: current and former colleagues, past employers, people in your industry, neighbors, family, friends, former classmates. —Donna Serdula, LinkedIn expert and author

4. Pursue a job that means something to you

“Do the work that comes from the soul of you… The key to fulfillment, success and contentment in life is aligning your personality with what your soul came to do.” —Oprah Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey Network

5. Tout your soft skills

“Instead of calling them soft skills, I would actually call them essential skills… Some of the most crucial of these skills include communication, teamwork, leadership, relationship-building, balance, reliability and dependability.” —Greg Muccio, Director of People at Southwest

6. Prepare, prepare, prepare — and then prepare some more

“The best way to calm the nerves is by adequately preparing for your interview. Control the controllables. Do your research, hone your stories and schedule a practice interview.” —Sarah Johnston, The Briefcase Coach

7. But make sure to remain authentically you

“There is no replacement for 100% authenticity in interactions with people, and the same is true of interviews, as they are simply an interaction with someone you don’t know [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][yet]… Remember that this is about assessing fit for you too, and the only way to truly assess fit for yourself is to be fearlessly and authentically you.” —Amanda Gulino, Founder of A Better Monday

8. When it comes to salary, don’t ask for what you’d be willing to take — ask for what you’re worth

“Decide what you think you’re worth and then ask for what you think you’re worth. Nobody’s just going to give it to you.” —Shonda Rhimes, Award-winning producer and scriptwriter

9. Step into an interview with as much self-awareness as possible

“Know what you’re good at, and know what you’re not good at. Don’t pretend you’re something that you’re not. Always ask for help. The smartest people ask questions; the people who are the most ignorant think they know it all.” —Jessica Alba, actress and Co-Founder of The Honest Company

10. If you work with a recruiter, look beyond the one job listing

“[Our] intent is always to form lasting personal relationships, whether that be to help you find a permanent job or if you want to deploy from assignment to assignment. [Most good firms are searching for] people who want to have a mutually beneficial relationship to help them achieve their career goals while solving problems for our clients.” —Ryan Lynch, Client Relationship Executive atKforce

11. Don’t let rejections derail your job search

“Don’t be afraid of the word no. It doesn’t mean it’s a bad result. It just means try again. You can’t be afraid to ask, because if you don’t, no one else is… If you just go out there and not be afraid of the negative result, you’ll be surprised. You may get a positive result.” —Serena Williams, Professional tennis player

12. And don’t let fear derail it, either

“Stop being so afraid! That’s really what strikes me when I look back — the sheer amount of time I spent tangled up in fears and doubts that were entirely of my own creation… Instead, what matters are the true friends you make, the activities you throw yourself into, the books you read, the skills and knowledge you acquire. Those experiences — the ones that make you stronger, smarter and braver — are what really matter.” —Michelle Obama, author, activist & former First Lady

13. Don’t just read blogs — find a mentor

“Find mentors in the people around you who you respect… There are mentors in the workspace all around you — peers, the seasoned professional, your supervisor, the supervisor one desk over… [The best] person to be your mentor in the organization is someone who sees you every day, someone who knows you at your best and someone who can give you opportunities to improve.” —Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors

14. Keep learning – your resume is never done

“Learning is the true currency in today’s economy… Employees need to constantly refresh their skills to stay relevant.” —Michael Fraccaro, Mastercard’sChief Human Resources Officer

If you’re going to finally find the right job for you in 2019, you’ll need to lead your job search with the best advice you can find. Use these pro tips to make sure your 2019 job search is as effective as possible!

GlassDoor.com | December 19, 2018 | Posted by Sarah Greesonbach

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#CareerAdvice : #YourCareer – Follow these 5 Steps to Future-Proof your Career.

December 21, 2018/in First Sun Blog/by First Sun Team

The marketplace for talent is changing rapidly, and experts say it’s about time the way we approached our own careers caught up.

After a couple of decades defined by disruption, automation, and job displacement, many still aren’t convinced that their job could be at risk. Studies conducted by Gallup, Quartz, and the Pew Research Centre have all found that a majority of Americans believe automation and AI will displace a significant number of jobs; just not their own.

