How to Prevent Personal Brand Injury [4 Steps]

How to Prevent Personal Brand Injury [4 Steps] Have you experienced personal brand injury? When you decide to embark on the personal branding process you are so  energized to do as much as you can to be your brand.  The process is motivating  as you start to see  the fruits of your labor and the results of your hard work. However, along the way you may suffer from a setback â€" something that has perhaps caused a strain in your personal branding effort. In such cases, you need to avoid the temptation to push forward and risk personal brand injury. Here are 4 areas you should not rush into when branding yourself. Take appropriate breaks and recover before risking personal brand injury. 1.  Your  Brand Colors Do the colors you use reflect your brand attributes?  For example if your brand is seen as “passionate”, “energetic”, and “active”, are you using RED? If others see you as “mysterious” and “spiritual” are you using PURPLE? Are your colors culturally appropriate for your target audience? I recently noticed that 4 different sites to hire freelance professionals all  use the color blue in their logos. This actually makes perfect sense as blue represents ‘authority,’ ‘integrity’, ‘trust’ and ‘loyalty’ â€" all the brand attributes you would want in a person you hire for a freelance  project. 2. Your Brand Logo / Slogan The heart of your visual personal brand is your logo and slogan.  Once you launch your logo and slogan they immediately become your brand identity. Make sure you have invested the time in selecting the best logo, image/icon, and slogan  to represent you.  Hire a professional to design a bunch of options,  select a handful that  you like, and then informally survey  people in your target audience.  Always inquire as to why they prefer a particular logo or slogan  over the other choices. Look  for consistency in their feedback. Do your options  clearly articulate the brand  message you want  to express?  If not, take a break, recover  and start again before injuring your personal brand. Trying to revamp a published  logo and slogan  later on will prove to be a big nightmare! 3.  Your Website or Blog A great way to prevent personal brand injury to to make sure your brand has a strong core such as a website or blog. To develop this strong core you must be able to answer the following questions and develop your site/blog around these answers. What are the goals for your site? Who is your audience? What are their needs? What  thought leadership content can you give to  meet these needs? Who are competitors and how will your site stand out? What  visual vocabulary will the site have to show  your brand? (colors, style, logo, etc) If you are not ready to invest in a website, or if you are not interested in blogging, then at least set up a personal portal on About.me,  Flavors.me, Pitch Engine, Profiled.com, or Vizify. These can function as your website.  Just keep in mind that these portals also need to have a strong core that sends out the right visual  message for your brand. 4.  Your ‘About’ Page and Bio Your about page is usually the first page on your website or blog that people will visit to learn about you and make that critical decision to connect and  do business with you. It may be the only  page they will  use to decide  if it is worth spending their  time to either  click on your  other links, or “bounce” off  your site. The same goes for your bio on a personal portal site.  Take the time to create a branded bio that captures your authenticity and story. By uncovering and including your story, you can truly provide that emotional hook to draw people into your brand. Do you have any other suggestions to prevent personal brand injury? Please share in the comments below. Image: Shutterstock

