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Marketing yourself
effectively in the language and style that employers understand is often
the key to an international job seeker's success in the USA. Many
foreign job seekers may not know the best way to market themselves to a
typical US employer. Here are five of the top tips to supercharge
anyone's job search in the USA: -
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Your CV Must Be
"American-ized" -
American companies expect your Curriculum Vitae to be re-written as
a standard "US-style" resume. Any other format will be confusing to
the employer and could result in your resume being discarded.
American resumes should detail your education, employment history
and achievements as in your CV, but in "American English" spelling
and grammar. Job seekers should not forget to use the correct
American terminologies for their profession as well. Using a
distinctly American spell-check program and researching similar US
technical terms online will help keep your document understandable.
If your CV isn't American-ized, you might as well not even bother
applying; the American employer will find a standard CV confusing
and may not take the time to read it.
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Be Proud Of Your
Accomplishments -
In a competitive job market, American employers need a really good
reason to hire you over a similarly-qualified applicant. You may not
be used to boasting about your accomplishments, but in America your
prior successes really count. Think about the last time you
successfully completed a project or helped create a "happy-customer"
transaction. Make a list of at least three success stories, and be
prepared to tell the American employer about them. Employers in the
USA love to see statistics, too. List specific statistics related to
your work accomplishments in your resume. This will really boost
your resume's credibility.
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Keep Your Resume
Concise And To The Point -
There is an old American saying: time is money. This is no truer
than when an employer is looking at your resume. An "American
Resume" should be no more than two pages long and be easy to read.
Above all, do not state the same information twice. If you have
performed the same job for a number of employers or if you have
tended to work in the same industry job after job, try to rephrase
the job descriptions or find new terms to describe your tasks. This
keeps the reader interested, and the resume interesting!
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