Career Advice & Insights

Expert guidance to help you navigate your career journey

When you want to camouflage an employment gap on your resume, it’s important to use nontraditional work experience to your advantage. Read More

Resumes

The CEO of Girlboss believes resumes aren’t the key to getting a job, your story is Meredith Lepore

Their profile will include work experience, as well as accomplishments and “Girlboss moments” as they are calling them. It is your story. Read More

Resumes

How and why it might be a good idea to structure your resume like a press release Rachel Weingarten

Press releases — like resumes — often have to limit themselves to capturing someone’s attention immediately … all in under a page. Read More

Resumes

Top 4 questions I get asked as a resume writer Michele Lando

Keep in mind that you don’t want your document to be too long because no one will read it, but you want it to be long enough to include your qualifications. Read More

Resumes

A woman who has reviewed over 50,000 resumes says these are the 7 most annoying mistakes she sees Jacquelyn Smith

I’ve read over 50,000 resumes. And there are a few mistakes that I’ve seen over and over again that are “pretty irritating.” … Read More

Resumes

8 things on your resume that annoy hiring managers Ladders Contributor

While it can be hard to look inside the mind of a hiring manager, there are still steps you can take to avoid causing irritation or anger with your resume. Read More

Resumes

8 resume mistakes that can (and will) make you look old Daniel Bortz

When you’re job hunting after age 50, the last thing you want is to appear prehistoric on paper. So steer clear of these flubs. Read More

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This is exactly what to include on your resume according to a psychology and marketing professor Art Markman

How you decide what should be included depends a little on knowing about how people evaluate the information they get from you. Consider two possibilities. Read More

Resumes

8 verbs leaders need on their resume Deborah Sweeney

Here’s why including these verbs gets your resume noticed by all the right higher-ups in an organization. It’s an uncanny trick. Read More

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