You’re never really done with your resume

You need to keep building a bridge between what you offer and what the employer wants. Keep on tweaking that resume for every job if you want a chance to compete in a tough market!

How to get an employer to review your resume – spoon feed it!

Are you offering whole apples when they want applesauce? Green beans when they need bananas? Spoon feed exactly what the employer wants to get past the initial screening.

Improve your job search prospects: Don’t order in French at the Chinese food restaurant!

The first in my series of posts sharing food analogies that pertain to resume writing. Today’s lesson: Don’t order your Chinese food in French!

Using your “motivated skills” on your resume

Should you include and/or highlight skills on your resume that you know you have but don’t enjoy using? It’s an interesting question, especially in today’s job search environment.

How to convert your resume to a text only file

Some employers still require you to convert your resume to a text-only version. This is easy to do, but requires you to follow a series of steps. Read on for instructions to convert your Word resume to an ASCII file.

Is Your Resume Holding You Back?

If you’ve been looking for a job for a while, and you know that you are qualified, but no one is calling (on any of your phones!) What should you do?

I speak to potential clients who fit this category regularly. Clients suggest many possible scapegoats as to why the phone isn’t ringing:

Age discrimination.
My experience doesn’t [...]

Magical Resume Words – The Key Words for Your Resume

So, you’ve been applying for jobs online, and not getting any replies? Are you using the magic words? No, not “please” and “thank you,” although being polite certainly goes a long way in the job hunt! These magic words are the key words, or buzz words that your resume must include in order to get [...]

A Resume is Just a Resume?

Last week, a client asked me if I thought “a resume is just a resume is just a resume.”

No, I replied…I don’t think so! A resume is a reflection of the resume’s owner. It must represent what you have to offer and directly target the employer you hope to reach.

Just as you (hopefully) wouldn’t just [...]

Most Abused Resume Words

Key words are crucial for resumes. You want to be sure to hook your audience and entice them to want to learn more about you. However, sometimes, it is easy to fall into a trap of using a key word or phrase that is a little overdone!

The November issue of Real Simple magazine lists the [...]

How Important is Your Resume?

Every once in a while, career experts get ourselves all wrapped up in the raging controversy: How important is your resume? The question – is it key to your search, or, with linkedin and other online tools, is it as outdated as a rotary phone?

In the past, marketing guru Seth Godin’s post suggesting that if [...]