I am forever amazed at some of the “dumb” resume mistakes that just seem to live on. Writing a resume is fairly straightforward – I think. You list your relevant work experiences. You list your relevant skills and educational background. You list your relevant personal contact information. You list whatever you think is relevant to […]
What Is A Resume Addendum?
As we head into the weekend, let’s talk some pointers on writing resumes. Look it, I know weekends are for resting, but… But, if you’re not working or you need to move to a new job desperately, then my friend, you need to spend some of your time this weekend on job hunting. So, let’s […]
Quick Resume Tip – Emailing the Resume
In today’s inter-connected world, someone may ask you to email your resume to you. Of course, that someone (perhaps a hiring manager – one can hope) is asking for a resume is a great relief from constantly sending it out – unsolicited. And you would not be wrong in moving that task to the number one stop […]
10 Resume Tips…From Me
There’s a lot of great resume advice out there. You could go to www.gm4jh.com or www.resumedictionary.com. And of course, yahoo, MSN, AOL and the like all link to either Monster or Careerbuilder with all their great resources. Plus, all those blogs and websites that you could google. I would not ever presume to be your […]
Resume Objective Can Be Your Tipping Point
By Phil Baker, Have you ever wondered what the Sam hell is going on in HR departments? Who are these people who have been given this life or death decision making power? And why do they reject your resume or never contact you at all? Are they sitting behind their desks chuckling while taking great […]
Writing A Resume Should Not Be Intimidating…
For many, writing or rewriting a resume can be a terribly intimidating task. Notwithstanding the fact that many see the “resume” as being absolute indispensable to getting that job – or any job! You want to get it perfect, and getting anything perfect can be intimidating. What if you make a mistake… What if you […]
Resume Writing for Intelligent Applicants
by Phil Baker, The majority of resumes do not survive very long! This document must be fit to survive, and each move can be the death. The initial door is the electronic digital scan for keywords. Resume writing that has flaws will bite the dust immediately. If your document survives the computer review, the next […]
5 Characteristics Of A Persuasive Resume
The lingering and recent economic woes felt throughout not only our country but also the world is representative of the dire circumstances our families and communities face. Because of these perilous economic conditions many are now in search of any and all available career opportunities and are pulling out all stops to secure them. Now […]
Job Hunting When You Are Over 50 – Resume Formatting
By Mary Ann Nalbandian You know that a resume is critical to your job search, but it’s been a long time since you’ve written one. You’ve shown your old resume to a few people and learned that resume styles and even the content of resumes have changed since you conducted your last job search. So […]
Writing a Resume is Both Simple and Difficult – Part 4
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
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
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 […]
Writing a resume is both simple and difficult
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
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?
“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 […]
