Job candidates often give no thought of designing their resume for the new digital world. Once sent, a system will likely review their resume several times before it lands on the desk of a real-live person. There are several major things a candidate can to do to help themselves when building a resume destined to be submitted online. (more…)
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5 Steps To Designing Digital Resumes
Thursday, March 11th, 201012 Things Not To Do When Writing Your Resume
Friday, February 26th, 2010Since the resume is a key tool in finding a job, taking some extra time preparing it is time well-spent. While updating your resume on a regular basis is a very good thing to do, there are definitely some “do not’s” when it comes to making a best resume. I am sure the following list is not all inclusive, but represent items that bother me the most: (more…)
Make Your Resume User-Friendly and Persuasive
Thursday, February 25th, 2010When writing your resume, it must be usable, user-friendly and persuasive in conventional as well as cyber formats. (more…)
It’s Important To Emphasize Right Skills In Your Resume
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010You must determine which skills and experiences are relevant to your position objective. You are writing a word picture of yourself in the proposed new job, created out the best of your past experience.
Steps in building this word picture include: (more…)
Develop A Vision for Your Career
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010People head straight for problems when they fail to have a clear vision for their career, fail to define important values, and fail to clearly know career expectations. So, what is a vision and how does it affect your job search? (more…)
In Resumes, Honesty Is Still Best Policy
Thursday, October 8th, 2009It is tempting to believe that everyone inflates their resumes by exaggerating past work experience or credentials. It is true that many people do misstate important facts on their professional resumes. They can sometimes rationalize such indiscretions because in their minds life experience is equal or better than a degree. Others simply do not care, adopting an end justifies the means or “catch me if you can” attitude. Many employers are busy, short-staffed places, and surely will never know the difference.
In these recessionary times, despite busy-ness and being short-staffed, organizations are checking references more thoroughly than ever. My heartfelt message to anyone thinking of fudging key information on their resume is DON’T.
Exactly what untruths are people tempted to claim on their resume? The U.S. Department of Labor tracks these things, and when you look at the data it breaks according to those who were not hired as well as those who were hired but ultimately terminated due to resume fraud. (more…)
3 More Resume Writing Tips That Pay
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009Whether it was a misspelled word, the wrong prefix on a word, or fragmented sentence, many hiring managers have a zero tolerance when it comes to resume mistakes. Following are more writing tips for Professional Resumes and Executive Resumes inspired from things seen on people’s resumes during my career in human resources. (more…)
8 More Resume Writing Tips That Pay (Part 3)
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009Whether it was a misspelled word, the wrong prefix on a word, or fragmented sentence, many hiring managers have a zero tolerance when it comes to resume mistakes. Following are more writing tips for professional resumes inspired from things seen on people’s resumes during my career in human resources. (more…)
Resume Writing Tips That Pay (Part 2)
Friday, August 21st, 2009I have seen many hundreds of resumes during my career in human resources. Very nice, competent, and well intending people sometimes sent resumes in which they made one or more “little” mistakes. Whether it was a misspelled word, the wrong prefix on a word, or fragmented sentence, how many resume mistakes does it take to prevent getting a job? Many hiring managers have a zero tolerance when it comes to such mistakes on a resume. Following are more resume writing tips inspired from things seen on people’s resumes. (more…)
Resume Writing Tips That Pay (Part 1)
Thursday, August 20th, 2009Many people are their own worst enemy when it comes to writing a good resume. It does not matter if they have a wonderful background, impeccable credentials or fabulous experience if their resume contains misused words, the wrong word tense or is not easily readable. Following is a series of resume writing tips from things I have seen on some people’s resumes that drive me “crazy:” (more…)