Recruiters

Don’t give up! Here’s how to tweak your resume and try again. She was a senior human-resources professional who was laid off in summer 2009 from her job at large hospital in Texas. After the layoff, she did everything she knew from her years in HR would help her land a job. She woke early … Read More

The risk is high for job seekers who try to slip fake master’s degrees, phony salaries and exaggerated titles into their resume and job interview. Thinking of padding your resume to increase your chance of landing a job in this weak economy? Think again. History is littered with names such as these: George O’Leary, former … Read More

Employers already know your goal is to get a job, so ditch the objective statement and instead write a summary that compels them to read on. Are you “looking to obtain a challenging position that will facilitate your work ethic”? “Seeking to obtain this challenging position in,” oh, let’s say the music industry? Perhaps you … Read More

When do you need a recruiter, career coach or professional resume writer and how to choose? You need resume advice. To whom do you turn? What’s the difference between a professional resume writer and a career coach? What about advice from a recruiter? What about resume advice from professional associations or from government career centers? … Read More

Here are five steps to forging a real-world connection with those who can help you. Read More

If you’re not scoring many interviews by applying for jobs and forwarding your resume to HR, try more creative means to get the hiring manager’s attention. Got your eye on a specific job? Don’t want your resume to get lost in the shuffle? There are ingenious methods of getting an employer’s attention through the side … Read More

How to approach recruiters, HR pros and resume experts for advice without being a pest. It’s not that Linda M. Duffy minds giving a little advice to job candidates. It’s just that, well, you’re not exactly helping her pay her grocery bills. “I don’t mind giving quick advice to candidates, especially if it’s someone I … Read More

Do cover letters matter? Do recruiters and human resources managers even look at the correspondence that accompanies your resume and job application? The answers vary widely even among career experts and HR pros, many of whom have strong opinions on the matter. At one extreme: Susan Cucuzza, a business coach with Live Forward and formerly … Read More

Michigan job seeker Connie Corwin grew tired of being stumped on interviews, so she made her own prep list of questions and answers for every eventuality. Getting a job interview turned out to be less of a hurdle than Connie Corwin expected when she began her first job search in three decades. Corwin, a member … Read More