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What's Your Elevator Speech About Your Background
By Charles Bamford November 5, 2020
Brevity is a scare commodity, and hiring authorities don't have much patience. If you were at a trade show and approached a potential hiring manager, could you come up with a phrase or two for that hiring situation? Perhaps, I'm really good at two things which would seem to be important for your firm and the projects it finances: (1) I really understand how to model the most complicated financial deals, and (2) I know which funding sources are available for projects like yours. This is actually a summary given to me by a candidate recently. Seldom get this much information with such clarity. See if you can do the same, even put it at the top of your resume. See what results it generates.
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What's Your Elevator Speech About Your Background
By Charles Bamford November 5, 2020
Brevity is a scare commodity, and hiring authorities don't have much patience. If you were at a trade show and approached a potential hiring manager, could you come up with a phrase or two for that hiring situation? Perhaps, I'm really good at two things which would seem to be important for your firm and the projects it finances: (1) I really understand how to model the most complicated financial deals, and (2) I know which funding sources are available for projects like yours. This is actually a summary given to me by a candidate recently. Seldom get this much information with such clarity. See if you can do the same, even put it at the top of your resume. See what results it generates.
Great Composer Resume Rejected
By Charles Bamford November 3, 2020
Even Great Composers get their resumes rejected. Apply other places as a matter of course.
Who can help you find a job
By Charles Bamford August 9, 2020
There are two kinds of people who can help you find a new job.
How Covid-19 Is Affecting Jobs In Renewables
By Charles Bamford July 16, 2020
The solar and energy storage business continues to grow While many industries such as hospitality, travel and other consumer-oriented sectors are suffering from the pandemic When a project takes a year to put together and when it takes 18 months minimum to build, developers can’t stop. The other element is that many people have stopped looking for jobs. For reasons specific to them, they are not engaging with companies or recruiters. Their state of mind is “I’ll wait until this blows over, then look for a new job.” Competition for jobs is diminished.