Recruiters

The way you follow up your resume submission can make or break your job search. Learn what to do after submitting your online application form to catch a hiring manager’s eye. Read More

You might need a resume rewrite, and you might need help from a professional, but you might not be ready to work with one. Maybe your resume hasn’t attracted the attention from recruiters that you thought it might. Does the work experience on your resume seem to stop short in 1997? Are you in a … Read More

A tech pro’s resume has to match the speed of this fast-changing industry. IT pros, polish those resumes: Technology staffing firms and recruiters say hiring is finally growing at a steady pace again. “IT is [becoming] stronger and stronger each month,” said Dave Willmer, executive director of IT staffing firm Robert Half Technology (RHI). Willmer … Read More

Recruiters from advertising and Web marketing agencies share their advice for would-be job seekers applying for positions in creative fields. They send their resumes in pizza boxes. They send in construction boots with notes about getting a foot in the door. They send in resumes with black backgrounds and white text that make hiring managers’ … Read More

Whether you’ve taken a less-senior position or started serving coffee to pay the bills, you can create the impression of career progress. We like to consider our careers a progression. And a progression only knows one direction. What happens when you have to make a career move that feels like a step sideways, backward or … Read More

How can you find and deploy the right keywords to aim your resume at the job you want? Keywords: They’re buzzwords that identify an industry or a profession. They’re also the currency of the job search. Keywords are the terms and phrases hiring managers supply to human-resources managers and recruiters to create job posts and find matching … Read More

Relocation packages seem extinct. As the economy heats up, is it worth negotiating for such a benefit? Common wisdom dictates that relocation packages have all but dried up since the 2008 economic downturn, along with other bonuses, perks and benefits. But recruiters, job seekers and relocation specialists who spoke to Ladders said reasonable relocation packages … Read More

The following eight steps helped job seeker ‘Paul’ put his online social networking into its proper place. Recently a colleague suggested I help an executive job seeker who was having trouble making sense of the online social networks he thought were supposed to support his job search. Let me call this person “Paul.” Paul came … Read More

Here’s how one company takes a multimedia approach to personal branding. A few years ago, the idea of posting a video highlighting your professional and academic achievements online was regarded as a novelty. Some job seekers tried it, but they risked public scorn. Aleksey Vayner was perhaps the best-known poster child for video resumes gone … Read More