According to the USAToday’s take on the 2015 job outlook, hiring trends are certain to put a spring in your step even if it doesn’t
Five Questions to Make Your Resume Read like a Brochure and Not a Blueprint
The reality of today’s job market is that you are lucky to get a 6-10 second skim read during the first round of resume reading.
3 Steps to Boosting Your Odds of Job Search Success
Most people’s checklist for finding a new job reads like this: ☑ STEP 1: Update/create a resume ☑ STEP 2: Update my LinkedIn profile. ☑
Transforming a Cover Letter into an Easy-to-Read Email
Are Cover Letters Important? Studies and articles are all over the map when it comes to a cover letter’s importance. While some say they are
Typo-Free Resume – a 12-Step Checklist
Nothing shuts the hiring door more quickly than a resume with typos. Reviewing your document over and over can make your eyes glaze, which in
Five Steps to a Resume that Can Overcome a Short Attention Span
No doubt about it – people spend less time than ever reading resumes. Somewhere between six and 20 seconds depending on who you ask. Thanks
How Generalists Had the Advantage Pre-recession, a manager wearing a multitude of hats running accounts payable, doing a little marketing and managing a customer service
Give Your Resume a 21st Century Facelift
No one looks for jobs in the paper anymore. Why use a resume designed for that era? A resume up-to-date in terms of career history
How to Go from Passive to Active on LinkedIn and Gain a Competitive Advantage
To be cutting edge back when LinkedIn launched back in 2003, all you needed was an account and a profile that outlined your jobs, titles
Four Ways to Go the Extra Mile and Get Hired
No doubt about it – job hunting is rough. While the economy is improving my anecdotal observation is the landscape still favors employers and not
News You Can Use: November 5, 2014
Once a week I compile stories of interest that have appeared in my RSS, Twitter and LinkedIn feeds. This week’s edition has some good stuff
Quick Fixes for Resume Don’ts
I don’t know about you but when I try something for the first time and get it wron, I need someone to point out what’s