Resume

How best can you get your personal advertising campaign in front of the right audience? Sometimes you want to be selective, and sometimes you want to saturate the market. Your resume is ready to go. Now where do you post it? Job seekers would expect a simple answer – post it anywhere and everywhere – … Read More

How do you pick the directors, coworkers and direct reports to be your job references? A job reference must be more than just someone willing to shower you with praise. Recruiters and hiring managers are looking for someone who can speak to your performance and impact on the team; someone who was in a position … Read More

Richard Russell’s career goals changed, but his resume stayed the same. With help from a certified professional resume writer, a sleek new document promotes the VP to the next level. Richard Russell has achieved big successes – and he has the stats to back it up. He has been the lead on projects for major … Read More

OpsLadder member Leshia Evans had her first resume makeover in 20 years. A professional rewrite let her numbers speak for themselves. Leshia Evans hadn’t needed a resume for more than 20 years. Loyal to her company, she never needed to look for a job. Evans, of Cumming, Ga., has worked in the electrical industry for … Read More

Lax security by some employers has left resumes and job applications full of sensitive, personal data such as Social Security numbers. Read More

Everybody’s a critic, but not all criticism is useful in your job search. How do you filter out the noise to hear qualified advice? “I’ve shown my resume to three people, and the feedback was terrible!” said my client Marlene. She had called me in a total panic, asking for yet another opinion about her … Read More

Resumes are a treasure trove of personal information. What security steps do employers take to protect your identity from being lifted? “Proper storage of employee and applicant records.” It was just another item on the human resources audit checklist, right after “display federal, state and OSHA labor law posters.” After checking off a few other … Read More

The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse keeps tabs on data breaches and provides some examples of how personal data gets into the hands of bad guys. Before you hit “Send” or fill out a job application, do you ever wonder how careful a particular company is to protect your resume information? If so, you might consider checking … Read More

Another casualty of the recession is data security, as a growing number of departing employees walk off with their former employers’ data. How exactly do job applicants’ personal data manage to leak out of large, venerable companies? In many ways, it turns out. At Aetna, the large U.S. insurer being sued for allegedly failing to … Read More