Meeting the Changing Job Market and Its Challenges

Len Costa, a human resources representative, will describe job
searches in international corporations and the expectations hiring
managers have today. He will discuss these topics:

Approaching your job search
Identifying the new, hot employment opportunities
Writing the "killer" 10-second elevator speech and why you need it
Formatting your resume for the maximum impact
Critically reviewing your resume content
Len has also volunteered to give attendees individual help with their

by Tom Murrell

Consider this: If you want a job, what you need is an interview. I don't know of anyone who has ever submitted a resume and gotten a job offer as a result. The very best you can hope for is that you'll get that call asking you to come in for an interview. It's in the interview that you get the job, not in the resume.

So, your first objective is to land an interview. A simple tool, called a T-letter, can help you do just that. The traditional approach has you developing a standard resume and writing a cover letter to accompany it for every job situation. A T-letter is like a cover letter, except that it doesn't "cover" anything.