5 Online Safety Considerations for Candidates

5 Online Safety Considerations for Candidates The rise of job search websites has made it easier than ever to get your candidates resume  in front of potential employers. But, there are some risks that come with sharing your personal information and contact details online. To help you out, we’ve put together this list of precautions your candidates can take to ensure they don’t fall victim to online scams when applying for jobs. 1. Take care when sharing personal information While it’s necessary to share some of your personal details when you’re looking for a job and posting your resume online, there is some information you should always omit. Fraudsters require sensitive information, such as your date of birth, address, national insurance number, or bank details, to succeed. So, none of these should be posted anywhere online. Fraudsters have been known to post fake job advertisements on legitimate websites in an effort to access applicants’ personal details. So, the only contact information you should include is an email address. Then, if any supposed employers get in touch asking for sensitive information, you should proceed with caution. The best course of action is to forward the communication to the job site that’s been used, and warn them that they may want to take the listing down. 2. Vet job-search websites thoroughly You should research every recruitment website thoroughly before you sign up and upload your resume to their databases. When you’re looking for a job, it can be tempting to join every platform possible to avoid missing opportunities. However, they certainly aren’t created equal, which means you should do some background checks and read people’s reviews of their experiences before creating an account. 3. Use the most appropriate privacy settings Once you’ve identified some job sites that are reputable, sign up and review your account’s privacy settings before uploading your resume. The best sites to use are those that allow you to choose whether you would like to display your resume publicly, hide some of your information, or keep the entire thing private until you find a job you’re interested in applying for. If any of the websites you’ve picked out don’t give you this option, it might be worth giving them miss as it’s best not to have all of your details online for everyone to see. 4. Create a job search email address When searching for a job online, the first step to keeping yourself safe is setting up a separate email address that you’ll only use for this purpose. Not only will this help to keep all of your shopping and social media accounts associated with your personal address safe, it will also help to keep your primary inbox free of spam. 5. Be wary of offers you receive by email When your contact details are available online, there’s always a risk that scam artists will use this to their advantage. They may do this by offering you jobs and interviews, or by telling you they’re interested and asking for more of your personal information. If you’re ever unsure about an opportunity you’ve been offered or doubt the authenticity of any communications you’ve received, don’t answer them and report the job listing in question to the website you found it on. If your candidates take all of these precautions, they should avoid falling victim to any scams caused by uploading their resumes to job search sites. Plus, they’ll avoid wasting time on empty opportunities, and only make positive steps toward creating a successful career for themselves. About the author: David Brock is the Managing Director at LetUsFixIT, a computer support and security company that offers advice and protection from some of the dangers you can face online.

Job Security or Job Insecurity - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Job Security or Job Insecurity - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Unfortunately, as much as we’d like to think that our careers are entirely in our hands, there are many factors over which we have no control. Keeping your current job may be one of them. Of course, there are things you can do to increase your job security. Working hard, continually learning, and taking responsibility are all critically important. So are people skills, such as getting along with colleagues above, below, and alongside you; being a positive, encouraging presence; and dealing with others honestly and tactfully. Also important is professional self-promotion â€" that is, making sure that your talents and accomplishments are recognized appropriately, without being boastful or pushy. But even when you do everything right, your job may still be in jeopardy. Cynics say, “Your job is only as secure as the emotions of your immediate supervisor,” and while this is an exaggeration, it’s true that bosses sometimes let employees go for reasons that are more related to their own managerial or psychological shortcomings than to the failures of the worker. Further, you may be doing superb work in a company or an industry that is floundering, or you may be caught in a numbers game where in order to meet Wall Street’s profit expectations, the company decides it has to cut costs by 10 percent across the board, which means that somebody has to walk the plank â€" it hardly matters who. So you can do everything right, and things can still go splat. As John Elway, two-time Super Bowl champion quarterback, says, “Not only do you have to be good, but you have to be lucky.” Of course, it helps if you can anticipate when your job is at risk. This can enable you to prepare for the worst, not only in terms of your job search (updating your resume, expanding your networking), but emotionally and financially as well. You can get psychologically accustomed to the idea of switching companies, you can speak with your spouse, family, or significant other about the possibilities, and you can increase (or start) your rainy-day saving and investment plan, just in case you need to survive for several months without a regular paycheck.

