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Explore Careers in Acupuncture in the United States and Canada. Don't let needles scare you away from rewarding Careers in acupuncture.  According to the American Association of Oriental Medicine, professional acupuncturists typically earn $40-$70 per session; but the monetary benefit is not the only reason why students might want to pursue Careers in acupuncture…

As a job seeker, your resume is always your sales pitch, highlighting qualifications, experiences, skills and passion to your potential employer. Seizing the chance to stand out from the competition, especially in the midst of making a career change is an important decision and one that you should not take lightly. You have to have plans and goals while developing your resume to insure that you will be able to not only work in your dream job, but that you will excel.

In these hard times of economic hardship and mass layoffs, there are thousands of people competing for jobs on every rung of the ladder - from industrial jobs to top-shelf MBA Careers. Despite educational background, degrees, and a demeanor of self-confidence, what other ways can a potential job applicant stand out from the crowd?

Basic In-Office World Skills

If you could find these employment agencies that have a direct contract with various companies, that is a gold mine in getting hired as a perm or temp position. Often, large companies typically fortune 500 companies or companies that may have a high turnover rate, or the company may just recently moved their company to a new location will have a direct working relationship with an employment agency. They may even house a small outside employment agency at their company headquarters to process the temp/perm positions. These companies will have many different job positions within the company i.e. accounting, customer service, finance, information systems.

As I mentioned in my previous post, you want to act as if you never signed up with the employment agency because chances are, you probable won't get one assignment. But you want to act as if you are hanging by their very last breadth and show every signs of desire and willingness, you will want to make you sure you follow up with them for the next couple of weeks. I always call the day after to thank them again for the meeting and to tie up any possible leads that they might have spoken to you about. I usually call about every other day for about a week in a half to let them know that I am motivated and interested in working with them and to show my commitment towards the job. If you haven't heard from them after two weeks of repeated calls and emails, then I usually call about once a week for a couple of more weeks.

I have to admit this - I hate employment agencies, with a passion. They never answer your phone calls and are never straight with you in answering your questions. But, they can be a good way to add another set of eyes so to speak, in helping you find jobs that normally aren't posted on any job sites. Often, companies strictly work with employment agencies instead of posting jobs on the internet or in newspapers so that these employment agencies will do a lot of the leg work in sorting through good candidates while keeping their identity concealed. I will talk more about employment agencies and their dirty tricks and tactics they use.

No doubt about it. These are tough times. Jobs are hard to come by and to hold. It is not surprising, then, that job seekers may be tempted to pad their resumes. That is, be less than truthful about their skills, experience, even their references.

Don't, don't do it; stick to the facts. There may appear to be benefits to lying on your resume in the short term, but in the longer view it threatens ultimate career rewards.