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Resume-formatting methods to help highlight your strengths “Jack Smith” was a very successful regional account manager in the pharmaceutical industry. In developing a new resume, we needed a strategy for the content and for the formatting. Combined, the resume can now draw hiring managers’ eyes from the most important to the most basic information. Manipulating … Read More

When a sales pro learns to see himself as the product, he’s bound to make the sale. What is it about salespeople who can’t sell themselves? “That’s one of the paradoxes I see; for as long as I’ve been doing this, sales guys have been the worst guys at selling themselves,” said Steve Burdan, CPRW … Read More

Lessons on finding your passion from charity, the classroom and the board room can put your job search on a different track. Raison d’etre. I just love that phrase. It means, “reason for existence.” If you want to maintain your enthusiasm and make the effective decisions necessary to accelerate your career, it is critical to … Read More

The Wall Street Journal examined the careers and resumes of 358 senior-level executives and directors at 53 publicly traded companies. Read More

How 21st century technology plays into a job search. Do you remember thermal fax machines? If you do, then pause for a moment and consider how far we’ve come in terms of technology and the flow of information. Resumes are uploaded and downloaded; companies direct applicants to their corporate Web sites, and HR departments set … Read More

One corporate and business counsel updates his resume with help from a certified professional resume writer. David Pearl’s one-page resume was deceptively stark. Pearl, 56, was a successful lawyer; he was a professor of business law and aviation law, he had been Navy fighter pilot, he managed more than 300 people as a Navy officer, … Read More

The growth of pre-hire job assessment tests and what job seekers can expect Pre-hire screening tests are not new. They’re a common presence in big-box stores, where job applicants sit at a little booth near the front door for a quick test to determine if they’re suitable even to apply. The technique is not typically … Read More

Certified professional resume writer Ken Moore bridged a senior sales executive’s varying roles together to elevate a sub-par resume. Sometimes it’s hard to recognize that your resume doesn’t really reflect your talents — or may even give readers the wrong impression. Case in point: “Bill Johnson.” “Bill,” who asked Ladders not to use his real … Read More

How to land a civilian or contractor job as ex military Sizing up the leap from a military career to the private sector? Take some tips on how to land ex military jobs from Mark Henderson, a retired Army colonel and one of the founders of Palladian International, an executive-search firm based in Waynesboro, Va. … Read More