Probably one big mistake that most job seekers make when writing their resume is including irrelevant information. These are details that do not impact on the satisfactory performance of the role being applied for. As such, it has no place in a resume and should not be included. Details like age, ethnic background, religious beliefs, [...]
Resumes – What is the Concept in a Modern Resume?
November 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Resumes have been around for quite some time, but tend to change from periods of relative job abundance to periods of relative job scarcity. What is a resume? Generally speaking, a resume bridges the divide between the needs of an employer, and the skills of a job applicant. Think about these two concepts as circles [...]
The Greatest Impact a Resume Can Have Is on You
November 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Last week, “Jason” called to tell me that he had been fired by his employer. It wasn’t totally unexpected news because two months earlier he had told me that his manager had placed him on a 60 – day probationary period. There is always hope that a manager will have a change of heart, but [...]
Give A Good Job Interview
November 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Give A Good Job Interview By Establishing Rapport, Winning Interviews By Randy Place You’ve established rapport and maintained relationships with family, friends, and business associates for years. People like you. And so will job interviewers when you make establishing rapport with them your top priority. While the various job search techniques employed in interviewing and [...]
Professional Resumes – The Latest Tips
November 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Creating a Professional Resume We all want a better job and when it is time for a job change, a professional looking resume could make the difference between a sideways move, or a big promotion and salary hike. That means keeping track of job listings, networking, tracking down leads, analyzing potential employers and scheduling interviews. [...]
One Page Resumes – Is This Rule Still in Effect?
November 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Resume Writing Rules Is there indeed a rule that says resumes should not exceed 1 page? The idea seems to have passed into the job seeker’s folklore, but the source remains obscure. In fact, there are no totally fixed rules about resumes. Of course, it’s recommended that spelling should be correct, the grammar should be [...]
Tips For Writing a Resume – Key Points
November 1, 2010 By 1 Comment
Resume Writing Tips There are many tips for writing a resume that will help someone get past the first level in the job application process. A good resume can help that person get to the interview process, if all the steps are taken properly. But the list of tips for writing a resume will fill [...]
Unsolicited Resume Cover Letters
October 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I had to send a few unsolicited resume cover letters and resumes, while looking for a good meaningful job recently. I had been working at the same place for a little over two years and recently graduated college. I was fortunate to have a job, the market being the way it is and all. Yet [...]
Writing an Effective, Well Designed, Attractive Resume – 10 Tips
October 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Although many resumes are now sent digitally, paper resumes are still essential for distributing at job fairs, circulating throughout your network, and bringing to job interviews. Like the digital version the paper resume must convey that you are the best candidate for the job, but it also needs to be visually appealing. A well designed [...]
The Power of Writing Effective Resume
October 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Eight seconds. Do you know what that number represents? Why yes, it is the amount of time a professional bull rider must stay on his bull in a rodeo. But that’s not exactly related to writing effective resume (unless you’re a professional cowboy). Eight seconds. That’s the short time span your resume has to catch [...]