On the Job by Anita Bruzzese How to Stop Hating Meetings

On the Job by Anita Bruzzese How to Stop Hating Meetings Think you attend a lot of meetings? Lets do the math and see if thats true: There are an estimated 25 million meetings in America on a daily basis. If you live to the average U.S. life expectancy of 78.6 years, then you will havespenttwo years of your life sitting in work meetings. (The average person also swears two million times in a lifetime, although its not clear how much of that is related to sitting in meetings.) So, data has proven what weve all known for a long time: Wespend too much time in meetings. They are time-sucks that often accomplish little and force us to spend our personal time catching up on the work we should have been doing while sitting in a meeting. Is there a way to salvage the work meeting? Paul Axtell, author of Meetings Matter: 8 Powerful Strategies for Remarkable Conversations, says meetings are important, but weve lost sight of how to ensure they are productive. For example, 92% of information workers fess up tomultitaskingduring meetings, even though it has been shown that there is a 40% drop in productivity when you multitask and a 50% spike in errors. Thats why he advises to leave your technology at the door, and keep only what you need for the meeting in front of you. You may argue, of course, that the reason you use your smartphone to check your email (and Facebook and Pinterest) during meetings isbecause of other people. Other people make the meetings run too long. Other people dont stay on topic. Other people arent focused. Buy Axtell advises that one of the keys to moreproductive meetingsis that everyone needs to take more personal responsibility for meetings going wrong. In other words, it may not always be other people. It may be..you. Here are some ways you can take personal responsibility for makingmeetingsmore effective, Axtell says: Be patient.Dont jump in the minute someone pauses in a conversation. By remaining attentive, youre more likely to hear important information and wont alienate the speaker. Be nonjudgmental.Remind yourself that the other persons (read the rest here)

