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Strategy is the Key

Have you ever seen a resume that you knew was really good but you couldn't exactly put your finger on why it was good? More than likely it is good because of the strategy behind the writing rather than because of the writing itself. I've seen well-written resumes that had absolutely no strategy to them. Well-written doesn't ...

The Measure of Happiness

One of the questions we ask job seekers before critiquing their resumes is if they are happy with their resumes. This might seem like a silly question since if they were happy with them, they wouldn't be sending them to us to analyze, but we ask anyway. I'm always surprised at the answers we get to this question because ...

It's a Resume, Not a History Book

A common mistake made on resumes is the inclusion of information that has no impact on the current career goal. Many people get really wordy and verbose in their job descriptions in attempt to either write in high-level language or to cover every possible question an employer might have. The result is a document that is ...

Is It Worth It?

In a recent survey conducted by TheLadders.com, workers said they would make career decisions based on commute time. When evaluating a job offer or attempting to gain some work-life balance, it is important to consider location of a job and not just salary. Not only does commute distance affect the amount of time spent ...

In Summary

The purpose of a summary section of a resume is to provide in a brief amount of space, an overview of the job seeker's special value to the employer. Coming at the top of the resume after the name header, the summary owns the prime real estate in the resume - the top half of the first page. It is what will be read the most ...

Family Leave a Growing Reality

Caring for aging parents has become a workforce issue with which many of us are dealing. While caring for aging parents is as old as time, the dynamics of our modern society have changed and now make it a significant issue in many lives. Fifty years ago, most women were still in the home full-time and families weren't as ...

Employers Aren't Stupid

I’ve just completed a long week of resume reviews. January is our busy month and everyone wants to make sure they have a great resume to start looking for a new job. As I’m reviewing resumes (about 10-15 per day), I start to see trends that a jobseeker just looking at one resume (his own) doesn’t ...

Do What you Love

Today is Sunday and all over America people are ironing their clothes for tomorrow, setting their briefcases by the door, and fixing their lunches for tomorrow. Tomorrow, as people all over the country drag themselves into their cubes with coffee in hand, they wonder to themselves &ldquo;What other job is out there ...

Don't Get Personal

Sky-diving, fishing, gardening, and golf are common hobbies. Every so often, a resume will turn up that includes mention of these or similar activities in a section all its own called “Personal” or “Interests”. Let me be very blunt – employers do not care about this information ...

Brutal Honesty

We perform a great many free resume critiques and one of the questions we always ask before starting the critique is Is the resume working for you? By working, we mean is it generating interviews consistently. Last, we had a job seeker submit her resume for review and she noted that she was not receiving good response from ...

What's in a Word

I tell all prospective clients who contact me for a resume review the key to good resume writing is marketing the job seeker powerfully. Good resume writers write powerful documents that make the job seeker stand out from the crowd and paint a picture of that person's work history, skills and accomplishments. A great resume ...

What Is Your Dream Job?

Do you even know? Have you thought about it? Most people's mind races back to their childhood and what they wanted to be before the reality of life hit them. Reality comes in many forms - financial restrictions, marriage, children, mortgage payments, etc. The dream job is often relegated to the realm of other dreams such ...

Left Behind

I was recently reading through some posts on a management forum where resumes and job search were being discussed. One of the posts astounded me. The writer was questioning the necessity of an e-resume in today’s job search. Maybe he was just out of touch or maybe he doesn’t understand how technology has developed ...

Well-written vs. Effective

I'm spending this day after Christmas trying to catch up some on the work that has piled up over the long holiday weekend and trying to get ahead a bit so I can take some more time off this week. Part of that catching up is performing the free resume critiques that we offer. There was one in my inbox from over the weekend ...

Use the Season to Energize Your Network

I talked about using the holiday season to network toward your next job. Even if you are not currently considering a job change, keeping your network alive and vibrant is vital so it doesn't wither away. The holiday season is a great time to renew contacts with people in your network, and even extend your network with people ...

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