StartWire thanks our veterans for their service! Whether you’ve recently been discharged or last served years ago, looking for employment as a veteran is different than as a civilian. Companies are taking notice of the unique skills and battle-tested talent of veterans, and many seek to recruit our nation’s protectors after their service is done. […]
StartWire for Employers Outplacement Service Helps Displaced Employees Find Jobs 30% Faster Traditional outplacement services, by which companies help their laid-off employees find new roles, simply don’t work. They are often expensive, meaning employers can’t always support each of their transitioning employees, and they offer mixed results. Moreover, many of today’s outplacement solutions are outdated, […]
The Application Black Hole If you’re like most job seekers, as soon as you hit the apply button on a job, your brain is flooded with questions. “Did they get my resume?” “Where do I stand?” “Am I still in the running?” This is the Application Black Hole – the bane of online job search. […]
Get your resume out there We know resumes. In fact, the team at StartWire has been in then recruiting and job search space for decades….literally decades. And there is nothing we love more than giving folks who join our Job Search community some insider knowledge to help you find a job faster. Here’s one of […]
Wondering where we have been? At StartWire we have been hard at work bringing you the tools you need for a successful job search and to get hired fast. While we have the blog, we wanted to offer our job seekers something more. We wanted to give everyone the knowledge of what is happening behind […]
If you find it hard to keep track of your job search progress and history, consider using a site dedicated to job search organization. Doing so allows you to keep your job search information all in one place. If you don’t like the idea of extra work, the good news is that these sites do […]
With Daylight Saving Time ending this Sunday, don’t forget that your clocks are turning an hour back! Yes, I know what you’re thinking. What that means to many of us is… an extra hour of sleep! What are you going to do with this extra hour? If you’re in the midst of a job search […]
The most exciting and honestly, scary part of a career is not knowing where it can take you. We all start off our careers having a sense of certain interests we hold and fields we’d consider going into, but availability of opportunities, who we meet, how we connect to employers within the companies, and an […]
Looking to create a resume or update an existing one? Two popular resume formats are the chronological and functional resume. Below are sample resume templates that showcase both styles. Chronological Resume The Chronological Resume lists your most recent occupation at the top, followed by the next most recent occupations. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Janice Kendley 15 State St. […]
Are you following the best practices for email? Email is a popular way to correspond in a business setting, but it can also be the most flexible form of communication with rules that differ from company-to-company and person-to-person. For example, do you wonder, should I be responding via email or by phone? What should […]