The 3 Ingredients of Career Satisfaction CCG Podcast # 9

The 3 Ingredients of Career Satisfaction CCG Podcast # 9 Listen to the Podcast Click play above or  right click here and save link as  to download or subscribe on iTunes  here on this link.   Subscribe  on  your favorite platform below: iTunes Google Play Music Stitcher Radio TuneIn iHeartRadio Sound Cloud Show Topics: How to navigate your career Career conversations with your Manager How to sculpt your job to make it what you want What is career satisfaction?  Interests, motivations, and abilities Networking Interview with Tiffany Ish: Work Life Balance and Career Tips Reader question: How to Ask for Time Off Reader question: How to sign emails The 3 Ingredients of Career Satisfaction  Transcript Welcome to Podcast #9 of the Classy Career Girl podcast! I hope you are having a great week and I am so excited that you are listening to this podcast today. I just finished a great coaching call with a client and I am so inspired and pumped to help you all with every blog post I write and podcast I do. So, let me tell you what I have in store for you today! First, I have been getting a lot of requests to go over the information that I am teaching at my work.   The course is called how to navigate your career, so I wanted to share some of the things in the course that I think would be really important for you to know as well. Then, we are going to listen to the interview with Tiffany Ish who is an entrepreneur. She started her own jewelry design company and is also a blogger at a great blog called I am Stylish and I can’t wait to share her work life balance and career tips for you. Then, I am going to answer your questions at the end of the podcast. Career Satisfaction Navigating Your Career So this week I taught my first online course at my work and the course is called how to navigate your career. There are some really important tips in the course about career satisfaction, and I wanted to share them with you today. Over several decades, countless studies have been conducted to discover what makes people feel satisfied at work. Research has found that interests, motivators, and abilities are the 3 factors that lead to career satisfaction. Now a question for you Which one of these three factors do you think is most directly correlated with career satisfaction? Actually, career interests are the most important of the three factors because interests are a part of our core and are stable and they stay with you through your lifetime and we will explore this more on future slides. So now I want to dive deeper into the definitions of each of these key factors. First interests: The definition of interests are things that are deeply held that you absolutely connect with â€" you want to learn more about topics. An example of this is if you really love analysis or new technology. These stay with you throughout your lifetime. My nephew is fascinated by legos and he has an entire room filled with legos. He I am sure will be connected to engineering and building activities for the rest of his life just like his father was because he has an interest in the inner workings of things. My   high interests in the Career Leader assessment are coaching and mentoring and when I look back at my childhood, I was always helping my group of friends put together goals and since I was the first one to apply to college, I helped all my friends with the application process and test process so that they could get into their dream college as well. My other personal high is influencing others and I remember when I was in 2nd grade, I started a save the earth club and even though there was only one other person in the club, I made it my goal and mission to save the earth and would tell everyone I came into contact with that their showers were too long and that they were leaving lights on in rooms that they weren’t even in. I was always trying to persuade people and even had a grand plan of writing a book and persuading others in written communication. Even today I still have that dream of writing a book, although I am not sure it will be about my save the Earth club when I was in 2nd grade, but I today really still want to influence others by writing a book and hope to do that someday. And then we have motivators, which can also sometimes be called values. These are the rewards each of us needs. Some examples of motivators are flexibility, lifestyle, and intellectual challenge.     Motivators are really important to be aware of to make sure you are aligned in a job correctly and it is also important to remember that your motivators can change based on your current life situation. One of my motivators is altruism which means that I have satisfaction of regularly helping others with their individual and business concerns and this fits perfectly in my role at work as a consultant because I get to help my client, a manager of a Navy ship program, meet all of his budget and schedule requirements and deadlines, and I get satisfaction out of that. And third, we have abilities which are your skills â€" this is what we focus more on at most companies.   We focus on competencies. But this is just one part â€" skills are like muscles, you build them up if you must also have an interest in them to want to be satisfied in your career. Some people are drawn to career paths because they have the ability and like the rewards, even though they aren’t interested.   After a short period of success, they lose interest and either quit or just work less productively. All that to say â€" we focus on the three things when we define career satisfaction. I also wanted to introduce you to the concept of job sculpting. Job Sculpting involves looking for ways in which you can leverage your interests in your current job. A good analogy here is if you think of a sculptor. They have a clump of clay and can add to it and take away from it. Think of your job description in the same way. You can make small adjustments here and there to adjust your alignment of your interests and the tasks that need to get done. This works best when you can identify win-win situations, where there is a benefit to you, but also where you can add value to your boss and company. The goal for job sculpting is that your career interests are aligned with your team’s needs and what you need. So how does this work? Employees take the lead to navigate their own career and managers also do their part to help their employees. When both are doing this and you have really productive career conversations and that is when things get aligned. So we are going to roll up our sleeves and talk about job sculpting. Think about the aspects of your work that you love even if they are hard and then the other parts that you aren’t as satisfied with that maybe you have outgrown. Think about what is on your plate, and where can you make small adjustments. This is not about applying to a new job or project, this is really about small adjustments in your current job. So, we are going to move through a sculpting activity to help you walk away with something that is actionable. For me, what I am doing right now is an example of how I have used job sculpting in my own career.   