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Your cover letter is where you make a case for why you’d excel at the job, aside from what’s in your resume. A good cover letter can be the thing that gets you an interview. Here’s how to write one. Your cover letter is where you make a case for yourself, aside from what's in your resume. A good cover letter will make you stand out. Here's how.
all your interview questions answered - Ask a Manager
Jul 23, 2024 · A reader writes: I had a bad interview which made me realize I needed to work on my interviewing skills. The interviewer asked me the classic “Tell me about yourself,” but then noted that she had a copy of my resume in front of her so …
8 workplace rights you might not know you have - Ask a Manager
Mike * October 29, 2012 at 12:32 pm. The inability to use comp time (even at time and a half) instead of overtime has been a major pain at my current job. I’m a programmer and system admin but non-exempt so things like maintenance and the off hour revelation have been problematic.
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time off at the holidays: can my employer do that?
Alienor * December 3, 2015 at 3:08 pm. I’m not a fan of the “unofficially official” approach because at least at my company, it always seems to play out differently from year to year – sometimes it’s a real half-day, sometimes it’s leaving an hour or two early, and sometimes there’s never an announcement at all and everyone is grumpy.
how to respond professionally to negative feedback
Mimmy * July 15, 2015 at 1:26 pm. Just another terrific column by Alison that I wish had existed in 2007-2008 at a job I’d struggled at. One of my problems is that, no matter how much I tell myself that I’m open to feedback, my instinctual reaction is …
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what’s the deal with write-ups? - Ask a Manager
Daniel * February 20, 2019 at 2:09 pm. My organization calls these sorts of formal warnings “counseling memos,” which I think is much better than “write-ups.” Every time I hear “write-up,” I’m reminded of the company that tried to “write-up” a letter writer after she submitted a resignation letter, mostly for (IIRC) just pushing back against working long hours during her ...
how to list the dates of your current job on your resume
Ask a Manager * January 4, 2013 at 1:41 pm. I actually prefer that — it makes it a lot easier to tell how long you were really there. If something just says 2011-2012, I have no idea if that means Dec. 2011 – Feb. 2012 or if it’s actually closer to the full two years.