Career Advice & Insights

Don’t expect that the resume screener is an expert. It’s up to you (and your resume) to direct the conversation and match you to the job. If it’s done right, your resume is an inventory of your interests, skills, accomplishments, experience, goals and values that attempts to match you to a job that requires those … Read More

HR managers see these resume mistakes over and over again. Follow this checklist to make sure your resume isn’t one of the clunkers. Read More

A proper video bio that tells your story, and doesn’t simply repeat your resume, requires more than you and a video camera. By William Arruda and Catharine Fennell   When you strip away all the basic requirements that are expected in any given role — hard skills and experience — what’s left? Everything that cannot … Read More

Abhinav Khanna, a computer security specialist in New Jersey, had an ace in the hole when he attended a job fair in India. Abhinav Khanna faced a daunting task at the SiliconIndia Job Fair on June 26. With hundreds of desperate job seekers all vying for the same few positions among the world’s leading software … Read More

Resume length, font, and an old-fogey e-mail address are just a few ways to label yourself as antiquated. Remember mulling over whether to buy pure-white or ivory paper stock? Remember the satisfaction of printing your resume on that creamy, heavyweight, Strathmore pure cotton watermark paper? Remember washing your hands so you wouldn’t get marks on … Read More

Here’s how recruiters and hiring managers sniff out resume facts from fiction. As the days grow short, lies loom tall in the graveyard of tossed resumes. To save those job seekers who might be lured over to the dark side of spinning tales, we asked hiring managers to take some time from their crystal gazing … Read More

Hiring managers and recruiters share the features of resumes that grab their attention — or make their eyes roll. Time was, a well-crafted resume that was a good resume was enough to get your foot in the door at most companies. Today, with easy access candidates have to apply to thousands of job openings online, … Read More

Malcolm Anderson wants to woo U.S. companies from his home in the U.K. Revising his resume helped bridge the distance. How do you apply for a job in another city or state? Will you disqualify yourself from the start if the recruiter or hiring manager reads your resume and discovers you’re not local? OpsLadder member … Read More

Resume objective statements are being retired in favor of the resume executive summary, but young professionals still need to rely on objective statements for resumes as a way to introduce themselves to prospective employers. Read More