My interests are influencing others and coaching and mentoring and so I love training and mentoring new hires on my team in San Diego but I knew I wanted to do more of those things that I was really enjoying. So, I applied to become an adjunct instructor and here I am today. My daily job is the same, but I am adding little things that really interest and motivate me and make me happier in the long run. Another really important thing to think about and be ready for is how to have a career conversation with you manager. This is a three-step framework for effective career conversations. Before it is important to PREPARE and understand yourself, being clear about what you want from your career, clarifying your purpose and desired outcome of the conversation. Then the middle is the DISCUSSION where you will share information, disclose thoughts, put across ideas for development, ask for support. Here you will use your listening skills and ask open questions. Make sure you pick up on verbal and non-verbal signs from your manager and clarify points and seek agreement on any decisions. (click next 5 times) And then the end is the FOLLOW UP. Agree on next steps, especially what you are going to do and timelines, don’t overload your manager, ensure that the actions are being recorded to keep you on track.   And then throughout make sure that there is TRUST- be sensitive to your manager, be open, relaxed, non-defensive. As you prepare, you want to ensure that you have a clear focus for your conversation. Here are some ideas that other people have had about how to start the conversation: I’d like to talk about options for taking on more responsibility in my current role. Id’ like to share some ideas I have on how to leverage my career interests in my current role I’d like to explore options for a new project since this one is ending soon. Do any of the above scenarios resonate with where they are right now?  In order to try and maximize the time you have for these discussions, it’s also helpful to recognize that both you and your manager are bringing different perspectives and concerns to the table. This approach is essentially about planning and conducting a conversation from two perspectives, your own and that of the other person, to help to understand some for the underlying concerns or feelings that might be impacting on trust and the quality of the conversation. This is a really useful approach when trying to achieve career alignment, where you are looking for win-win solutions.” The key point is that both of you have different expectations, concerns, and gaps in knowledge. When it comes to career conversations, managers often feel under pressure to come up with all the answers, that employees may expect them to have a career path in mind for them. They also worry about employees expecting too much, too soon. Managers are aware that they need to take the time to find out about what employees really want but are then unsure about what to do with the information. From the employee side, the more you can consider your manager’s perspective and fill in the gaps the easier you make their job. If you can come up with ideas and solutions that the manager responds positively to then you have succeeded. This perspective is important to keep in mind as you plan for an effective career discussion. So, step one is sharing that with them and then brainstorming with them how you can sculpt your role. I know it sounds difficult but once you initiate and just start the conversation and put it out there, it gets really simple and you will feel much better that you have talked about it with your manager and it makes it so much easier for your manager to help you if you are open and honest. It can be great to prepare for a career conversation with a mentor and have them help you try to anticipate what your manager may be concerned about and have ideas ready to mitigate some of those issues. Work Life Balance Interview with Tiffany Ish Another part of career satisfaction is how to have a balance between the time you work and the time you have for the rest of your life. So now let’s listen to the interview with Tiffany Ish who is an entrepreneur and blogger! I can’t wait to share her advice and tips about why she decided to start her own jewelry design company and her tips about work-life balance. Click here to read the transcript and watch the video with Tiffany Ish. Alright, I hope you enjoyed the interview with Tiffany! My favorite parts of the interview was listening to why she started her own company â€" I always find it interesting what makes people make that jump and also I loved her advice to keep your options open and if you want to do something else, it is OK to stray from that path. Definitely keep your options open even if you don’t think it is possible, it’s possible. Go and do it. So let’s answer your questions now!! Here’s today question: I have a question I need to ask you and I always appreciate your  articles. They are very helpful, especially for me since I am just in my  second year out of college and in the real world!  So my question is based off a situation I have gotten myself into I  talked to my boss about taking two weeks off in June without pay.  Typically we only get time off without pay for emergency situations.  A trip with my family clearly isnt an emergency, but I would  have had to save up ALL of my time off from the beginning of working here  just to be able to take this trip in June and there has been a family  emergency, sick days and funerals in between that time.  The thing is that our plane tickets are  already booked and I cant go back on the vacation now. My question then is how can I be the most professional in going to a  meeting to discuss if it is okay for me to take this time off without pay? So here is my answer: Your boss has already approved it so that is great! I would walk into HR  confident because your boss is really the one that matters. The HR person  isnt going to be promoting you anytime soon. It sounds to me more like a  paperwork issue that they are going to have to deal with.  Definitely have  those options ready to go and ready to present. They are great options  and perfectly reasonable I think. Rehearse exactly what you are going to  say and dont let them say no! And dont be afraid to say that you already booked the trip. You could  even say that you thought you would have more time off accrued by now but  the funeral or sickness unexpectedly came up.  Hope this helps! Thanks for reading! Our next questions is: I’m always lost on how to sign email correspondence…. Best, Regards, Best Regards, Sincerely, Take Care, Cheers, etc. I really don’t have an answer here because I think it depends on you and your personality. For most people where I work, we sign v/r, which means very respectfully. This would probably not work in other workplaces. The others I see a lot is Best, which I think if it works for you then do it. For me, I don’t really like best because I just don’t think it fits me. I think it is important, however, that you sign it in a way that works for you and your personality and make it like your statement and your signature, kind of a part of who you are. And make sure to check with your work, too because they may require you to sign it a certain way. If you are confused and don’t know what to do, look how others sign their emails and copy that until you can find the right fit of signature for you. So that’s it for today!   Thanks so much for listening and I hope you learned alot about career satisfaction and how to grow!!   I hope you have a great rest of the day and I will talk with you next week!

