Ways to Make Your Resume Stand Out

April 9, 2022
Posted in Career Best Practices

Recruiters spend mere seconds on their first review of candidates’ resumes – and may not see them at all until after they’ve passed through an applicant tracking system (ATS) – software that handles initial screens as the first part of a company’s recruiting and hiring process. To help ensure you get onto the shortlist for [...] Read More

How and When to Include Projects on Your Resume

June 25, 2021
Posted in Career Best Practices

Real estate on your resume is precious. While it would be nice to include a paragraph for every project and accomplishment in your career, it’s…

Is Your Resume Scaring Off Employers?

October 21, 2020
Posted in Career Best Practices

Overlooking typos and grammatical errors. Including paragraphs of content about your childhood. Listing your height, weight, and marital status. Common sense tells you that these…

How to List Remote Work on Your Resume

September 2, 2020
Posted in Career Best Practices

Remote work has exploded since the start of the pandemic: Data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicates that 31% of workers who…

Make These Tweaks to Your Resume Before Pressing ‘Send’

May 2, 2019
Posted in Career Best Practices

The expression “You never get a second chance to make a first impression” rings extremely true when it comes to resumes. When you consider that for any given position, hiring managers can receive 250+ applications, you better make sure yours is as close to perfect as it can be. Start with a master resume. [...] Read More

Get Your Resume Ready for 2019!

December 29, 2018
Posted in Career Best Practices

A new year means new chances and new opportunities – and if you want to get yourself ready for the job market, this is the perfect time to update your resume. So, how should you get your resume ready for 2019? Read below: Looks Do Mean Something Most resumes get anywhere from five to thirty [...] Read More

How to Showcase Your Past Experiences

August 7, 2018
Posted in Career Best Practices

The job market is hot right now. Opportunities are plentiful in a wide range of job categories—from skilled trades and administrative roles to accounting, IT,…

Are You Caught Up in the Resume Buzzword Hype?

March 30, 2016
Posted in Career Best Practices

Think your resume has to be filled with buzzwords and extreme language to cut through the clutter? You’ve been given some bad advice. When you’re…

Tips for Listing Measurable Accomplishments to a Resume When You Don’t Think You Have Them

February 25, 2016
Posted in Career Best Practices

When creating a resume, it should look as complete as possible -- while you don't want to fill it up with too much or make it too wordy, you also don't want to have large blank spaces because you simply don't have the numbers to make it look complete. Everyone says that it helps to have concrete [...] Read More

3 Strategies Behind Mentioning Unrelated Experience on Your Resume

August 21, 2015
Posted in Career Best Practices

Your resume is your personal sales brochure – often the first glimpse a prospective employer has of you as they consider you as a candidate. The last thing you want to do is waste resume space detailing work that has nothing to do with the job being offered. But at the same time, you don’t [...] Read More

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