- How to Discuss Work Gaps and Salary Requirements
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Explain That Work Gap in 3 Easy Steps
Addressing Salary in a Cover Letter
Tech Tools to Organize Your Job Search
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Explain That Work Gap in 3 Easy Steps

If you have a gap in your work history, do you know the best way to address it in a job interview? This Pongo Blog post offers a simple, three-step method for explaining any kind of employment gap to help alleviate the concerns of a potential employer.

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Addressing Salary in a Cover Letter

You know the rule: Avoid discussing salary until the employer has a solid interest in you. But what if the job ad asks for your salary requirements up front? Knowing how to respond is tricky in a job market where employers have plenty of good candidates. This Pongo Blog post outlines three ways to address salary in your cover letter without completely giving in.

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Tech Tools to Organize Your Job Search

Writing resumes and cover letters, chasing job leads, submitting applications, following up with employers—it's hard to keep track of who, what, when, and where in your job search. But technology can make it easier. This article from Pongo's Learning Center suggests ways you can use technology to organize your job search.

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Pongo Resume advises job seekers to promote their accomplishments. Well, allow us this moment to promote one of our own: Inc. magazine has named Pongo to the Inc. 5000, an annual list of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. Our rank puts us in the top 20 percent!

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QUESTION: I pasted a bullet list into my resume and it doesn't look right. What can I do?
ANSWER: When you paste bulleted text from Word into Pongo's Resume Builder, the formatting codes may not convert properly. Therefore, it's important to always remove any bullets before pasting Word text into the Resume Builder. Instead, create your bullet list in the Resume Builder's Edit window. Just highlight the list and click the bullet icon (it looks like three exclamation points tipped on their sides). Read more about this topic.
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