Hey Dude, I Just Quit My Job! Wait, You Did WHATÂ

Hey Dude, I Just Quit My Job!” “Wait, You Did WHAT”   People don’t just quit. Put another way, thoughtful people don’t just quit their jobs on the spur of the moment. They plan when to resign, how to resign and what to do after they resign. There is an art to resigning, and those who choose to ignore well-tested methods and safeguards do so at great peril. Many a job change has been ruined by what happens when an employee walks into his supervisor’s office and announces that he’s quitting. Resigning has a number of very discreet, very definable parts. You need to minimize any missteps when resigning to ensure that you don’t leave in a way that creates costly, disruptive litigation and business problems at the new company.  Let’s focus here just on the act of resigning itself.  1. You need to pick the day on which to resign. (Hint: It’s not Monday.) Okay, enough suspense. People should resign on Friday. Why? “Because then they can race out the door and get a wicked good head start at their next job!” WRONG. Friday resignations serve a very important purpose: they allow time for things to calm down, both at the company you left and at the company you’re joining. If you resign, for example on a Monday, the emotions of the moment will fester and escalate throughout the week. 2. What’s the best time to resign? “When my supervisor is away on a golf trip with her best friends!” WRONG. Avoid the pitfall of slipping out in secret, and absolutely  never  quit when your manager is doing something that’s personally important to her. Why? As a threshold matter, except in the rarest of circumstances, you need to resign to someone with the authority to  accept  your resignation. Marking the resignation is important for all sorts of other reasons, ranging from triggering your rights to final compensation to establishing the time when you can start working for the next company.  If you sneak out, let alone sneak out while your manager is trying to sink a long putt on the ninth green, no good will come of it. Moreover, as regards the manager, you put her in a terrible position: does she leave her friends and attend to the fallout of a direct report quitting, or does she stay and potentially risk the wrath of her supervisor for not immediately addressing the business disruption? Putting managers to such choices at best creates professional enemies for the rest of your business life. 3. What do you say when you resign? “This place is awful and will never survive because it has no idea how to take care of its top people.” WRONG. In the moment of resigning, people have the urge to speak and, oftentimes, to speak negatively (they call it “just being honest”). Don’t speak. You are in your manager’s office for one reason and one reason only: to say, “I’m resigning.” As they warn on the television programs, “Everything you say can and will be used against you!”  The real reason to speak as little as possible when you resign is that there’s nothing you can say that will fix anything. At the moment of resigning, there are certain unalterable truths: you are leaving, you are joining a competitor, and your joining a competitor will hurt both the company you’re about to leave and the manager to whom you’re resigning. Talk, any talk, cannot change those things. It can only make matters worse. So, if you really like your manager, if he really is your “best buddy” (which, as you can tell from my sarcasm is almost never the case), then speak later, once things settle, because at the time you quit, his job is to protect his company and his own employment, and not have some group hug time with you. 4. What should a letter of resignation say? Okay, by this time, if you need me to give you the “wrong” answer, then you really aren’t ready to leave your job! Not surprisingly, a well-drafted letter of resignation mirrors what you (do not) say when you’re resigning. It’s short and to the point and contains almost nothing beyond new contact information.  â€œWait! You want me to tell them where I’m going? What kind of advice is that?!!” It’s the right kind of advice. Take a step back and remember how the table is set: you’re in a small and shrinking industry and you’re going to work for a direct competitor. Do you think there is any chance they won’t know where you went to work in a matter of minutes?  Always state where you’re going. Why? Because, as I said, they’ll find out so just say it, and also because people who hide that information (especially when asked, and you’ll always be asked) look like they’re doing something wrong (and you’re not, provided that you prepared to leave in the right way). So, don’t be the “dude” who just up and quits. Before resigning, make sure you’ve carefully planned out the well-defined actions that make up a proper and successful resignation. Now, it’s time to go knock on your manager’s door.  This guest post was authored by Steven L Manchel Steven L. Manchel, Esq. possesses the highest possible attorney rating and has extensive national experience in recruiting matters, broker-dealer litigation, securities litigation, and complex civil litigation. In the employee departure arena, he has handled matters ranging from single employee transitions to the types of retention and attraction issues arising from large corporate mergers and acquisitions. The case study in his new book,  I Hereby Resign  (New Academia, Aug. 27, 2019), is used in a class in which he continues to lecture at the Harvard Business School. Learn more at  manchelbrennan.com.

5 things you need to know about starting a career in marketing University of Manchester Careers Blog

