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Focusing on the whole package can help make you the perfect candidate. It’s been said before, “If a resume was the deciding factor in recruitment, there would never be a need for interviews.” Here’s how your personal brand can get you hired. It will make you stand out. By creating your personal brand, you have … Read More

Job Search

New Rules for Branding on the Job Search Rebecca Rapple

Focus on communicating your value in a clear and concise manner. Reposted with permission from Personal Branding Blog Advice about developing a personal brand is widely accepted because it is effective. But, in today’s economy, there are new rules for personal branding, especially on the job search. Traditionally, your personal brand is the absolute best … Read More

Advice

When to use your legal name vs. a nickname Irene Marshall

It’s not as obvious as it seems. Follow this guide on when to use a nickname, your legal name, tie your name to a degree, or even use the phonetic spelling. Read More

Resumes

What Employers Really Think About Functional Resumes Lisa Vaas

Don’t think you can hide anything; HR veterans know all the tricks for cloaking employment gaps or skimpy experience. Once upon a time, resume writers had a fallback format to deal with career-changers, resumes light on experience or clients with gaps in their employment histories: the functional resume. This type of resume format plays up … Read More

Resumes

An Introvert’s Guide to Resume Self-Promotion Lisa Vaas

How to get over your humbleness and bring on the brag. Consider the meek: They may in fact be set to inherit the earth, but it’s not easy for them to portray that birthright in their resumes. Toward that noble end, Susan Cucuzza, an Executive Coach with Live Forward LLC, sits humble introverts down, one … Read More

Interview Tips

Interview Preparation Wins Candidate Competitions Andrew Klappholz

When it’s time to interview, you’ll need more than attitude; do your homework to put yourself ahead of the pack. The “will to win” is overrated. If you think about it, who doesn’t have the will to win? What makes people successful — whether in sports competitions or job interviews — is what basketball Coach … Read More

Interview Tips

7 Interview Questions to Uncover Corporate Culture Scott Ginsberg

You won’t succeed if you think your co-workers are annoying. (Or vice versa.) So ask these questions upfront to uncover what’s really going on. You’re not the only person being interviewed. In fact, your perception of a company is equally as important as their perception of you. So after you answer all their behavioral interview … Read More

How To

How to explain your transferable skills on your resume Andrew Klappholz

A member of Ladders Signature Program recently landed an exciting new job that — on paper — wasn’t exactly a perfect match for his background. Read More

Cover Letters

Test Your Cover Letter Lisa Vaas

How does your cover letter rate? Use this test to score your cover letter before you submit it with your resume and job application. Before you submit your cover letter to recruiters and hiring managers, run through this battery of questions to gauge its readiness. Q: How is your cover letter addressed? A. Personally addressed … Read More

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