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Without higher education: what are the chances?

For a long time it was believed that higher education is an indicator of status. The prestige of the diploma is still high, and future graduates are usually scared by the phrase "you pass the USE badly - you won’t go to college." However, is this really important? If you are an applicant without a “crust” Applicants without higher education face several problems: they are often screened out simply by default (“We look at everyone with a higher education”); they are embarrassed at interviews and cheated on resumes; they may lose in competition with a candidate who has a university degree. Another option for the same problem is the lack of specialized education. For example, yesterday’s designer decided to go into the IT field and began to study programming on his own, although he never studied technical specialty. Employers may well postpone a resume only on the basis that the person does not have the appropriate diploma. There are positions for which specific and
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What is the difference between a manager’s resume and a usual one?

In the summary it is necessary to show that the candidate has all the necessary personal, business and professional qualities. For the leader, these are: systemic thinking ability to make decisions result orientation sociability leadership, stress resistance, constant self-development, responsibility for their actions, experience of delegation of authority. We will analyze two options for the development of events. Candidate without managerial experience Suppose a candidate does not yet have experience as a manager, but wants to become one. Perhaps at the last place of work or even at the time of college (but not earlier than 7 years ago) you were responsible for a project: for example, catering for employees, holding a children's or charity celebration. Describe how you promoted the idea, how you gathered and rallied a team, how many people you managed to organize, how you distributed tasks and motivated your colleagues to complete them. Did you meet deadlines,

Two for the resume

If there are few responses to your resume, perhaps the problem is not content, but literacy. Winner Summary Since employment begins with a response to a vacancy, your resume and cover letter must be impeccable. According to most experts, it is unlikely that the candidate will be taken seriously if there are grammatical errors in his CV. And even if you think that the nature of your work has nothing to do with knowledge of the Russian language and does not require written communication, you should not spoil the first impression. Evgenia Lanichkina, partner of the Antal Russia recruiting company: “In personal correspondence, we allow ourselves some liberties: we insert conversational phrases, omit commas or misspellings, but such things are unacceptable when composing business letters. At the same time, it is important not only to avoid grammatical errors, but also to observe the impeccable style of formal business correspondence. Sending a resume and a cover letter is the first st

Get to Know Yourself: How Career Guidance Works

What to expect and what to prepare for when completing the "Career Guidance"? We have prepared for you an overview of this service. Get ready for some serious work In the first and third parts you will answer questions about what type of work suits you best, what tasks are most preferable for you, what is most interesting to you. It is not difficult, but it makes you think and analyze your work activities and reactions to familiar tasks. The second part of the test is time limited. Here the reaction speed is important, as well as the correct answers. Do not worry if you have not found the answer to complex mathematical questions. Yes, you do not have to be an analyst. But perhaps a talented writer or artist will come out of you. Stock up on time The test lasts 60 minutes. At this time, nothing should distract and disturb you. Sit back, turn off your phone and get started. Tip: take the test in a relaxed atmosphere, when you are able to concentrate as much as possib

Experience as a hindrance

What to do if your experience and high qualifications scare the employer away? Lack of interest First of all, the employer thinks whether it will be interesting for you to work for the position that you have outgrown. Boredom and, as a result, leaving for a more attractive job will bring the company another expense in finding, training and adapting a new employee. It is easier to take a specialist with work experience that is appropriate or even slightly less than what is offered in the job. This explains well why it is difficult to qualify for performing after a leadership position. The transition from management to performing work can greatly demotivate a new employee. Abuse of office The new specialist will have to try not to fulfill the duties of his colleagues, which he used to use to fulfill himself. Violation of foreign borders can cause tension in the team. Salary increase The more a specialist is able, the more extensive his experience and the greater the salary