Watch your language on your resume

If your resume is like those of most people, it’s not as good as it could be. The problem is the language that is used. “Most resumes are a thicket of deadwood words and phrases — empty cliches, annoying jargon, and recycled buzzwords. Recruiters, HR folks, and hiring managers see these same terms over and [...]

How to Create a Text-Only Resume

We spend so much time formatting our resumes so font is clear, the bullets line up and the size is just perfect.  And then, we submit our resume online or upload it to a database that takes out all of the formatting!  Even worse, they often put weird symbols in the place of our beautiful [...]

Resume and Cover Letter Advice

As you’re writing a new resume, or revamping it from prior years, extra tips for effective resumes are always useful.  KnowHR posted their “50 Best Tips for Getting the Job You Always Wanted“. Some of them are very useful: When applying for jobs at small companies: If you can find the names of people who [...]

Resume Analysis from a Sourcer

My coworker, expert sourcer Kelly Dingee, wrote a great post about getting your resume ready for 2011.  Kelly looks through candidate resumes daily and knows what a great resume is. In her post, she gives jobseekers advice on how to make your resume appealing to the recruiters who view it – everything from font to [...]

How to Make your Resume less Boring

If your resume is dull, it doesn’t matter how perfect you are for the job – hiring managers will never know how great you are if they’re not blown away by your first impression: your resume.  Hiring managers looking at the resume for less than 1 minute each means yours needs to be interesting in [...]

Putting Your Email on your Resume

So today I was going through resumes and noticed one thing all jobseekers should (but many don’t) know: Put your email address on your resume. In this day and age, few hiring managers will contact you by phone, and almost none will send you snail mail. So your street address is almost irrelevant… but your [...]

Your Resume – So What?

Scot Herrick wrote a fascinating post that gets right to the point with 2 words you should think of when writing and reevaluating your resume: “so what?” Hiring managers don’t just want to see where you used to work – They want to see how you created results at that company and how you worked [...]