The lack of response to this new dynamic has become a key concern for career transition coach and best-selling author Ines Temple. In her book, You, Incorporated: Your Career Is Your Business, Temple explains how every employee should approach their career like a small business, with themselves as a provider of a service to a single client. She adds that any business that depended entirely on one client would be aggressively looking to diversify, and in today’s career landscape, employees should be equally as proactive when it comes to exploring their own career opportunities.

“A lot of people have allowed companies to manage their careers; they don’t take a proactive approach to them,” she says. “When companies change their plans and need to let them go, they are not ready to find a new job, they’re not employable, because their skill sets aren’t up to date. They don’t have metrics ready to demonstrate those skills, and they don’t have a strong network of contacts that will help them in a job search.”

Temple and other career experts recommend taking the following five steps to ensure your career is prepared to overcome the challenges of a rapidly evolving talent marketplace.

1. ASSESS YOUR CURRENT LEVEL OF BEING FUTURE-PROOFED

The first step in improving your career’s resiliency, according to Temple, is determining where you currently stand. She believes that those who are most prepared to evolve are those that love what they do, as they are often most willing to go the extra mile in order to continue doing it.

“Ask yourself, ‘Am I really happy here?’ ‘Is this what I want?’ ‘Is this really my passion?’” she says. “I know that’s a hard thing to worry about when you have bills to pay, but without that, it’s very hard to plan for your future career.”

Being too satisfied with your current employment, however, may also be a sign that you should be doing more to prepare for your future. “A very simple litmus test is: If you’re comfortable, you should start learning something new,” says Darren Raycroft, a partner with the Bedford Consulting Group, an executive search and talent management company.

Raycroft explains that with the rapid pace of technological advancement, the value placed on many skills today lacks the longevity that comparable skills had in previous generations. “Those periods of comfort and normalcy are getting shorter and shorter,” he says.

Raycroft recommends keeping an eye on relevant job postings—even during periods of comfortable employment—to better understand where your industry is heading, and what skills are in highest demand.

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2. COMMIT TO LIFELONG LEARNING

In today’s rapidly changing employment landscape, it’s easier than ever to fall behind, especially if you haven’t recently updated your skills.

“There’s this delineated ‘learning time’ in our lives, and then we move into a position, and if you choose to take some courses to get ahead, you may do so,” explains Raycroft. “I think that’s changing: Learning is and will continue to be an ongoing process with a degree of propensity that we haven’t yet experienced in our lifetimes.”

Raycroft believes that in order to stay ahead of the changing needs of the talent marketplace, employees need to be proactive in updating their skills. “That ability to learn and use judgment has been and will continue to be necessary for success,” he says.

3. NEVER STOP NETWORKING

The worst time to start building a network is when you desperately need one. Professional relationships are typically stronger when they’re built on mutual interest, rather than urgent need. “A lot of people only do a lot of networking when they need a new job, but on a daily basis, we don’t invest enough time in people, building a relationship based on trust,” says Temple. “It’s all about relationships with people, because people will recommend us, promote us, or let us go.”

Not only do those who take a break from networking risk weakening some of their existing relationships, but they can also begin to lose their networking skills. Temple emphasizes the importance of keeping those skills sharp and those relationships strong by building them in the low-pressure periods of career stability.

4. WORK ON YOUR SOFT SKILLS

Building that network often requires strong interpersonal skills, something that Temple believes is sorely lacking in most of today’s workers. “We really need to work on our warmth, our charisma, how much energy we give to people, because those things will make a difference between those who have a chance for a better career and those who don’t,” she says.

Furthermore, if our most robotic and repetitive tasks are bound to be automated, those quintessentially human traits may soon become our greatest assets.

“Young professionals understand that soft skills will be critical to thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” says Michele Parmelee, Deloitte’s global chief talent officer. “According to Deloitte’s seventh annual Millennial Survey, young professionals identified softer skills like confidence, interpersonal skills and—particularly for gen-Z—ethics and integrity aptitude as skills they feel are important to develop in order to succeed in the future.”

5. FIND A MENTOR

Not only can mentors use their experience to help their mentees navigate a quickly changing employment landscape, but they can also help them develop some of those vital soft skills in a low-pressure environment.

“It’s a safe place, so you won’t feel embarrassed asking your mentor questions that you might be embarrassed to ask in a group setting,” says millennial and gen-Z engagement expert Ashira Prossack. “You’ll also get that practice, and they’ll give you immediate feedback and one-on-one attention, because you can’t just read about how to communicate, you need to actually do it.”

