By Jessica Holbrook, Growing older is something that creeps into the mind of many professionals, especially if they have reached their 50s or 60s and are on the hunt for a new job. Some worry that they may not be considered viable candidates in the eyes of employers when compared to younger professionals. But as [...]
Resume Templates: What Brand Is Your Resume?
June 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
by Phil Baker, If you invested all your money in launching a new product to the marketplace would you order plain white boxes and print your product name in black across the front and ship them off to the stores and hope for the best? If you did chances are you would lose all your [...]
The New Resume Lottery
June 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Phil Baker, What if You Could Get the Winning Lottery Numbers Before the Drawing? Or what if you could sway lottery officials to draw your numbers? What if everything you did to persuade them was perfectly legal? Your resume is very much like a lottery ticket. Estimates are that fewer than one per cent [...]
A Letter to All Job Hunters From Employers
May 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dear Job Hunter, I am an employer. I am the one who decides if your resume gets read and gets you an interview. I would like to give you some information that will make your life easier and mine as well. So you probably want to know if there are there any magic tricks for [...]
Resume Writing Format – Dysfunctional Or Functional Resume?
May 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Choosing the correct format is vital when writing a resume. The functional resume focuses on your skills education, and accomplishments. If you are new to the work force or have a gap in employment history, you might want to consider the functional resume. Functional resumes group your employment experience and skills while showcasing qualifications over [...]
Writing a Resume is Both Simple and Difficult – Part 4
April 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I’m gonna own this “writing a resume is both simple and difficult” phrase – because it’s time for part 4. The simple, yet perhaps the hardest thing that you can do, but must do, is tell a story. This story must be of how you made a difference, a good difference, in the jobs you have [...]
Even More on Why Writing a Resume is both Simple and Difficult
April 12, 2011 By 2 Comments
Going further along this path of “writing a resume is both simple and difficult;” let’s talk about another “stumbling” point – the resume objective. If you’ve read any of my previous posts, then you will remember that I do not like resume objectives in general. You don’t need it and I do not believe it [...]
More on Why Writing a resume is both simple and difficult
April 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In previous post, “Writing a resume is both simple and difficult,” I meandered on about what I thought constituted a legitimate accomplishment – for inclusion a resume. If you haven’t, I suggest popping over and having a quick read (click here to read that post). I want to add one more thought to that line [...]
Is Your Executive Resume Placing You Among the Top 6 Candidates?
April 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
by Jessica Holbrook, When sifting through executive resumes, many hiring managers decide that they will choose six candidates to interview for a position. Of course, this number fluctuates depending on the circumstances, but for many companies, six is the magic number. So how can you increase your chances of becoming one of the top six [...]
Writing a resume is both simple and difficult
April 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Writing a resume is both simple and difficult. It’s simple because, after all, it’s just a timeline of your employment history with a couple accomplishments bulletpointed under the job description. It’s difficult because it’s not so easy (how’s that for being stupidly obvious). Looking at a couple of resumes the other day, one observation stood [...]
Why Writing Your Executive Resume Is Difficult – And What You Can Do About It
April 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Laura SmithProulx Trying to get your job search off to a strong start – but hampered by the resume writing process? Are you finding it challenging to sum up the reasons you should be considered over others for a leadership role? If so, you have plenty of company, especially if your career is at [...]
Is Your Online Resume Coming Out Right on the Other End?
April 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
“Is your online resume coming out right on the other end,” is a pretty straightforward question; and answer should be a simple “yes.” But is it? Are your online resumes suffering the same faith as did some of the early articles I wrote? I write a lot of articles. Or I did – I haven’t [...]
Skills for Resume
April 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
by Phil Baker, Many job hunters are keeping themselves out of work. They do not adequately evaluate their skills for resume writing. This leads to longer job hunts and less pay. When you are fully aware of all you bring to the table, you can better match your expertise with what an employer wants and [...]
Resume Writing and the Pussycat Dolls
April 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Phil Baker, Whoever said resume writing had to be boring? So what does your resume have to do with the Pussycat Dolls? Skills are categorized into two major groups: Functional: These are universal and beneficial to most any career or job. These include communication, learning, and customer skills for example and other talents and [...]
Honesty is the Best Policy
March 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I suppose I understand why some would feel the need to exaggerate their experiences, skills, and/or accomplishments on their resume. Competition’s tough and so little fudging should be okay, right. Well, I recently wrote this little, pithy (or pathetic) nugget on twitter the other day: The less you fudge on your resume; the less you [...]
