This short video from Tom Peters is just a truth that would seriously decrease the level of stress for all of us if we had that in mind all the time.

Nowadays, digitals CVs have now become the standards application format for both recruiters and candidates. But be careful because paper and online application are really not drafted the same way.
In this article we share some advice to be taken into account when you send your CV by email.  Take a minute to read all the tips below; it could be a great advantage in the recruiter’s opinion. With the emergence of the email application, recruiters are drowning under e-CVs. Indeed with the easiness, the speed and the cost free aspect of sending an email, job seekers tend to send too many times their applications for vacancies that do not match their profile.
So, do not forget that HR recruiters read hundreds of applications per day and therefore a minor negative or positive detail in YOUR email can change your life.

In both types of application (letter post or online) you need to have your curriculum vitae (CV) and a cover letter.

• How to give a structure to your email? Never change the object of the email. If it is not automatically written, type the title of the ad and the reference code if given. Put your cover letter in the body text of your email and your CV in attachment.
• When candidates send an application by email, they often neglect the writing. So How to write an email application?  Be specific and to the point. Do not forget that you send this email to your next possible employer, so draft your email and cover letter with concentration and do not use “internet language” and/or any abbreviations. Use rather the same language as in a traditional formal post letter.
• How to render your email professional? Structure it, read it several times or submit it to your relatives for reading before sending it and use a footer with all the information needed to contact you.

  Here under are some small mistakes that you have to bear in mind (in order to avoid them) when applying for any job opportunities online.

• Use your personal email address. Do not use any professional ones because it can be negatively perceived by recruiters. On top of this, there is a risk that a colleague or even your boss sees it.
• Do not use any “funny “ email address. Do not tempt recruiters to throw your email directly to the bin.

So, a good thing would be perhaps to create a new specific email address dedicated exclusively to your job search. There are plenty of sites where you can create your free email account.

If you have any tips or any other advice for “online application”, please feel free to share them by posting a comment here under.

JobsinHubs.com literally makes laugh about European borders…

Isn’t it a nice statements for all “Europeanalists” looking for an international career? Read more about JobsinHubs in the Belgian French Trends-Tendances magazine.

The JobsinHubs network keeps growing and adds Dublin on top of the already 16 cities qualified as international hub for all international corporate professionals looking for new challenging and international positions.

Have a look to www.JobinDublin.com

You would like to see other new cities on our network, just tell us which one you would like.

The JobsinHubs Team

Nothing related to your career this time, but I feel this is an important one that I have to spread:

Download the song at www.timeforclimatejustice.org and become a climate ally. Music and movie stars come together in a new campaign for climate change.

Today’s job market is the toughest in recent history. Job seekers need every advantage possible. Whether you are looking for guidance in mapping out your career, or a seasoned professional seeking a job, there are some great new books out with excellent tips and advice. All of the books listed below were released in 2009 and are on at least one best seller list for 2009 in the Business and Career Books Category.

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A French-speaking radio station recently talked about JobsinHubs and Career Booster. Hopefully, we will reiterate this on other radio stations within Europe in the future.

Podcast

Take a look at the article below for a series of useful tips that will help you search for a job on LinkedIn. Written by Glen Cathey, it will also tell you how to get access to relevant contact persons (like HR decision makers) even when they are not in your network. A few videos support the explanations for a good understanding. Must read!

How to Use LinkedIn in Your Job Search

Eariler this month Harry Urschel brought a post of his to my attention where he showed job seekers that you don’t have to have a huge LinkedIn network to use LinkedIn effectively to find a job. I wholeheartedly concur. Not only do you not have to have a large network of connections on LinkedIn, there are MANY ways to leverage LinkedIn to find a job. Read more.

Here  is a good article from www.career-success-for-newbies.com

You are looking for attitudes in the workplace to become your career booster. You are possibly past your first year mark at work. You have somewhat learned the ropes of your position but you feel you are slowing down.

So, what are some of the attitudes in the workplace that can help you get ahead at work? These are many positive attitudes that can help you do that. In fact, the value of these attitudes is that they make you more motivated and hence, give you a career boost.

These are the 5 career booster attitudes in the workplace to get you ahead:

1. Enthusiastic
I know, how can you ever feel enthusiastic about work especially when you already feel sluggish with the same work after a few years? It is precisely this reason that I ask you to be enthusiastic. To be enthusiastic at work is about a mental state. You need to make the decision to be enthusiastic. Start by saying I will be an eager participant in this project or task.

Attack your task with energy. Do not drag your feet. The more you tell yourself, “This is so boring”, or whatever the excuse maybe the worse you will feel. Get interested in the work and the energy will come naturally. Then decide to be eagerly involved. Being enthusiastic and energetic are attitudes in the workplace that can get you ahead. You cannot get ahead without energy.

2. Efficient
Strive to be the most efficient worker in your team. According to Webster’s Universal College Dictionary, to be efficient means “performing or functioning effectively with the least waste of time and effort.” When you are effective, you are producing the intended result. When you are efficient you do it with the least waste of time and effort. That means you are capable and competent.

If you carry with you the attitude in the workplace of constantly striving to be the most efficient worker, then you will sooner or later get ahead in your career. You will get a career booster because you are the most capable and competent on the team.

3. Excellence
Of the 5 attitudes in the workplace, this one probably calls for you to give yourself some pressure. A little pressure is good since it makes you push yourself harder. Strive for excellence in everything you do. Do not be contented with good. Go for great.

Exceed expectations by knowing that good is sometimes not good enough. Give everything your utmost best. You will naturally see how this becomes your career booster. When you strive for excellence in everything you do, you quite naturally surpass others in your work. That gets you ahead.

4. Early
Have you ever thought about being early as an attitude in the workplace that can get you ahead? Yes, especially when your workplace practices flexi time. Many people take flexi time for granted. They stroll in and out at their own pace, not knowing they have probably wasted productive time.

Start early at work. Some of my most productive days are those that I start early before the phone rings and before my staff walks in with questions. Clear your emails from last night, craft that important email when there are no disturbances.

5. Easy
Make every effort to be the easiest to work with in the office. Now, I am not saying compromise on your need for excellence. For example, this means not to complain and grumble each time there is a team meet. No one likes to work with someone who nags all the time.

When you are easy to work with, you make working enjoyable for the rest too. Such attitudes in the workplace is welcomed everywhere and you make yourself a competitive edge of any team. This competitive edge is your career booster.

There is no need for complicated plans to get a career boost. Simple steps with these attitudes in the workplace can get you ahead in your career.

Long as he is popularly known – went through a period of disillusionment many moons ago. ‘A slap and a kick’ from a good-hearted cousin then woke him. He found himself graduating and having a good career. In his free time he runs www.career-success-for-newbies.com with his wife Dorena as their way of paying it forward. Download these free eBooks – Career Success Recipe for Newbies and SHINE At Work: Your 30-Minute Guide at the website now.

While all online publishers are enriching their content with multimedia material such as videos, pictures or podcats, recruiters still struggle to deliver rich job descriptions. In the meantime, and even during these difficult times, these same recruiters do compete to find the right candidate. They develop very attractive packages and try to sell a very comfortable positions while the effort in presenting the job upfront is very weak (limited to text in 99% of the cases).

Please take a look at this easy produced still rich job description that delivers a much better experience to the job seeker and therefore increase the application rate: ECPA eCommunication Manager