FastCompany.com | December 21, 2018

#JobSearch : 6 Ways to Use the Holidays for #Networking . A #MustRead Now!

December 14, 2018/in First Sun Blog/by First Sun Team

The holidays are the time for gatherings and good cheer, and that makes them a natural time for networking. Business is about relationships, and sharing kind wishes and getting some face time can help to strengthen them. Since the season is a busy one, make the most of your connections by creating a plan.

Here are six ideas for effective holiday networking.

CHOOSE OPPORTUNITIES WISELY
Be smart about the ones you attend, says James Cassel, chairman of the independent investment banking firm Cassel Salpeter & Co.

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“In a digital age in which we’re losing the human touch, there’s nothing finer than a handwritten note,” says Cassel. “I begin my follow-up within a day or two after meeting people, and I’m careful to include something specific and personal about the encounter, as well as verbiage that reminds the prospect what it is my company has to offer. Sounds simple, but you’d be surprised how many people fail to execute it completely.”

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MAKE A LIST
Create a “meet list” of key individuals you’d like to connect with during the holidays and why, suggests corporate connections consultant Judy Robinett, author of Crack the Funding Code.

“Events can be jam-packed with opportunities,” she says. “Narrowing it down in order to ensure you’re being strategic, and maximizing the time you have with these key individuals, will help to ensure you’re making more lasting than fleeting connections.”

If you’re looking for conversations that can further your business, approach them with mentorship instead of profit in mind, she adds. “Mentors can be valuable players in your future success—and possible investors in the future—so building these early bonds can definitely pay off in the long run,” says Robinett.

HELP OTHERS NETWORK
It’s the season of giving, and being a connector is one of the most valuable things you can do for people in your network, says Kevin Hamilton, SVP of marketing at the restaurant technology platform Toast.

“The holidays are a great time of year to canvas your network and connect individuals that you think could be helpful to each other in the New Year,” he says. “This might include employees looking for a potential mentor, clients looking to break into a new region, or colleagues who want to acquire new skills. Use your wide network for good, and connect people to one another in a way that’s helpful, authentic, and meaningful.”

CONNECT ON THE SPOT
With all the festivities and conversations people are having throughout holiday networking events, it can be hard to remember who’s who, says Solomon Thimothy, CEO of Digital Marketing Agency. Instead, keep your phone on hand and take advantage of LinkedIn.

“Download the app and keep it on your home screen so it’s easy to access,” he says. “Then, as you’re meeting new folks, pull up the app and find them. This enables you to make that real-time connection and is an easy access point to avoid their crowded emails so that you’re able to send a more personalized, direct message.”

Added bonus: You might find out on the spot that you have mutual connections that can help continue to drive the conversation, Thimothy says.

BE INCLUSIVE
Winter holidays of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanza are often recognized, but the employees of cloud communications provider 8×8 use every holiday as a chance to connect with each other.

“We celebrate diversity and welcome all cultures,” says CEO Vik Verma. “If you’re smart and have good values, you’re of great value to us. We like to create an environment that demystifies different ethnicities. We celebrate Christmas and Diwali. We feel like if our employees can be themselves without having to create some act and be somebody they’re not, we create a safe environment.”

Every Wednesday, 8×8 employees get a chance to relax, mingle, and enjoy a catered lunch. “My general philosophy is that people work hard,” says Verma. “We try not to have evening parties that take them away from family. Why create an obligation to stay late for a beer bash? If we can gather at lunchtime, you’re providing value to employees.”

OR JUST WAIT UNTIL THE NEW YEAR
While the holidays are prime for networking, they’re also hectic. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, why not wait? asks Brian Rowe, CEO and founder of Perceivant, an educational technology company.

“December is such a busy and stressful time for everyone, so wait until the New Year to reconnect with current and new customers,” he suggests. “Thinking in this mind-set helps us kick off the year strong and connect with contacts straight away once January rolls around to stay more top-of-mind.”

Rowe has the same philosophy with his employees. “There are enough holiday parties in December. So, to avoid any added stress, we all gather together as a company in mid-January to celebrate,” he says. “This allows us to reconnect, discuss what happened in the previous year, and get excited about what’s coming ahead.”

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4. WORK ON YOUR SOFT SKILLS

5. FIND A MENTOR