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Fresh Grad Lands Job as Real Estate Agent With Help from Professional Writers

People go to websites to get the information they desperately need.  They could be looking for an answer to a nagging question.  They might be looking for help in completing an important task.  For recent graduates, they might be looking for ways on how to prepare a comprehensive resume that can capture the attention of the hiring manager

Manush is a recent graduate from a prestigious university in California who is looking for a job opportunity as a real estate agent.  While he already has samples provided by his friends, he still feels something lacking in his resume.  Specifically, the he believes that his professional objective statement lacks focus and clarity. 

Thus, he sought our assistance in improving editing and proofreading his resume. 

In revising his resume, iwritegigs highlighted his soft skills such as his communication skills, ability to negotiate, patience and tactfulness.  In the professional experience part, our team added some skills that are aligned with the position he is applying for.

When he was chosen for the real estate agent position, he sent us this thank you note:

“Kudos to the team for a job well done.  I am sincerely appreciative of the time and effort you gave on my resume.  You did not only help me land the job I had always been dreaming of but you also made me realize how important adding those specific keywords to my resume!  Cheers!

Manush’s story shows the importance of using powerful keywords to his resume in landing the job he wanted.

Reviewer 1

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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:

Question #1
A  behavioral interviews
B  gain-sharing
C  destructive stress or strain
D  performance coaching
Question #2
A  profit-sharing
B  unstructured interviews
C  constructive stress or eustress
D  performance assessment/performance review
Question #3
A  bonus pay
B  job discrimination
C  performance management system
D  stressor
Question #4
A  merit pay
B  employee value propositions
C  stress
D  management development
Question #5
A  mood contagion
B  strategic human resource management
C  work-life balance
D  reverse mentoring
Question #6
A  person-organization fit
B  moods
C  base compensation
D  mentoring
Question #7
A  emotional intelligence
B  person-job fit
C  coaching
D  360-degree appraisals
Question #8
A  job rotation
B  emotions
C  human capital
D  multiperson comparison
Question #9
A  training
B  human resource management
C  leniency
D  organizational citizenship behavior
Question #10
A  socialization
B  Competitive advantage 
C  critical-incident technique
D  organizational commitment
Question #11
A  financial resources 
B  job involvement
C  recency bias
D  assessment center
Question #12
A  biodata methods
B  strategic management 
C  employee engagement
D  behaviorally anchored rating scale
Question #13
A  halo effect
B  situational interviews
C  graphic rating scale
D  job satisfaction
Question #14
A  stereotype
B  behavioral interviews
C  cognitive dissonance
D  performance coaching
Question #15
A  self-serving bias
B  performance assessment/performance review
C  unstructured interviews
Question #16
A  fundamental attribution error
B  performance management system
C  validity
Question #17
A  external recruitment
B  reliability
C  attribution
D  management development
Question #18
A  recruitment
B  reverse mentoring
C  realistic job previews
D  employee value proposition
Question #19
A  job specifications
B  selection
C  mentoring
D  psychological contract
Question #20
A  traditional recruitment
B  job description
C  coaching
D  perception
Question #21
A  internal recruitment
B  job rotation
C  job analysis
D  collective bargaining
Question #22
A  training
B  human resource planning
C  social recruiting
D  labor contract
Question #23
A  validity
B  socialization
C  workplace privacy
D  labor union
Question #24
A  permatemps
B  reliability
C  onboarding/orientation
D  wrongful discharge
Question #25
A  realistic job previews
B  work sampling
C  employment-at-will
D  independent contractors
Question #26
A  termination
B  comparable worth
C  selection
D  assessment center
Question #27
A  traditional recruitment
B  biodata methods
C  early retirement incentive programs
D  sexual harassment
Question #28
A  bona fide occupational qualifications
B  internal recruitment
C  situational interviews
Question #29
A  behavioral interviews
B  affirmative action
C  employment-at-will
D  social recruiting
Question #30
A  bonus pay
B  termination
C  strategic human resource management
D  unstructured interviews
Question #31
A  validity
B  early retirement incentive programs
C  merit pay
D  person-organization fit
Question #32
