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20 Powerful Action Verbs to Kick Your Resume Up A Notch! by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Feb, 2010 Every resume should have strong action verbs strategically placed throughout—most importantly, at the beginning of the majority of your bullet points and accomplishment-based statements. Please do yourself —and every hiring manager out there—a favor; do not start your sentences with: Responsible for...Worked with...or any other opening that lacks power and punch. These really do nothing for your resume or experience except... |
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Four Resume Basics You Missed by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Feb, 2010 So out went another resume—and it is guaranteed to not receive a response. Why not? Because it’s plagued with one of the following four mistakes that are easy for anyone to make. Take a moment and review the following four points to ensure you’re not making a rookie mistake: SECOND AND THIRD HAD BETTER HIT THE ROAD Implied first person is the correct verbiage for your resume. Second and third person have no place in ... |
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Stop Boring the Hiring Manager with Your Resume by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Feb, 2010 Your resume should communicate your experience, expertise, value, personal brand, accomplishments, and contributions among other things. What it should not be is a run down of your last job description word for word. If your resume consists mostly of bullet points that only describe your responsibilities and duties then you’re doing yourself a great disservice in your job hunt and you’re boring the hiring manager or recrui... |
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Two Hidden Problems With Your Resume by Kevin Donlin - Feb, 2010 Here’s a question I get in one form or another almost every week: “I’ve sent out 50 resumes and not had any job interviews. What’s wrong with my resume?” Answer: There may indeed be a problem with your resume, and I’ve been writing about effective resumes for more than 10 years, so I invite you to Google that subject to learn what I think. But wait. If you’re sending resumes to employers and not getting callbacks, the... |
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The Number One Secret to Writing a Great Resume by Louise Fletcher - Feb, 2010 Search the web for ‘resume help’ or ‘resume advice’ and you’ll find lots of pearls of wisdom. All of which are true. But all of which are ultimately misleading. Most resume advice articles will tell you to focus on achievements not responsibilities, or to use lots of action-oriented words, or to be sure you communicate your ‘personal brand.’ I’ve written these articles myself and I meant well, I really did! But all of this ... |
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The State of Your Resume by Debra Wheatman - Feb, 2010 Just recently I did a webinar regarding “Creating a Killer Resume.” Before the event we conducted an impromptu poll. Respondents were asked to rate their own resumes; they were given the following choices: 1. Below average 2. Average 3. Pretty good 4. Perfect This is what we found... More than half of the people (56%) selected average, in other words more than half of the respondents felt their resume was OK. Let... |
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21 Ways to Improve Your Resume by Robin Ryan - Feb, 2010 Your resume gets a 15 second glance according Human Resources personnel and hiring managers. 15 Seconds! You have got to garner their interest fast or you are sunk. I’ve written over 5000 resumes and hired hundreds of people personally so I’ve seen most of the errors job hunters make that torpedo their resume. In today’s competitive job market more than ever your resume can be a door opener, or a career stopper. The firs... |
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Is Your Resume a Used Car Salesman? by Louise Fletcher - Feb, 2010 Don’t we all dread buying a car? The hype, the evasions, the glib sales pitch...it all just reeks of desperation. Hiring a new employee can often feel the same way. One resume after another, all filled with hype and smooth sales talk, all with the faint whiff of desperation. By glib sales talk, I mean cliched ‘resume speak.’ The stuff you see on everybody else’s resume. Like this... Accomplished 10-year veteran with e... |
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The Best Time to Update Your Resume by Ford R. Myers - Feb, 2010 As Summer Turns to Fall... Summer has traditionally been a fairly slow season for job seekers. In previous issues of “Your Career Advocate,” we’ve discussed how to take advantage of the “Summer Job-Search Doldrums,” and actually use this period to your advantage! Many clients have taken our advice to heart, and have generated great successes throughout the Summer months. As we mentioned a year ago in “Your Career Advocat... |
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Three Ways To Write Your Resume Using Job Ads by Laura Smith-Proulx - Feb, 2010 Want to get hired faster? You can avoid one of the biggest job search mistakes by tailoring your resume to what employers are seeking. Companies post job ads all the time that are a gold mine for resume information — but only if you know how to use them correctly. Here are 3 tips for mining job ads for better resume results: 1. – Get an idea of the title you'll be applying for. While this may sound odd, your first ... |
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