Last week, a prospective client sent me a resume with a list of references and their contact information on it. This is a section I do not include on resumes… Read More
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4 Ways Volunteer Work Could Benefit You and Your Job Search.
Job search, as we’ve said many times in this space requires a host of strategies for success. One of my favorite strategiesin part because it worked for me, is doing… Read More
4 Old School Job Search Techniques: Will they work in the age of LinkedIn and COVID19?
A researcher for a major job search site posted an interesting question earlier this week. The site wanted to know what “old school” job search methods still work in the… Read More
3 WAYS JOB SEARCH HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST 40 YEARS—AND LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE.
I’m writing this on July 4th—a holiday weekend—so I thought it would be fun for my readers to take a step back from the serious work of preparing career marketing… Read More
3 Elements that Will Make Your Resume Shine: An Accomplishment-based Strategy
Many resumes I receive from prospective clients describe the tasks they performed at each of their jobs. A more powerful way to describe your work is to focus on what you accomplished at each job because employers know your job description.
Job accomplishments have three parts:
- The problem you had to solve,
- What action you took to solve it, and
- Your results.
5 Ways You Can Disqualify Yourself Before Someone Reads Your Resume. How to Avoid These Problems.