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| Seven Tips to Get Your Resume the Attention It Deserves by Caitrin O'Sullivan In spite of all the gloom and doom about unemployment today, there still are good jobs out there. Only problem is, now you’re up against record numbers of competing applicants for that spot. HR teams are overwhelmed by this massive influx of candidates, and often have to wade through hundr... | |||
| “Dumb Down” Your Resume? by Harry Urschel There was an article in the Wall Street Journal recently, titled: The New Resume: Dumb and Dumber with a subtitle of: "Job Seekers Play Down Their Credentials to Avoid Looking Overqualified" The story was about people that took graduate degrees, years of experience, or titles off th | |||
| Do Thank You Notes Really Matter? by Harry Urschel YES! EVERYBODY sends a Thank You note after an interview...Right? Wrong! Having been in the Employment Placement industry for 23 years, I’ve found that only around 10% to 20% of candidates actually send a Thank You note after an interview. And of those, fewer still send one after | |||
| Give Your Résumé a Little Punch Up - It May Make All The Difference by Debra Wheatman What are some of the things you are doing to stand out from the crowd? We all know that as technology continues to evolve and there are more and improved ways to communicate, getting your résumé noticed by hiring managers, recruiters and members of the HR community can be difficult. There ... | |||
| How To Write a ‘Hard-Working and Strategic’ Resume! by Harry Urschel As a Recruiter, I see a LOT of resumes. If I were to compile statistics of characteristics of the workforce based on resumes, I would find that the vast majority of today’s workers are: * Hard-Working * Strategic * Professional * Successful * Dynamic * Results Oriented * ...... | |||
| What is an "Elevator Speech"? by Harry Urschel A “30-Second Resume”; an “Elevator Speech”; a “Marketing Blurb”...what are they, and do I really need one? Imagine you walk into an office building for an appointment. You’re looking sharp because you’re on your way to a meeting with a recruiter on the 22nd floor. You step onto the | |||
| Why Isn't My Resume Working? by Harry Urschel You’ve created the “perfect” resume! In 5 pages it lays out every great thing you’ve done in your career in terrific detail. It’s a work of art! It’s a literary masterpiece and shows ALL the reasons any company should want to hire you! So why aren’t you getting called with job offers? A... | |||
| Your Ideal Resume! by Harry Urschel Ask 10 “experts” their opinion of your resume and you’ll get 10 different, often contradicting answers. Some will tell you to include and ‘Objective’, others will tell you not to. Some will tell you to use a Functional style, others may tell you that it always has to be a Chronologica... | |||
| Tips For Electronic Resumes by Karen Burns Your job hunt should never consist solely of submitting your resume to the online job boards. You need to be out there in the real world networking with real people. But you do still need to know how to format your resume so it can be submitted online and/or be scanned. Hence, her... | |||
| Want Faster Job Search Results? Use a Dollar-Driven Resume by Laura Smith-Proulx Readying your resume for an executive job search? You might find that the traditional data—career titles, management assignments, projects, and education—aren’t enough anymore. Now more than ever, companies have intensified their focus on one area of your performance: money. Employer wa | |||
| Are You Experiencing Resume Information Overload? by Jessica Holbrook Navigating the waters of career advice can be murky at times. Everyone seems to have an opinion about what you should or shouldn't do and what you should or shouldn't write. With all the information out there how do you really know what advice to take and what to leave behind? Have you rea... | |||
| Do You Know Who You Are...On Paper? by Jessica Holbrook Thanks to an amazing membership with Career Directors International I had the distinct pleasure of a booth at the most recent National Careers Job Fair. Three hours of job seekers pouring in through the doors and me and my assistant providing free resume analyses. I spoke to 100+ job seeke... | |||
| Go On...Brag A Little. It’s OK by Jessica Holbrook The biggest problem we run in to with clients is their inability to want to market themselves, brag about themselves or speak positively about their own achievements. I guess in the world we live in we are just so critical of ourselves – constantly pushing ourselves that we forget all the ... | |||
| Hard Skills Versus Soft Skills by Jessica Holbrook Do you know the difference between hard skills and soft skills on your resume? Well you better get acquainted real quick because it can be the difference between 10 interviews and no interviews, between a new job and no job. Think I'm kidding? Keep reading. I talk about this every day..... | |||
| Is It Your Resume or the Economy? by Jessica Holbrook Most job seekers are wondering this same question - Am I not receiving calls because of the economy or is it my resume? I've read the articles, blogs, business week stories, monitored the job boards and discussed the issue with recruiters. Everyone has a different opinion and so do I. I... | |||
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