5 things you need to know about starting a career in marketing University of Manchester Careers Blog Do you enjoy working with people? Are you fascinated by consumer behaviour? Intrigued by why one brand can be popular and another less so? Are you a lover of social media?   A career in marketing may be for you! 1.What is marketing? Marketing is a widely used term to describe the communication between a company and the consumer audience that aims to increase the value of the company or its merchandise or, at its simplest, raises the profile of the company and its products in the public mind. The official academic definition from CIM (The Chartered Institute of Marketing)  is: Marketing is the management process responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements profitably.   It takes place both “in-house” and can also be delivered through communications agencies (specialist firms). Marketing as a profession has grown massively in recent years and is a great career option for graduates 2. What skills are needed for a career in marketing? An ability to communicate clearly and effectively is important, as much of your time will be spent communicating with customers and consumers. Sometimes called relationship management An interest in brands and consumer behaviour â€" what makes a product or company successful? Good writing skills An ability to manage and prioritise tasks (organizational skills) Familiarity with digital communication platforms (digital is a growing area) Creativity â€" to “think outside the box” The ability to work under pressure 3. Do I need a qualification in Marketing to get into this field? No! You can enter the field from any degree discipline and you don’t necessarily need marketing qualifications to get a job. Lots of Manchester graduates from all degree backgrounds move into marketing straight after graduation.   Experience is important, and this can take many forms.   You could approach local marketing and communications agencies to ask about work experience (many are happy to receive speculative applications).   If you have done any promotional work for a student society or flyering for a club night, this could count too.   Some companies offer opportunities to students to work as brand managers on campus, so this is also a good way to find out if marketing is for you and to gain valuable experience along the way.   If you do decide to opt for a qualification in marketing, check out the CIM website for details of accredited qualifications: 4. Where are the jobs? Jobs in marketing are advertised year-round. If you are thinking about applying for a graduate scheme,   it is worth noting that there are a small number of graduate scheme opportunities out there, but the majority of roles and opportunities exist outside graduate schemes.  This is particularly true if you are looking for roles outside London. We advertise lots of marketing roles on CareersLink and there are many “entry-level” roles out there. Finding graduate schemes Marketing Graduate JobSearch a few targeted graduate job searches Big Careers Fair Day 1 Tuesday 18th October Meet employers with marketing job and internship opportunities 5. What job roles should I be looking for? Typical “entry-level” roles include the following job titles: Marketing Executive, Marketing Officer, Marketing Assistant, Marketing Internship, Graduate Marketing Assistant, Content Manager Intern, Communications Intern, Digital Content/Social Media Intern…. and many more Don’t be put off by the job title! Read the person specification to properly understand what the role involves. CareersLink is a great place to look at marketing job descriptions and the Prospects website has a  few  example marketing job  descriptions. Marketing industry websites are useful to help  you to build your glossary of marketing terms seen in job descriptions  such as:   B2B â€" Business to business, B2C â€" Business to Client/Customer, SEO â€" search engine optimization, PPC â€" Pay per click. Finally, if you think of yourself as “a people-person”, then marketing could be the career for you! Find out more about marketing: Chartered Institute of Marketing Getting started in Advertising, marketing and PR All Careers advice Undergraduate Undergraduate-highlighted 5 things you need to know about starting a career in marketing University of Manchester Careers Blog Do you enjoy working with people? Are you fascinated by consumer behaviour? Intrigued by why one brand can be popular and another less so? Are you a lover of social media?   A career in marketing may be for you! 1.What is marketing? Marketing is a widely used term to describe the communication between a company and the consumer audience that aims to increase the value of the company or its merchandise or, at its simplest, raises the profile of the company and its products in the public mind. The official academic definition from CIM (The Chartered Institute of Marketing)  is: “Marketing is the management process responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements profitably.”   It takes place both “in-house” and can also be delivered through communications agencies (specialist firms). Marketing as a profession has grown massively in recent years and is a great career option for graduates 2. What skills are needed for a career in marketing? An ability to communicate clearly and effectively is important, as much of your time will be spent communicating with customers and consumers. Sometimes called relationship management An interest in brands and consumer behaviour â€" what makes a product or company successful? Good writing skills An ability to manage and prioritise tasks (organizational skills) Familiarity with digital communication platforms (digital is a growing area) Creativity â€" to “think outside the box” The ability to work under pressure 3. Do I need a qualification in Marketing to get into this field? No! You can enter the field from any degree discipline and you don’t necessarily need marketing qualifications to get a job. Lots of Manchester graduates from all degree backgrounds move into marketing straight after graduation.   Experience is important, and this can take many forms.   You could approach local marketing and communications agencies to ask about work experience (many are happy to receive speculative applications).   If you have done any promotional work for a student society or flyering for a club night, this could count too.   Some companies offer opportunities to students to work as brand managers on campus, so this is also a good way to find out if marketing is for you and to gain valuable experience along the way.   If you do decide to opt for a qualification in marketing, check out the CIM website for details of accredited qualifications: 4. Where are the jobs? Jobs in marketing are advertised year-round. If you are thinking about applying for a graduate scheme,   it is worth noting that there are a small number of graduate scheme opportunities out there, but the majority of roles and opportunities exist outside graduate schemes.  This is particularly true if you are looking for roles outside London. We advertise lots of marketing roles on CareersLink and there are many “entry-level” roles out there. Finding graduate schemes Marketing Graduate JobSearch â€" a few targeted graduate job searches Big Careers Fair Day 10th Octoberâ€" Meet employers with marketing job and internship opportunities 5. What job roles should I be looking for? Typical “entry-level” roles include the following job titles: Marketing Executive, Marketing Officer, Marketing Assistant, Marketing Internship, Graduate Marketing Assistant, Content Manager Intern, Communications Intern, Digital Content/Social Media Intern…. and many more Don’t be put off by the job title! Read the person specification to properly understand what the role involves. CareersLink is a great place to look at marketing job descriptions and the Prospects website has a  few  example marketing job  descriptions. Marketing industry websites are useful to help  you to build your glossary of marketing terms seen in job descriptions  such as:   B2B â€" Business to business, B2C â€" Business to Client/Customer, SEO â€" search engine optimization, PPC â€" Pay per click. Finally, if you think of yourself as “a people-person”, then marketing could be the career for you! Find out more about marketing: Chartered Institute of Marketing Getting started in Advertising, marketing and PR All Careers advice Undergraduate Undergraduate-highlighted

