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Cover Letters that get results address the real reasons with which employers make hiring decisions

ARNIE SHERR, PRESIDENT AND CEO - The Resume Store December 25, 2011

The facts are abundantly clear; employers do not make hiring decisions based on resume content. From them they make only interview decisions. Albeit there are rigorous rules and guidelines for writing resumes, rules that although content is important are restricted to formatting and relevance. However important is resume content, the word relevance is paramount.

What has proved successful for The Resume Store’s customers are cover letters that allude to those attributes and characteristics that interviewers dig deep to ascertain. The kinds of information with which they may consider as demonstrated evidence that particular candidates are, with a high degree of certainty, more qualified than others interviewed; that indeed, their ‘brag’ sheets are true to a fault.

This posting defines the older more traditional methods employed by most resume services. Rather than adhere to that which is mundane and ordinary, The Resume Store, by writing creative Cover Letters rises its customers well above mediccrity.

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The United States Secret Service is hiring and training Special Agents - Have you got what it takes?

The United States Secret Service

Special Agent

The United States Secret Service is mandated by statute and executive order to carry out two significant missions: protection and criminal investigations. During the course of their careers, special agents carry out assignments in both of these areas and must be available to be assigned to duty stations anywhere in the world.

The Secret Service protects:

• The president, the vice president (or other individuals next in order of succession to the Office of the President), the president-elect and vice president-elect
• The immediate families of the above individuals
• Former presidents, their spouses for their lifetimes, except when the spouse remarries. In 1997, Congressional legislation became effective limiting Secret Service protection to former presidents for a period of not more than 10 years from the date the former president leaves office
• Children of former presidents until age 16
• Visiting heads of foreign states or governments and their spouses traveling with them, other distinguished foreign visitors to the United States, and official representatives of the United States performing special missions abroad
• Major presidential and vice presidential candidates, and their spouses within 120 days of a general presidential election
• Other individuals as designated per Executive Order of the President
• National Special Security Events, when designated as such by the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security

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“Been there, done that”

Editorial by Arnie Sherr, President and CEO - The Resume Store November 25, 2011

I suppose the question pondered by many seeking the guidance of counselors may be, “do you really understand that with which I struggle day to day?  As an employment counselor, questions asked are critical to the employment objectives of my clients. Had I never experienced the rigors of unemployment, I would be hard-pressed to be empathetic about that which they struggle; bills unpaid, saying no to sons and daughters asking for allowances, cutting corners at the food market, and so much more. The fact is, I believe my clients have much more confidence in my expert abilities because there is evidence, I have “been there, done that.” Like me, there are multitudes of others whose careers dedicate to helping others. People seeking guidance usually deal with a professional, who helps with personal, social, or psychological problems; who gives advice on such matters as careers, education, or health or in a social setting, perhaps a friend, relative or coworker who is willing to give advice. MORE