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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
Job Hunting by the Numbers
As countless can attest, today’s job market is not what it used to be ten and certainly not 20 years ago. Gone are the days
What to Look for when Hiring a Resume Writer
Wrote your own resume and not getting the results you’d like? Need a resume and looking to put your trust in a professional? With thousands
Four Ways to Help Recruiters Find You on LinkedIn
As I mentioned in a previous post I learned a lot from the FAVAR Method of LinkedIn Profile Creation webinar I recently attended, which focused