Learn how to create and strengthen the career documents that represent you to employers. Explore advice on resumes, cover letters, ATS-friendly content, professional accomplishments, positioning, and other materials that help communicate your experience, value, and qualifications clearly.
In the third and final installment of this series, I will review the trickiest circumstances to talk about in your cover letter: risky situations. Although it ...
In the second installment of my cover letter series, I’m going to dig into more complicated circumstances that affect your fitness for your target job. If ...
There are a thousand “how to write a cover letter” tutorials on the Internet, but most of them offer the same tired advice that results in ...
I have been a resume writer for nearly a decade and, over the years, I’ve talked with thousands of people who find themselves in all kinds ...
When I was growing up, my mother used to tell me, “If you do what others won’t, you will have what others don’t.” She didn’t coin ...
If you’re a job seeker, you probably already know it is essential to follow the application instructions to the letter when responding to a job posting. ...
Many people believe a resume is just something you put together after you’ve been fired. They think it’s something you use to find a new job. ...
About 10 seconds. That’s how much time a typical hiring manager will spend on one resume if he has a stack of them to study. You ...
I've written more than 1,000 resumes, so I know what I'm talking about when I share the five most common resume mistakes with WNCN's Sharon Tazwell. ...
ATS stands for Applicant Tracking System, which is exactly what it sounds like – software that filters and analyses the job applications. As a jobseeker, you'll ...
A LinkedIn connection asks you for a recommendation. What to say? How to say it? He can't tell you what to write, but there are ways ...
I've learned that when you ask people what they do well, they're not always sure how to answer. But getting to the heart of your accomplishments ...
When you're looking for a job, sooner or later you may toy with the idea of working with a recruiting company. So, let's get a handle ...