About Me:

My name is Amine, Amine comes from a character in the book, "The Arabian Nights." I have been recruiting for professional services positions for almost 2 years. My current focus is with Life Time Fitness and recruiting for sales professionals for over 100 Life Time Fitness locations nation wide and now in Canada! I love living a healthy lifestyle and encouraging others to do the same. I am an avid runner and reader. You will find a mix of running, reading, recruiting and other healthy way of life tips from this blog. Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream.
-Author Unknown

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Resume Tips!

Today I thought I would share some tips to those out there on the job search or those looking to work on their resume! After a couple years in the recruiting industry I have reviewed 1000's of resumes! There are a couple of things that drive me nuts as well as some best practices I would like to share so here is my list of DO's and DONT's for resumes! Enjoy!

DO:
  • Cater the resume, objective and cover letter if you are including one TO THE POSITION!!
  • Make sure you spellcheck, your resume should look BEAUTIFUL. Make sure the size, font, spacing is all the same.
  • Use specific examples of things you have accomplished at each position, a few bullet points is enough.
  • Make sure you include anything relevant, and take anything not relevant off the resume.
  • This is your chance to sell yourself on why you are the best for the position, make yourself LOOK GOOD!
  • Include specific dates of employment (April 2006-June 2010) is far better and does not shoot up a red flag like 2009-2010 does for all I know you worked there December 2009-January 2010, that is not the assumption you want them to make.

DONT:
  • Use words like "spearheaded" in every bullet point
  • Use the same resume for every position, especially don't leave the previous job/company you applied!
  • Apply for every position on the company's website, read the job description, are you qualified? could you do the job?, if yes, then apply.
  • Use a silly email address you created for fun like sparkles123@hotmail.com, create a professional email specifically for job searching.
  • Write your resume in a paragraph, this is hard to read and more than likely the reviewer will not read it all.
That is all I have for tips right now!!

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Cycling?

I tend to like to find things and become somewhat obsessed, i.e. running, yoga...well my latest is cycling! Life Time offers a really cool deal called Ride of LifeTime at a few different locations around the U.S. and I think I have to sign up! Plus you get a pretty cool cycling shirt which isnt that part of the reason we do events is for the swag ;) Link is listed below!!

http://ridestpaul.bazusportsevents.com/

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Motivation

Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
Johann Gottfried Von Herder

It has been a tough week for me in regards to finding my motivation to get to the gym, however I have made it there Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and am reaping the benefits through sore muscles :) I liked this quote, we have to fuel our fire!