A Definitive Guide to Getting a Remote Job - CareerMetis.com

A Definitive Guide to Getting a Remote Job Source: Pxhere.comThere seems to be a veneer of mystery surrounding those who work from home or otherwise remotely.Upon finding out that their friend works from their couch, their backyard, a sunny café â€"anywhere they want to â€" people will often ask: How’d you land that gig?And while that question can be rhetorical, people often don’t know where remote jobs come from, how to get them â€" and how they might follow suit.evalBut landing a remote job doesn’t have to be the labyrinth it appears. It’s not hard once you know what to do and where to look â€" and if you read on, you’ll be working from your preferred non-office location in no time.1) Ask Yourself if It’s the Right MoveevalThe real first step is to think â€" to stop and think â€" about whether a remote job is right for you.It seems obvious â€" who wouldn’t want to cut their commute to zero and make money in their pajamas?But really, you need to establish whether a remote job is right for you â€" as a person.Y ou’ll need to consider your personality type, your needs, and your style of working.For example, if you need a lot of human contacts, the joy of working remotely could fade quickly to loneliness as you realize how much it reduces your social interaction.2) Know Where to Look It’s the reason remote jobs have such an air of mystery in the first place â€" I’ve never seen a job like this posted anywhere, so where do I start looking?The good news is there are plenty of remote-job-specific resources that compile and post job listings explicitly catered to people looking for this kind of work.Of these, FlexJobs is practically the unanimous first recommendation from any remote worker. They offer a wide range of jobs Other options include AngelList, which caters specifically to start-ups Remote.com, which is free with a premium option and posts jobs with the highest degree of frequency; and WeWorkRemotely, which is mostly a jobs board for software-related positions but is free and eas y to navigate.Your usual platforms Some of the more consistently valuable skills go beyond technical certifications, but it’s still important to demonstrate them somehow â€" via your education, with a portfolio of your work, or by linking to a regularly maintained blog of yours.eval5) Tailor Your Resume to the Company â€" and to the Remote AspectIt’s good practice â€" a requirement to tailor your resume to any job you apply for.You’ll still want to prioritize the skills and requirements explicitly listed in the job posting, butwith remote jobs, you’ll also want to consider that the position is remote and arrange your resume accordingly.For example, it’s a good idea to mention any software you’ve used that’s relevant to remote jobs, including Slack, Basecamp, Trello, Hangouts, Zoom, Zapier, and many others.evalThis lets employers know that getting you all set up and ready to work will be simple â€" and if you haven’t used any of this software, take time to familiarise yourself with a few.You’ll also want to drive home your communication skills and make sure your emails are prompt and error-free.Again, while communication skills are essential for any job, this is especially true when all the interactions you’ll have with your employer are electronic.Source: Pxhere.com6) Be Ready for the Video InterviewOnce you’ve landed an interview, it’ll almost certainly be a video interview â€" similar to in-person, but it has its pitfalls.Make sure you can use video conferencing apps, such as Skype, and if you get enough notice, test out whatever platform the employer has selected for you.Make sure you have access to a quiet area with a reliable internet connection. While employers generally understand if you have some connectivity or other technical issues, they’ll be less understanding as they persist.Ask questions about the company and your responsibilities, particularly regarding benefits and expectations for how you should keep in contact and t urn in work.And of course, make sure you’re dressed appropriately! Even though it can feel a lot different during an interview in your own home.ConclusionLanding a remote job can seem like an entirely foreign concept â€" it’s sometimes unclear where to even start looking.If you follow this advice, though, navigating the world of remote jobs will become a lot easier. Who knows, you might just be fielding those questions from your friends once you’re working from wherever you like.

