RESUME SERVICE

Contact mwalberg@bellsouth.net for information/fees for an affordable resume-writing service.

RESUME SERVICE:

You will receive 5 copies of your resume, written, formatted and printed on quality resume-grade paper. You will also receive suggestions for maintaining and strengthening your new resume.

Package #1: For job seekers with 5 years or less work experience.....$50.00

Package #2: For job seekers with over 5 years work experience........$100.00

To read the latest "Getting Hired" column and the archives, log on to www.shns.com, then:

. Click Columns

. Click Business, Finance & Technology

. Click Hired

. Enjoy!

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Tip: Always hand-deliver, mail, or email a hand-written thank you note within 24-hours of each interview. If more than one person interviews you, send each interviewer a thank you note, using full name and title of each person. If something relevant was omitted from the interview, include it, briefly, in the thank you note, and if you want the job, say so! You make something positive happen.

Tip: There is nothing quite as strong and powerful as a third-party referral. A third-party referral knows you, knows how you work, knows how you look, and is willing to recommend you to a mutual acquaintence who could be your next employer. A third-party referral can virtually eliminate your job searching competition and uncover the "Hidden Job Market" What do you do to get this powerful action started?

. Create a 60-second commercial about you and what you are prepared to do for your next employer, but make it simple -- something that anyone in any career field will understand the first time.

. Network with everyone you know and everyone you meet, spread your commercial, and make it your business to meet new people everyday, socially and professionally.

. Get visible in your community. It's good to circulate resumes, but it's better to circulate yourself. Join clubs, professional organizations, hobby groups -- whatever it takes to get out there and get visible.

. Be involved. Don't just join groups, volunteer for offices and committees. Put yourself in the position to demonstrate your workplace abilities. That sells your sizzle and gets your third-party referrals.

. Do what others fail to do. Go sell yourself an employer!

The following are my services available to you:

I will address job search questions and problems, and consider your job search related situations for future column topics (with your permission). Forward your questions and success stories to my email address (mwalberg@bellsouth.net), and include your city and state or country, but please do not include attachments.

Additional services include:

Resume Critique Service -- a very detailed, line-by-line, review of your resume, with suggestions for strengthening the content and/or format of your resume. Forward your resume by regular mail along with your check or money order for $60.00. The mailing address is: Marvin Walberg, "Getting Hired", PO Box 43056, Birmingham, AL 35243. A similar critique service for Cover Letters is $20.00 per letter.

The following are job search-related pamphlets:

Job Search Guide #101 -- "Getting To Know Your Product", Self-Assessment Exercises. A must for career searchers interested in analyzing work-related experience along with lifestyle interests in order to make better career/job choices. The more you know about your "product" (YOU), the better you will be able to pick your employer and close your job search sale. Price: $10.00 per pamphlet.

Job Search Guide #201 --"Networking, Eliminating the Competition!" will help you cut to the chase and go where others fail to go. You will discover "the hidden job market" instead of just putting your name on the long waiting lists of advertised job openings and internet postings like everyone else. Network yourself to your next job. Price: $10.00 per pamphlet.

Job Search Guide #301 -- "Cover Letters, Selling Your Resume!" gives you all of the information you need to write a winning cover letters for posted job openings, referrals, information interviews, letters of application, and companies you hae researched. Sample cover letters are included, as well as letter formats. Price: $10.00 per pamphlets.

Send requests, along with check or money order to: Marvin Walberg, "Getting Hired", PO Box 43056, Birmingham, AL 35243.