6 Tricks to Make Over Your Resume… Fast
Is your career as exciting and fulfilling as it could be? If not, our resident resume expert has some great tips on how to refresh your resume to help you attract a more thrilling job this year. Whether you’re actively job hunting or just casually...
The Top 10 Most Valued Job Skills (Part 1)
Looking to land your dream job? Before you can truly interview well, you have to understand what hiring managers are looking for and how that aligns with your job skills and experience. After all, when they ask you about your strengths or fit, you...
How Long Should a Resume Be?
Why The Answer to "How Long Should a Resume Be?" Hasn't Changed The experts say that your resume should be one page long exactly. Is that good advice or outdated? The truth is that one-page resumes are generally preferred by hiring professionals...
How to Get the Applicant Tracking System to Pick Your Resume
The entire process of reviewing and evaluating resumes is evolving fast. If you’re a job seeker today, you must adapt to the new reality of candidate screening if you hope to move past resume screening software and onto the interview. Here is a...
How to Write a Damn Good LinkedIn Profile
This is the first in our new series on harnessing the power of LinkedIn for your job search. In this first post, Elizabeth Magill covers everything you need to know to turn your LinkedIn profile into an effective tool for landing interviews and...
Resume Makeover — College Grad Resume Examples and Advice
In a new series of posts, we will be sharing resume samples and best practices to help you land more interviews. First up, our resume expert and professional resume writer Kimberly Sarmiento analyzes a new grad resume and makes a few key changes to...
Intern “Legos” Herself to Land a Job
We rarely come across any truly creative approaches to the job search process. Most times, the gimmicks come across as way too desperate. However, today we found a winner. Today on Reddit, we noticed a post from an extremely creative person...
The Art of Writing a Great Resume Summary Statement
Guest contributor and professional resume writer Kimberly Sarmiento will help you make your resume stand out with a summary statement. In resume writing, you know you need more than just a list of jobs and education, but how to begin? Or rather,...
The Ultimate Infographic Resume Guide
People love infographics because our brains are wired to respond to visual storytelling. Images grab our attention. A great infographic uses those images to tell a story and inspire you to share that story with others. The magic of infographics can...
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How to Build the “Well-Optimized” Resume [INFOGRAPHIC]
This infographic looks at the anatomy of a great resume and offers tips on how to make sure that your resume turns the right heads. We like it because it's got good advice, some funny resume bloopers, and a mildly disturbing graphic of a resume in...
13 Resume Mistakes That Make You Look Dumb
Before you get invited in for an interview, employers and recruiters look at your resume to see if you’re a good enough candidate for the job to be worth their time. If your resume doesn’t look good, you don’t look good. Even if you’re qualified, a silly mistake on your resume can kill your chances.
8 Design Ideas for Making Your Resume Pop
If you want to make a great impression, you have to understand your audience. So take a moment to put yourself in the shoes of the hiring manager you wish to impress. Now picture the desk in front of you and the towering piles of resumes. How can...
7 Resume Tips for Career Changers
Most of us will go through at least one career change. Sometimes career change is by choice -- prompted by the discovery of a new dream or the need for bigger challenges. Often, especially during times of economic upheaval, career changes are...
The New Grad’s Map to Resume Writing
You made it! You're out of college and its time for the real world. Most likely, school and internships have prepared you for the jobs that await you in your future. It's your job now to get the hiring managers to notice you in a sea of new grads....
Top 12 Tips for Making Your Resume Standout
If your current resume isn't garnering calls for interviews, it may be time for a re-do. I don't care if your prose is sparkling or if you spend $2,000 on a professional resume writer. The goal of a resume is to be a marketing document that entices...
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