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I was thinking this morning about time and how quickly it passes. It seems like just yesterday I was using an IBM WheelWriter typewriter. I thought that was great because it had correction tape built in so I didn't have to erase or use correction fluid. Now we have computers with my favorite key - the backspace key! The ...

What's in a Word?

I imagine Don Imus could answer that question pretty well right now. Badly chosen words resulted in a career downfall for him. While I'm hopeful that those of you reading this don't suffer from the same foot-in-mouth disease, it does serve as a good example of how choosing words carefully can affect your career path. No ...

Hot Pursuit

Over the weekend, I watched the movie The Pursuit of Happyness with Will Smith. If you are looking for an entertaining, relaxing flick, let me tell you - this is not a good choice. I spent ninety-nine percent of the movie with my teeth clenched as the main character just kept getting hit by one disaster after another. It ...

What DOES NOT Go on an Executive Resume

I recently read an article by an expert in resume writing that touted inclusion of hobbies on an executive resume. The author suggested including hobbies that are related in some way, however vaguely, to the executive's career. I'm sorry, but this is WRONG advice. Hobbies do not appear on an executive resume. While inclusion ...

The Job Search Secret Weapon

With life becoming more frenetic by the day and with technology seeming to take over our lives (remember when you could go fly in a plane without having to turn off all your electrical devices first?), little courtesies and niceties seem to be going by the wayside. We are in too much of a hurry these days to concern ourselves ...

High Negatives on the Resume

It is only mid-2007 and already the political campaigns and rhetoric are in full swing. I'm already tired of hearing about it and just wish we could get it over with! Watching the news, I'm becoming more and more acquainted with politico-speak words and phrases, about many of which I could really care less. One phrase that ...

Scannable or Text?

Just this week, I've had three clients become confused on the difference between a scannable resume and a text format resume. Most people seem to think the two are one and the same but that is incorrect. A scannable resume is always a text format but a text format may not be a scannable resume. Every job seeker in today's ...

Get Active!

We are fortunate here at GetInterviews. We get the privilege of working with a lot of really interesting people while at the same time helping them through some tough times. The economy is pretty bumpy right now. I'm sure you know someone who has lost a job or is facing foreclosure. We all do, too. That's why we feel fortunate ...

Low Pay Equals Low Stress?

Here's a story for you. A senior executive decided he had had enough of the rat race and decided he was going to ditch everything and go for a menial job that had no stress. He looked around and thought the hospitality industry seemed low stress so he applied for a job that paid $8 an hour as a desk clerk. During the ...

The Decision-Maker

Everyone talks about getting the resume to the decision-maker. Prior to the hiring decision, though, other decisions have to be made. The first concern should be the decision made by the gatekeeper. The gatekeeper is the person doing the resume screening, either an administrative assistant or perhaps a recruiter. If your ...

The Reader

If you've read through our articles are previous blog entries, or have even had your resume critiqued by a member of our crack team of Resume Analysts, you have probably heard us refer to The Reader as our primary audience. While we work for our clients' benefits and we strive to produce documents that will win interviews ...

Include Me - Please!

Eagle Scout - 1973 Mensa Member Science Club President - Smithville High School Marathon Runner Elder - Christ Episcopal Church What do all these items have in common? They are all irrelevant to the ability of the job seeker to do the job. What else do they have in common? They are all items that might result in the exclusion ...

Wasted Time - Lost Opportunities

I think it's time to get my resume professionally prepared is a phrase we hear fairly often. It is usually uttered by someone who has been in the job search for about six weeks or more and has had few interviews. I cringe when I think of the time the job seeker has wasted while trying to do the resume himself. Job search ...

The Retirement Job

Most of you reading this are in the prime of your earning potential. You are making good money, you are climbing the career ladder at a steady pace, and retirement seems like a distant mountain on the horizon, miles and miles away. Some of you are nearer that mountain than others and it looms tall in your field of vision. With ...

Time Gaps

Do you know anyone who has worked for the same company for thirty years? I don't either, personally, but I occasionally still see them come my way when they are retiring or the company downsized to save on costs. It is fairly unusual for someone to have a continuous chronology of job experience these days. The average job ...

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