Resume

Putting a ‘Career Objectives’ section at the top may be passé, but your resume should still be structured to tell the story of your career path. A waitress wants to move into corporate training. A librarian hungers for a job with more emphasis on history, her passion. A computer programmer plots how to make the … Read More

Take these professional tips to evaluate feedback on your resume. Resume critiques can feel like a barrage. You might have been excited to revamp your resume by getting a critique from friends or a professional resume writer. But the results can leave you defensive, deflated and confused about what’s legitimate feedback and how to incorporate … Read More

In the wake of one of the worst economic downturns in our nation’s history, big gaps between gainful employment tenures aren’t unusual or unexpected. Read More

Unless you’re prepared to edit out old information and streamline the rest, your resume becomes an outdated clutter. The budding daffodils and the financial-page headlines are saying the same thing: It’s a great time for spring cleaning. For your job search, that means your resume. To spruce up your resume, you’ll have to tack on … Read More

At current rates of unemployment, being without a job bears less stigma. It’s called “candidate forgiveness,” and companies are in the mood to practice it. Where do you find the silver lining in the darkest economic cloud since the Great Depression? It’s hard to think of positives. Supposedly, the roads are less crowded as fewer … Read More

Questions you should ask and qualifications you should seek in a professional resume writer. Competition is fierce. This time around, you’re not going to cheap out. You have to spend money to make money. So you’re going to do it right: You’re going to invest in a deluxe coaching package. That way, you’ll be ready … Read More

Here’s how to avoid putting a negative spin on your work glitches and how to stop hiring managers from wondering what you really did with your time. You’re a sales manager. Your sales have dropped 5 percent over the past 18 months. That’s obviously a negative fact that will come up in an interview. How … Read More

By highlighting every line in his resume with a bullet point, Kevin Kennedy made sure none of his accomplishments stood out. Enter certified professional resume writer with some fresh ammo. Kevin Kennedy’s old resume was difficult to read. He had some great material buried deep beneath a two-page pile of verbiage that included more than … Read More

A Denver job seeker hits the gym to get in shape for a job search, then tones up his resume and cover letter. In early 2009 Greg Anderson found himself out of a job for the first time in 13 years. The operations pro quickly set about to optimize his job search and discovered an … Read More