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Job Seekers

Tips for Navigating Your Job Search

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Navigating a job search can be stressful and confusing, but you don’t have to do it alone. Will Graham of Graham Personnel Services joined Tanya Rivera on WFMY News 2, along with Chris Rivera from GuilfordWorks to share their knowledge of resources available for people seeking employment and featured open jobs in the Triad. Watch the segment here. Ready to get started

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Job Seekers

How to Answer “What Are Your Biggest Strengths?”

When talking about your strengths, it’s best to have an overall formula you follow to answer the question so it seems organic yet impressive. Career Contessa provides great tips on how to answer “What are your biggest strengths?” in an interview! Read the full article here.

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Job Seekers

Resume Action Verbs to Make Your Resume Pop

Use action verbs on your resume to dazzle any recruiter. Make sure your resume is alive with action verbs. Career Contessa provides a list of 275 active verbs to let your resume jump, rattle, and shake (in a good way!). Read the full article here.

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America’s Workers Are Leaving Jobs in Record Numbers

Wall Street Journal (10/15/21) Dill, Kathryn U.S. workers handed in nearly 20 million resignations this spring and summer, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number is more than 60% higher than the resignations handed in during the same period last year, and 12% above the spring and summer of 2019 when the job market was the hottest it had been

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Job Seekers

Quick Tips for Writing Your Work-History Resume Section

A poorly written work history can send your resume to the trash. Avoid being a casualty. Monster.com provides 10 ways you can jazz up your work-experience section to capture the attention of hiring managers. Read the full article here. 1. Ditch the Description 2. Prove Your Value 3. Quantify Results 4. Are You Up to PAR? 5. Lead With Your Work’s Outcomes 6. Make It

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Employers

Small Business Optimism Slips in September as Labor Shortages, Inflation Impact Business Operations

National Federation of Independent Business (10/12/21) Small business optimism decreased one point in September to 99.1, according to the National Federation of Independent Business. Three of the 10 components of the NFIB small business optimism index improved, five declined, and two were unchanged. The uncertainty index increased five points to 74. Owners expecting better business conditions over the next six months decreased five points to

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