On the Job by Anita Bruzzese Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y

On the Job by Anita Bruzzese Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y When I graduated from college, my priorities were: getting a job doing something I loved, having opportunities for advancement and making enough money to pay the rent.Not so different from what Generation Y wants now, is it? And, I have even more in common with them: I needed a job when the economy was basically in the toilet. I know what it feels like to look for work when employers are cutting back.At the same time, I know those tough times taught be a lot of valuable lessons. I decided to look into what the impact -- if any -- this difficult job market will have on young workers. Here's the column I did for Gannett:They have been called unflattering names such as the Entitlement Generation or Generation Me, but young people seeking jobs these days may have a new name: realistic.Often known has Generation Y, these young people for years have turned companies and recruiters inside out as they demanded jobs for more pay and more opportunities. With their technology skills and great s ocial networking abilities, GenY ( born roughly between 1980-2003) previously have found employers willing to meet their expectations.But then the recession hit and unemployment soared to more than 10 percent. Like the rest of job hunters, Generation Y has found jobs can be tough to come by, even with their skills. That has caused what some might term an attitude adjustment.This is now a more grown up generation, says Dan Finnigan, CEO of Jobvite. Finnigan says recruiters, who often called young job seekers challenging, now report Generation Y job candidates are more willing to compromise on salaries or job duties.In a recent survey, Jobvite found that before the recession, more than 60 percent of GenY candidates wanted a higher compensation than offered. Today, more than 50 percent of candidates say they will take the salary offered. Further, now almost one-third of applicants are trying to get jobs below their skills level, a jump of 25 percent from the pre-recession level.Employ ers just dont have the time or patience for a generation that is so picky, Finnigan says. This generation is not pushing back as much as they did before.The National Association of Colleges and Employers, an organization of career counselors, says that employers will hire 22 percent fewer college graduates than last year. The question is whether the tough times being experienced now by this younger generation will forever change their attitudes or be just a momentary blip in their career plans.This generation of workers is still highly desirable because of their skills in technology and their (social media) connections, Finnigan says. Employers are always going to need new blood, and thats not going to change. But do they (GenY) have less of an attitude? Yes. And thats a good thing.That attitude is what often has driven a generational wedge between workers. Some older workers see the young employees as wanting advancement and opportunities too quickly without paying their dues. Som e younger workers see practices in todays workplace as outdated and ineffective. Wayne Hochwarter, a Florida State University professor who studies the workplace, says that despite the bad economy and many college graduates unable to land their desired jobs, the changes within the generation may not be that profound in the short or long term.I dont know that young peoples attitudes have changed a lot, but maybe theyre more prone to say, Well, it isnt utopia, but I can make it work for me, Hochwarter says. They understand theyre not going to get exactly what they want right now.Hochwarter says that many college students on his campus seem unfazed by the bad job numbers and tough economic times. Of course, you have the one group who is gung-ho, but realistic. Theyre paying attention and taking all the opportunities they can to make contacts (for jobs). Then, you have the other group sitting on the sidelines, just out of it.He says the group that is unwilling and unable to do more to g ain entry into the working world is often supported by parents who tell them to just wait out the recession by staying in school.I dont think the recession is really going to affect this generation all that much. Theyve been ingrained all their lives with the attitudes they have, and employers are still going to want them because theyre cheaper to hire than older workers and they have in-demand skills.But are they going to be different? I kind of doubt it. You take the skin off a cucumber and its still a cucumber, Hochwarter says.Do you think this job market will have any impact on Generation Y?Social Bookmarking

