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CAREER and JOBS

The Oxford English Dictionary says one's career is one's "course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)". As of 2006, the word usually only pertains to one's remunerative work (and sometimes also formal education).

A career is traditionally seen as a course of successive situations that make up a person's worklife.

One can have a sporting career or a musical career without being a professional athlete or musician, but most frequently "career" in the 20th century referenced the series of jobs or positions by which one earned one's money. It tended to look only at the past.

Resumes, applications, and cover letters

You have skills that employers want. But those skills won't get you a job if no one knows you have them.

Good resumes, applications, and cover letters broadcast your abilities. They tell employers how your qualifications match a job's responsibilities. If these paper preliminaries are constructed well, you have a better chance of landing interviews— and, eventually, a job. À propos de Jobbank.gc.ca

Modern technology has added a new twist to preparing resumes and cover letters. The availability of personal computers and laser printers has raised employers' expectations of the quality of resumes and cover letters applicants produce. Electronic mail, Internet postings, and software that "reads" resumes help some employers sort and track hundreds of resumes. Jobbank.gc.ca

Technology has also given resume writers greater flexibility; page limits and formatting standards are no longer as rigid as they were several years ago. "The only rule is that there are no rules," says Frank Fox, executive director of the Professional Association of Resume Writers. "Resumes should be error free— no typos or spelling mistakes— but beyond that, use any format that conveys the information well."

However, the no-rules rule does not mean anything goes. You still have to consider what is reasonable and appropriate for the job you want. Advertisements for a single job opening can generate dozens, even hundreds, of responses. Busy reviewers often spend as little as 30 seconds deciding whether a resume deserves consideration. And in some companies, if a resume is not formatted for computer scanning, it may never reach a human reviewer.