Teena Rose is a columnist, public speaker, and certified/published resume writer with Resume to Referral. She's authored several books, including "How to Design, Write, and Compile a Quality Brag Book," "20-Minute Cover Letter Fixer," and "Cracking the Code to Pharmaceutical Sales.

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 5 REASONS JOBSEEKERS SHOULD USE TWITTER
by Teena Rose - Jun, 2011
Think Twitter is a joke? Some say yes. There are great reasons for taking Twitter seriously, however, especially when one considers it a new job-search tool that hasn’t been fully tapped. Currently other job-search methods [posting your resume with job boards and emailing your resume to re...
 
 5 REASONS WHY RECRUITERS ARE USING TWITTER FOR RECRUITMENT — AND WHY JOBSEEKERS SHOULD TAKE NOTICE!
by Teena Rose - Jun, 2011
#1 Twitter is free; and with the cost of business sometimes being a hefty burden, even recruitment firms can’t resist the charms of a no-cost, useful online tool. For recruiters seeing a decline in assignments, free services such as Twitter can offer needed relief to a weighed-down operati...
 
 5 TIPS TO ENSURING YOUR RESUME PRODUCES TOP RESULTS
by Teena Rose - Jun, 2011
A professionally written resume is an important component to any job search. The overall effectiveness of the document however depends on certain variables; such as how/how often the resume is used, the types of marketing/submission strategies, and the continued relevance of the resume’s c...
 
 HOW TO GET BEYOND THE GATEKEEPERS WHILE JOB HUNTING
by Teena Rose - Jun, 2011
Getting beyond the gatekeepers can be one of the most challenging for jobseekers. Gatekeepers can be those most obvious, such as administrative or personal assistants to the company’s hiring managers, department heads, and executives. But, gatekeepers can be those in less obvious roles as ...
 
 How to Keep Your Cool During an Interview
by Teena Rose - Nov, 2010
Have you ever had trouble keeping your cool during an important interview? Actually, overcoming this common problem, although difficult at times, is one of the major factors which contribute to the assurance of a successful interview. Perhaps you arrive at an interview for that new job you...
 
 How To Triple Your Job Interview Requests With An Amazing Cover Letter
by Teena Rose - Nov, 2010
Jimmy Sweeney is the president of CareerJimmy and author of several career related books and writes a monthly article titled, “Job Search Secrets. In just 3 ½ minutes you will have an amazing cover letter guaranteed to cut through YOUR competition like a hot knife through butter!” Download...
 
 What’s an Employer Really Looking For in Your Resume?
by Teena Rose - Nov, 2010
Most job-seekers write their resumes with one thing in mind—themselves! They toot their own horn so loud the interviewer is blown away by the sound. The “I did this” and “I achieved that” approach is important, of course. The hiring manager wants to know what you’ve accomplished in your pr...
 
 How Social Media Is Muddying The Waters For Jobseekers
by Teena Rose - Feb, 2010
Caution People! How Social Media Is Muddying the Waters for Perfectly Good Jobseekers...and How Companies are Letting it Happen. Invited to an interview, you step into the room and unload that heavy photo album you’ve been clinging to onto the conference table. In addition to a resume a...
 
 Four De-Stressing Tips for Your Job Search
by Teena Rose - Sep, 2009
Job seekers are spending long, grueling hours, hitting the job front from multiple angles, but the stress is becoming unbearable. So, I decided to build a list of de-stressing tips which hopefully provide you with some relief. 1. Take stock in what you have. When did our personal worth ...
 
 Women: The Interview Double Standard
by Teena Rose - Aug, 2009
Here's an interesting issue to consider: if the job candidate is a woman and the interviewer is a man, is it appropriate for her to cross her legs? It depends. First of all, it's important to understand something about fundamental comfort. Crossing of the legs during an interview is ...
 
 Take The Job – Or Finish Your Degree?
by Teena Rose - Aug, 2009
Internships are not just for med students. For those in many fields, they are part of training and education. In this sense, they are similar to the old-time apprenticeship. A Bit of History For those who don't know their history, apprenticeship is how job and career training was do...
 
 Coping With A Job You Hate
by Teena Rose - Aug, 2009
All of us have been there at some point. Out of necessity, you are stuck in a job that is unbearable — and as a result, you hate life. This is all-too-common in the U.S., where workers are often treated as commodities and liabilities, and get almost no real respect. Unfortunately, under cu...
 
 New Mistakes People Are Making with Their Resumes
by Teena Rose - Aug, 2009
Hands down the use of old resume guidelines for the job-search environment of today hits the top of the list. Jobseekers can no longer afford to utilize outdated resume-writing techniques to compete for top jobs — or any job for that matter. Cookie-cutter intro statements, standard and ove...
 
 Jobseekers Networking Online. A Huge Waste of Time?
by Teena Rose - May, 2009
How many times have you heard the expression, “it's not what you know, it's who you know”? You might think this statement is poppycosh, somehow devaluing what we know against who we know. Online networks are growing in numbers, no one can argue that fact, providing substance to the “what v...
 
 Cover Letters Present a Candid Snapshot of You to Your Potential Employer
by Teena Rose - Aug, 2008
Whether in your personal lives or in business, you only get one chance to make a first impression … we’ve all heard that before, right? So, why do so many jobseekers screw up something so important? The cover letter is your first and best chance to make that impression on a potential e...
 
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