6 Time Management Tips for Naturally Disorganized People CareerMetis.com

6 Time Management Tips for Naturally Disorganized People Photo Credit â€" Shutterstock.comIf you are a disorganized person, then you probably have difficulties with time management. If so, there is no reason to feel ashamed. In most cases, difficulties with concentrating are beyond our control. Maybe you have never been taught any time management skills before, or perhaps you are disorganized naturally.Even if you live in real chaos, there are efficient ways to change that. Problems connected with a lack of concentration are apparent: you forget about important things or miss the deadlines at work regularly. This brings you stress and damages your relations with a boss. This is especially true for those who prefer working as a freelancer.Bloggers and copywriters that work from home must observe themselves. It is fantastic to have a flexible schedule, but it is still a schedule, not a helter-skelter.evalIn this post, we are going to discuss some practical tips to help you take control over your time, so read on carefully.1. Time organizatio n and planningevalTo organize your time, you have to start planning. Whether you prefer a piece of paper or a computer program, any backup will help. A calendar application on your mobile device is one of the options you could use for weekly notifications and reminders. You can create a schedule to remember all the important events and tasks to do.For most disorganized people, something that is not scheduled will never happen. Your planner should include the deadlines, appointments, events, and exercises. Make sure to add only the most important of them. Avoid scheduling too many activities every hour of a day â€" this will make you feel confused. Also, don’t forget that you need bonus time for breaks and unexpected circumstances.2. Time evaluationIf your day seems to be short for all of your activities, you have no free hours to enjoy and the deadlines dwindle too fast; then you have to evaluate how exactly you treat your time. Of course, sometimes you have too much work to do an d unable to chat with your friend during lunch. However, why cannot you meet the project deadline or just read a book for an hour? Why the others have time for everything, and you don’t? The most plausible reason is a lifestyle that prevents you from organizing your time.For instance, if you work 14 hours every day, you need to understand why. Maybe, the amount of responsibilities you take is too significant for you, and it is about time to share your tasks with other people or refuse from doing them.Maybe you spend too much time working because of distractions such as your Facebook page or cellphone. Experiment, and try to turn your phone off and block your social network accounts during your work. It is a guarantee that you will accomplish more.3. Planning, prioritizing, following throughCreating a routine is a perfect method to start planning, prioritizing, and following through your tasks efficiently. Start with scheduling the most important tasks like finishing projects, writ ing emails, and even doing laundry. After that, evaluate the time blocks you need to deal with these tasks For large tasks, such as work projects, break them into small parts. First, this will make them manageable. Second, you will have a notion about the amount of time you need for every part and your chances to meet the deadline will grow.Also, there is a good strategy known as “Rule of Three.” According to this, having only three tasks per day will increase your concentration even during the busiest days.4. Keep your things in orderIf you misplace your keys and other things all the time, you unavoidably waste your precious minutes to search for them every single day. It doesn’t seem to be important when you think about this. However, if you add these small minutes, you will get a couple of days a year in a larger picture. We believe that this time could get spent in a better way. So here is a trick: keep your things in order.For instance, keep your keys on a hook near the d oor. Get yourself a folder for your bills and other financial documents. Keep your login information in one place.evalThrowing away things you don’t need anymore is a great practice, too. Free space in your house is much better than piles of useless stuff that distract you when you need to find essential items. Also, to make your search faster, you can purchase clear boxes and bookcases.5. Track and manage the external factors that waste your timeevalSometimes, your activity will be interrupted by the external factors that will take away your precious time. This may be an unexpected meeting or a visit. If you believe that such factors are out of your control, we are glad to inform you that there are two ways to manage them at least partly. First, you should set a specific time to answer the calls and messages. You can turn your notifications off during the work and use only voice messages. Second, set the time blocks of free time to meet your colleagues and friends. And remember â €" it is okay to keep your door closed when you are busy and ask people to come back when you have time.When you plan the meetings, make sure that they are necessary. The agenda must get established beforehand, and you are responsible for tracking the time you spend there. When the time ends, you can finish the meeting and leave.6. Kick the bad habitsIf you frequently take more tasks than you can cope with, then it’s no wonder that you have problems with time management. You have to drop such bad habits especially when you are a freelancer or starting your own business and do everything on your own. In most cases, when you take too much work and responsibility on your shoulders, nothing gets done. Therefore, you have to know your limits and refuse from taking more than you can handle. It is better to promise less and deliver more than vice versa.The next bad habit you need to struggle is relying on your memory. Even if you think that your memory is incredible, it can (and will) fa il you. A notebook or an organizer can be very helpful, and you should use them to write down everything essential, starting from the ideas and ending with meetings time. You can check your notes any time you need.There are disputes around multitasking; however, we believe that it is a harmful habit for those who have problems with time management. If your concentration skills require improvement, doing various tasks simultaneously will only do everything worse. In your case, multitasking will cause a waste of time instead of doing more at once, because your brain will be switching from one to another. We recommend you to focus on completing one task at a time and then move to the next.As you can see, your disorganization is not a tragedy. Mastering a time managing strategy is achievable, you only need to find the one that suits you best. Try to combine them and make sure that a chosen method fits you. Remember, there is no “one-size-fits-all” here, and you will have to experime nt and try different ideas until you find the one that works for you.

