Blog Post: Update Computer Skills

One of the best pieces of advice I can give job seekers is to update their computer skills. If you are job seeking, spend some of your time taking classes or going through online tutorials to learn new computer skills, a new program or update your skills on the ones with which you are familiar.

There are rarely any jobs where we place people in today's work world, that do not require good basic computer skills. The more you know, the more you can do on a computer and do very well, the more valuable you are to a potential employer and generally speaking, the better pay level offered for those skills.

If all other things are equal with two candidates, the employer will most likely hire the one with better computer skills.  And by the way, employers are not looking for someone that just knows there way around the Internet.  Research skills are helpful and can actually be helpful in many jobs but if you cannot do a basic spreadsheet or know all the shortcuts on MS Word you won't be much help in most positions.

So use this down time between jobs wisely and take this opportunity to make yourself a better hiring prospect when you go on that next job interview!