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TweetShare Think of your resume as your best tool in marketing yourself as the most qualified candidate for a given job. In order to achieve the goal of getting an interview, you must adjust your resume and cover letter to the specific job for which you’re applying. Tailoring your resume emphasizes the specific skills you [...]

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TweetShareThis weekend I ran across the best job search tip I’ve heard in months. It’s so completely simple, I’m a bit embarrassed to say I had never thought of it before. You know the old saw about how your resume has to make a good first impression in a matter of seconds or the employer [...]

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TweetShare For years people have been asking me to write a guide to resume writing. For years, I’ve turned them down for reasons I’ll get into at the end of this post. But today I’m announcing that I’m about to publish a “Kindle Single” about resume writing and the upside for you is that for [...]

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TweetShareAn economy in the ditch is tough on all job seekers, but particularly so on new college graduates. New grads likely went into their 2-4 year programs on the wings of an expanding economy. Most are now falling fast as the economy has retrenched and jobs hard to come by for those with little to [...]

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TweetShareIn today’s job market, one needs to fully embrace electronics and the power of the internet. But job seekers are quickly confronted with a number of formatting options for delivering their electronic resume to their intended target. Get the format wrong, and your resume won’t get read. The 6 Popular Formats For The Electronic Resume [...]

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TweetShareThis is a question we’ve been getting a lot lately at our professional resume service. I suppose it’s a sign of the times. It’s almost impossible to imagine a world without social networking. Facebook is so much a part of our everyday lives that it’s almost natural that job seekers – young professionals especially – [...]

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TweetShareWe had a client last week, who asked us also to work on her LinkedIn Profile. We’re getting requests like that more and more, and it’s a product line we’re probably going to start offering soon. But then we asked her if she had worked on her Facebook profile at all, and she said she [...]

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TweetShareThis is one of the oldest questions in job-search. It’s also one of the most common questions professional resume writers get. You’ve been out of the workforce for a period of time. How do you explain this gap in work history on your resume? After all, you can explain away anything once you get to [...]

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TweetShareAre you currently employed but are thinking about applying for a position that just opened up in your company? Well, it’s great that you are already employed while looking for work. Even better, you’re applying with a company that you already know and understand because you’re a part of the organizational structure. But wait a [...]

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TweetShareAn economy in the ditch is tough on all job seekers, but particularly so on new college graduates. New grads likely went into their 2-4 year programs on the wings of an expanding economy. Most are now falling fast as the economy has retrenched and jobs hard to come by for those with little to [...]

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