How Often Should You Update Your Resume
Writing and maintaining your resume isn’t easy. It’s tempting to send off the same document you’ve always used and hope that it impresses employers enough to interview you. However, if …
Proven Track Record of Success
As a Certified Professional Resume Writer with more than a decade of experience in recruitment, the question I get asked most often is, “What’s the single most important piece of …
How to Connect With Someone On LinkedIn You Don’t Know
LinkedIn Strategies It’s no secret that half of the available job openings are never advertised. In addition to promoting internal staff, companies often create new vacancies or fill existing ones …
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How to List Self Employment on Resume
It’s no secret that the job market is tough these days, and finding stable long-term employment is a feat in and of itself. So it’s not surprising that many qualified …
Get a Job Search Buddy
Looking for work is a stressful process. And if you’ve been out of the job for a long time, you might be dreading another day of responding to listings and …
How to Build a Professional Network
Foster Your Professional LinkedIn Network While the benefits of expanding your personal and professional network are well-known, and tactics for doing it successfully are available in abundance, the subject of …
Resume Cliches
Let’s face it, peppering your resume and cover letter with terms akin to “result-oriented team-player” is not going to cut it these days. First of all, this tactic is used …
Being Too Modest
You’d be surprised at how many people feel uncomfortable talking about themselves, particularly when it comes to describing work-related successes. However, failing to mention your achievements on your resume is …
Find Your Career Niche
Although today’s advice could also be relevant to someone looking for a career change, it will be geared first and foremost towards new graduates and those working hard to obtain …
How to Format a Resume
How to make your resume stand out while maintaining your brand? Are you trying to stand out from the crowd with your resume? Using Curlz MT font coupled with boldface …