A  work-life balance
B  employee assistance programs
C  person-job fit
D  reliability
Question #33
A  family-friendly benefits
B  base compensation
C  human capital
D  realistic job previews
Question #34
A  human resource management
B  selection
C  360-degree appraisals
D  flexible benefits
Question #35
A  Competitive advantage 
B  multiperson comparison
C  employee benefits
D  traditional recruitment
Question #36
A  internal recruitment
B  stock options
C  leniency
D  financial resources 
Question #37
A  strategic management 
B  social recruiting
C  employee stock ownership plans
D  critical-incident technique
Question #38
A  gain-sharing
B  external recruitment
C  work sampling
D  recency bias
Question #39
A  behaviorally anchored rating scale
B  profit-sharing
C  recruitment
D  assessment center
Question #40
A  biodata methods
B  job specifications
C  strategic human resource management
Question #41
A  situational interviews
B  person-organization fit
C  job description
D  comparable worth
Question #42
A  person-job fit
B  behavioral interviews
C  job analysis
D  sexual harassment
Question #43
A  bona fide occupational qualifications
B  human capital
C  human resource planning
D  unstructured interviews
Question #44
A  workplace privacy
B  validity
C  affirmative action
D  human resource management
Question #45
A  permatemps
B  reliability
C  Competitive advantage 
D  equal employment opportunities
Question #46
A  job discrimination
B  financial resources 
C  realistic job previews
D  independent contractors
Question #47
A  strategic management 
B  selection
C  employee value propositions
D  comparable worth
Question #48
A  sexual harassment
B  traditional recruitment
C  validity
D  job specifications
Question #49
A  internal recruitment
B  bona fide occupational qualifications
C  reliability
D  job description
Question #50
A  affirmative action
B  realistic job previews
C  social recruiting
D  job analysis
Question #52
A  job discrimination
B  traditional recruitment
C  workplace privacy
D  equal employment opportunities
Question #53
A  permatemps
B  job discrimination
C  employee value propositions
D  internal recruitment
Question #54
A  strategic human resource management
B  independent contractors
C  social recruiting
D  employee value propositions
Question #55
A  external recruitment
B  strategic human resource management
C  comparable worth
D  person-organization fit
Question #57
A  human capital
B  bona fide occupational qualifications
C  person-job fit
Question #58
A  affirmative action
B  human resource management
C  human capital
D  job description
Question #60
A  a multi domestic strategy 
B  a transnational strategy 
C  empowerment of employees 
D  financial resources 
E  creativity
Question #61
A  a mission 
B  strategy analysis 
C  a functional strategy 
D  strategic management 
E  a vision
Question #63
A  diversification. 
B  globalization. 
C  vertical integration.
D  co-opetition. 
E  downsizing. 
Question #64
A  downsizing strategy.
B  multi-domestic strategy. 
C  globalization strategy. 
D  turnaround strategy. 
E  transnational strategy. 
Question #65
A  Divestiture
B  Diversification 
C  Retrenchment 
D  Concentration 
E  Restructuring 
Question #66
A  sustainable competitive advantage
B  strategic intent 
C  competitive analysis 
D  strategy 
E  SWOT analysis 
Question #67
A  focused differentiation 
B  cost leadership
C  differentiation 
D  globalization 
E  focused cost leadership 
Question #69
A  Noise 
B  A mixed message
C  Disruptive communication 
D  Dysfunctional communication 
E  Information filtering 
Question #70
A  Collaborative
B  Active 
C  Accommodative
D  Assertive 
E  Passive 
Question #71
A  an email. 
B  a memo. 
C  an ear. 
D  a communication channel.
E  delivery vehicle. 
Question #72
A  credibility. 
B  communication. 
C  filtering. 
D  persuasion. 
E  nonverbal communication.
Question #73
A  lose-lose 
B  competitive 
C  win-lose
D  collaborative 
E  win-win 
Question #74
A  filtering. 
B  credibility
C  nonverbal communication.
D  persuasion.
E  communication
Question #75
A  constructive feedback 
B  active listening
C  substantive conflict 
D  destructive feedback 
E  space design 
Question #76
A  richness of channel selection 
B  status effect 
C  filter 
D  space design
E  mixed message
Question #77
A  the person sending the message is from a different culture than the person receiving the message.
B  a person’s words communicate one message while actions, body language, or appearance communicate something else
C  a person gives the original message in written form and receives the feedback orally.
D  the person sending the message uses two languages. 
E  a person uses both written and oral communication channels at the same time.
Question #78
A  conflict resolution 
B  conflict
C  avoidance 
D  feedback 
E  mediation