Revise Your Resume
A recent survey by ResumeDoctor.com of more than 160,000 resumes
has found that nearly half (49.6%) of all job seekers used at
least one or more vague or inexplicit phrases to describe their
workplace skills and experience. Top vague phrases include “Communication
skills,” “Team player,” “Organizational
skills,” “Interpersonal skills” and “Driven.”
Chris Shoulet, of Top Dog Recruiting Inc., states that, “
... these phrases are ‘fluff ’ in a resume.What a
hiring manager wants to see is quantitative information. What
does this candidate bring to the table? Show, don’t tell
what you’ve accomplished.”
Drive
Is on the Move
The Drive Agency, a local marketing firm recently featured on
the cover of NETWORK, is moving its offices from its current location
in Clayton to a historic former firehouse on Allen Avenue in Soulard.
“Our continued growth made a bigger space a necessity,”
says Drive principal and founder Dan Curran.“Plus,we will
be closer to Purina and Anheuser-Busch, two of our main clients.”
Internet in Space
Restaurant Space, at South Kingshighway Boulevard and Daggett
Avenue in the Hill Neighborhood, has recently become one of the
first fullservice restaurants in St. Louis to offer Wi-Fi Internet
access to its patrons. Owner John Rice says,“Because we
do a lot of business lunches and meetings, it made sense to make
wireless Internet available for our customers.” Space is
identified by its unique blue exterior and colorful signage, which
can be easily seen from Kingshighway and Highway 44.
New
Digs for Electrical Contractor
On June 9, electrical contracting company J.F. Electric Inc. broke
ground on its new facility at Lakeview Commerce Park, located
on Hwy. 111, a mile north of Interstate 270. Jim Henderson, CFO
for J.F. Electric, says, “Madison County and specifically
Edwardsville has some of the greatest growth potential in the
entire region. Recent developments in Edwardsville and at Southern
Illinois University confirm this fact.”
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