The Case for Being Active on LinkedIn If your goal is to generate recruiter attention, a stagnant LinkedIn profile or one merely up to date
Maximizing Your Chance for Top Pay amidst the 2015 Jobs Outlook
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