As you continue to assess your resume in preparation for “A New Career for a New Year,” a word on consistency.  (If you’ve missed previous posts, be sure to scroll down to read up on how to target your resume, and for tips on producing error-free job search documents.) One of my pet resume peeves is […]
Error Free Resumes
In keeping with our theme -Â A New Career for a New Year – I thought it would be appropriate to point out some potential pitfalls to the error-free resume. Don’t assume that your spell check is a good editor. Â How often are words misspelled only to inadvertently form other words? You don’t want to advertise […]
Targeting Your Audience
How can you tell if your resume targets your market? Read it from the prospective employer’s perspective. Ask yourself: Does it speak their language? Â Does it echo lingo, jargon and buzz words found in the job description? Does it focus on what YOU can do for THEM? Does it emphasize themes and values found on […]
Know Yourself to Sell Your Skills
If you were hired to sell something, an HDTV, for example, do you think that you would sell very many if you couldn’t describe what makes that particular TV special or useful? The customer doesn’t want to spend a lot of money without knowing what she is going to get in return. If you couldn’t […]
Answers to questions about the job search!
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