Beware of Opportunists Taking Advantage of Job Seekers - Pathfinder Careers

Beware of Opportunists Taking Advantage of Job Seekers - Pathfinder Careers Beware of Opportunists Taking Advantage of Job Seekers This blog post is copyright Pathfinder Writing and Career Services LLC ______________________________________________________ Recently, a colleague passed along another new job seeker Web site… so what’s new, right? Well, the site forwarded to me appeared to cater specifically to good-looking people, claiming that people who have good looks tend to do better in job interviews and get jobs more often. Oh dear. Is anyone REALLY going to buy that load of baloney??? I certainly hope not. Most legitimate human resource people would steer completely clear of this high-risk recruiting approach. There’s just too much potential for lawsuits these days… Exactly how does one define good-looking, anyway? Oftentimes, these appealing ego-centric sites are actually veiled attempts to get you to part with your money or just to drive publicity to their service, rather than actually focusing on the business of helping out the job seekers. Yes, there ARE many helpful career sites out there… and then there are just as many that exploit job seeker insecurities, false assumptions, egos, idealistic career aspirations, and anything else that might sound completely APPEALING to get people flocking in to sign up. In my mind, this makes the entire career service industry look bad, because most of the genuine professionals I know really are there to try and help out their clients, and are invested in their success. Sure, we do make a living, but not to the disadvantage of the customer. It’s definitely not a “love ‘em and leave ‘em” kind of relationship â€" we are personally invested in the  long haul of  a client’s career success so they are happy, and then refer people back to us…. That’s how  reputable  businesses grow. But not these exploitative websites and resources. They want your money and will do almost anything to get it. Love ‘em and leave ‘em indeed. Without naming names of these purveyors, my suggestion to job seekers is to do your due diligence, and don’t fall into any traps that sound too good to be true… usually, they ARE too good to be true. Unfortunately, in today’s competitive job market place and corresponding diminutive list of actual openings, some job seekers throw themselves at these ‘opportunities’ like a floating castaway throws themselves onto a lush tropical beach. It may look good from the distance, but you’ll likely find yourself completely marooned with no support coming to rescue you. If you find yourself in the throes of a desperate job search, remain vigilant. Don’t be so frantic that you forget to protect yourself from exposure to harmful risk. There are plenty of bad people out there who are preying on your desperation, and hoping that you’ll slip. A perfect recent example of this kind of nefarious exploitation of job seekers happened here in Portland, Oregon. Back in December 2009, a job advertisement appeared on the local edition of Craigslist for ‘American Airlines.’ American Airlines had nothing to do with the ad; this was purely a(n) evil person(s) acting on their own, using the desperation of job seekers to their advantage. Hopeful applicants responded to the ads with their career credentials then were contacted for an ‘interview.’ While the person was out trying to find the interview location, the scam artist behind the ‘ad’ took the applicant’s personal information, and used the opportunity of the person being gone to rob their residence. [For an account of the scam, here’s the link to the article on online version of The Oregonian newspaper: http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/portland_police_are_investigat.html] You should always be cautious when disclosing your personal information. Many of the job boards out there let applicants post their résumé online. But you should know that there aren’t a whole lot of security protocols in place that can qualify who exactly is or isn’t an employer, which means that some undesirable folks might be peeping at your résumé. Think about it. A person ‘creates’ a company, poses as an employer, pays the fee to access the job board as an employer, then can leisurely troll applicant information that has everything… your name, address, work history, educational background… the only thing missing is a social security number… and eventually, you’ll leave the house, right? Oh dear is right. These tips are not meant  to  frighten you, but  to instead, think first, act second.    Does the job ad that you are responding to provide any identifying information on the company advertising it? Proceed with caution. Get a return response asking for more information, but you still dont know which company you are dealing with yet? Red flag.   Getting posts inviting you to a new site advertising jobs only for high-paying positions? Or appealing to something that just sounds so incredibly fabulous?   Turn on your radar and check them out.   See if they want something out of you first before you get the help you want / need. Keeping some risk management strategies in place will help you keep your job search on track while also protecting your wallet and your identity.

Resume Writing Putting Letters After Your Name

Resume Writing Putting Letters After Your NameYou might be wondering how to write a resume and put letters after your name. There are a few ways you can do this and they can be complicated and time consuming. However, if you have the right information it should not be very difficult.First, think about the basics. You want to be careful about what you put on your resume. It is okay to use spelling and grammar check on your resume. What is not okay is to show off what you know through your writing. The more relevant information you have on your resume the better.Then, when you begin writing, think about where you are going to put your words. Is it going to be on the bottom or the top? Or, you may place it in the middle. There are advantages and disadvantages to each place. Take your time and think about which place works best for you.Next, pay special attention to the spelling. This is a must because it is very easy to make mistakes with it. Your errors will affect how people read your resume. You want to have a resume that looks professional and can stand up to a professional writer.Next, write about your education and skills using the first name only. If you use 'you' in your first name it will look out of place. It is important to keep your names simple. If you can't remember your full last name, you can choose to omit the initial part of your name. This can make your resume look professional but is not required.After you have written the resume you need to find the appropriate lettering to place after your name. You can choose between font type and spacing. There are many websites that provide free resume lettering. You will have to find the best lettering for your situation. Some fonts are much better than others.You may even want to have one font that is your business name and another for your personal letters. You will still be able to keep your name at the top of the page and have different lettering on the side. You can decide whether you want to use nor mal lettering or italic lettering. Italic lettering is good for accents. If you are writing to someone who has several letters in his or her name, this will be the easiest to see.There are some good tips for resume writing putting letters after your name. These are just some of the basics you will need to get started.