Social Media is NOT about Telling People What You Had for Breakfast

Social Media is NOT about Telling People What You Had for Breakfast Social media isnt about revealing whats going on in your personal life. (Though many use it that way.)   It is about sharing information with other people.   It is a tool for learning and finding people with similar interests!   This is the same definition  for networking building relationships and sharing mutually beneficial information. Finding people with whom you have a common interest and sharing what you know is why social networks are thriving.   Because we live in a highly connected world, the answers to your questions are out there somewhere.    You can find the answer if you know where to look. There are LinkedIn groups, Facebook groups, wikis, user forums, blogs and  hundreds, if not thousands, of ways to share ideas and information. Most people get it. They are using these tools to spread a message by sharing information- by providing written content and sharing their expertise. If you want to learn more about these tools, you are going to have to teach yourself.   Thats the bad news.   The good news is that there are some great places to learn: LinkedIn has a Help section with tons of articles and mini videos to walk you through using the beast. And Facebook might be just for fun for you, however, businesses are tapping into it. It makes it easy for them to push out information. Learn more about using social media for job search here: 10 Ways to Use Social Media To Manage Your Career Social Media Used To Evaluate Job Seekers 2018 [Infograhic] 6 Things You Should Never Mention On Social Media This is not a short-term investment.   This is an investment in your future.   You will, undoubtedly, be out of work again.   Isnt it time you start learning this now and begin managing your career? Still not convinced? If you think age discrimination is a problem now, wait until you arent using these tools and missing out on all the jobs being posted and shared ONLY in these places.   It may just happen.

Receive Job Opportunities in Alpharetta Georgia

Receive Job Opportunities in Alpharetta GeorgiaIf you want to break into the job market, then you should consider applying for a job in Alpharetta Georgia. This city is known for its diversity and its great job opportunities, and it is one of the most desirable locations to live and work.You will be able to get an income as well as a long-term gain by working in this area. The rent in Alpharetta is very affordable, and the opportunities for employment are extensive. You will also find many companies located in this area that are looking for entry level employees to train.In addition to those advantages, there are many other reasons why people choose to live and work in Alpharetta. There are many schools in the area, including the public school system, which means that you can always make it to class on time. There are also great health care options that can help you stay healthy while working. Also, you have access to the beautiful Chattahoochee River, which is a great place to enjoy .Although there are a lot of benefits, there are some disadvantages as well. As a first time job seeker, you may not have much experience with resume writing and online job searching. But, there are things that you can do to ensure that you get a good job and a good salary, even with your limited experience.One of the best resume writing tips is to write a resume and cover letter that you are proud of. Do not hire a recruiter that tells you to 'tough it out.' There are also many companies that are more than willing to hire first-time job seekers, especially ones who have impressive resumes. It is not only about having a good resume, but it is also about having a good interview skills. These can help you land the job. Employers want to see that you have the ability to think on your feet. Even if you know a few things about resumes, it is still very important to write a resume and cover letter that shows that you are ready to take on the challenges of working in the workplace. What ma kes it even more important is that if you do not succeed in landing the job, you will have the chance to search for another position. You will not lose all of your hard work just because of one bad interview. So, you do not need to use hiring managers as your scapegoat.For a new job seeker, it is always best to have experience in a job before applying for a position. And if you have never applied for any job before, you can start by applying for a position in Alpharetta and see what kind of response you get. This will give you the courage to apply for a job in other cities.