Career Advice & Insights

Hiring pros from the staffing industry share the faux pas they find in real resumes, including wacky e-mail addresses, defunct phone numbers and cookie-cutter templates. No offense, [email protected], but if nobody has told you yet, we’re telling you now: That e-mail address is not making you look particularly professional. Unprofessional e-mail addresses are just one … Read More

How to format a resume so that the software recruiters use to store resumes doesn’t garble your document – and your chances. You’ve probably heard this advice for making your resume stand out: Sprinkle in plenty of juicy keywords so recruiters will pluck your document out of the pile. But these days, the first review … Read More

Are your job applications saying the wrong thing about you? Resumes, like many other marketing materials, have an expiration date. As technology changes and the job-search process becomes more mobile, it’s important to reevaluate and edit this important document periodically. Your resume is a reflection of you – and you don’t want recruiters thinking you’re … Read More

Craft a resume that clears the gatekeepers and lands in the hiring manager’s hands. Ladders conducted a study finding that the average recruiter spends six seconds reviewing a resume before deciding if it’s worth a closer inspection. Translation: you have six seconds to make the right impression! The recruiter isn’t the only gatekeeper you need … Read More

Craft a strong college resume that says you’re ready for the workforce. Use these seven tips to help you send the right message to prospective employers with your resume. Ditch the objective statement We’ve all seen an objective statement that goes something like this: “Looking for an entry-level position that will help me gain skills and allow … Read More

A more seasoned professional needs to keep the resume to two pages and only cover the last 10-15 years of work experience. Read More

Invest in a professional resume that will make it past any gatekeeper and outsmart applicant tracking software. This week I want you to focus on one of the core marketing materials you’ll use during the job search – your resume. When was the last time you printed out a job application and mailed it to … Read More

Combine new-age research with old-fashioned correspondence to increase your chances for success in the job search. The job search is an ever-changing landscape that seems to get more crowded and more complex by the day. It often seems that when you submit your resume online, it just goes into what experts call the ” recruiting … Read More

At Ladders we have a name for the “sent resume got no response” dilemma. We call it the resume black hole: When a job seeker sends his resume to job listings and recruiters … and never hears back. Ever. It tops the list of frustrations for most job seekers. Why does this happen? And how … Read More