Invest the Time to Make Sure Your Resume is Exceptional!
Your resume provides an employer with a first impression of you. It is the window into how professional you are, how well you communicate, and how much energy you typically put into any kind of work you do. To a potential employer, the time and care you have taken to develop a well-written resume is […]
Past Performance Is the Best Predictor of Future Performance …
From time to time, I volunteer at job expos to provide helpful feedback to job seekers about their resumes. At a recent job fair, I spoke to one job seeker who was skeptical about including anything in his resume that sounded like he was ‘marketing/selling’ himself. Over several minutes I tried (with no success by […]
Resume Length – One Page or Two?
Several weeks ago I worked with a client on his resume. He had about 20 years of experience and insisted on a one page resume. His friends and co-workers told him that his resume should fit on one page. Not true! Hiring managers spend 10 to 25 seconds looking at a resume, and do not […]
Should I include a cover letter with my resume?
Very often I get asked if it is really necessary to include a cover letter with a resume. Usually clients ask is it really all that important to even bother writing a cover letter, how long the cover letter should be, should it be tailored for each prospective employer, and so on. In this article […]
The Right Resume Gets Results: A Way to Communicate Your Value to the Workplace!
Why is it important to think about your resume when you have a good job, the economy is healthy and you are in a career you enjoy, located in a place you love. Because, change is inevitable. Whether you decide to make a change or the company you are working for decides to restructure its […]
