Category Archive for Resume
Is the resume dead? Not yet, but the job search is changing fast. 94 percent of all recruiters use LinkedIn and social media tools to fill open positions. Online retailer Zappos now avoids traditional resumes. It seems you can no longer get by with a clean and concise CV alone. These days, you need a pinch of advertising savvy to get a job.
The good news? You don’t have to do anything but talk about what you know and love.
Don’t Overload…
Why Your Resume Alone Isn’t Getting You Hired:View
It’s happened to everyone. You put the time into writing your resume and the most you hear back is a soft ping notifying you that your application has been “received” (it certainly doesn’t seem that way). Even with desirable skills, some resume mistakes cause you to be overlooked. It’s frustrating but isn’t an insurmountable hurdle. Here are the 4 reasons no one is reading your resume.
Your Formatting Is an Eyesore
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4 Reasons No One is Reading Your Resume:View
When a new job opens up, the first resume is submitted about 3.5 minutes later. An average of 1,000 applications will flood the hiring manager’s inbox – Google receives 60,000 applicants each week – and make it nearly impossible for any human being to feasibly sift through them all. An Applicant Tracking System (ATS) diminishes the strain on hiring managers, but occasionally screens good candidates out of the running. So, how do you…
How to Get Past the Applicant Tracking System:View
With the idea of the six second rule looming over you, writing the perfect resume summary can be a stressful chore. You only have a handful of seconds to convince the hiring manager to keep reading your resume, and each one of them is crucial to your chances of getting the job.
But writing a good resume summary is likely different from anything you have ever written before. It requires your writing to be as brief as it is potent.
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Here’s How to Write the Perfect Resume Summary:View
Applying for a new job probably isn’t your idea of a good time. The entire job search can be time-consuming, whittling away at your precious hours before and after work.
It’s easy to become distracted by mindless entertainment (TV shows, mobile apps, and websites) when you should be applying for jobs. However, you can take back the reins.
These six methods eliminate distractions and help job seekers to take control when the urge to…
Burned out by your job search? Here’s how to stay focused:View
If your job search has been on hiatus, chances are that your resume needs a tune up. New wax and some tinkering can help you to get more mileage out of every word.
But what goes and what stays? Follow these tips as you think over how to give your resume the jumpstart it needs.
Stale Experience
Has a particular technology in your toolkit fallen out of use? Including outmoded technology can make a resume sound dated. Identify which technologies…
4 Ways to Keep Your Resume Fresh:View
Your resume is the key to getting you into the interview. Unfortunately, it’s generally up against the rest of the job seeking world. If you want to increase your chances and push past the competition, adding these five things to your resume can make all the difference.
Hyperlinks
A lot of resumes never see the surface of a fresh sheet of resume paper. Since so much of the job seeking and hiring process is done online, why not use all the…
5 Easy Resume Fixes Most Job Seekers Overlook:View
There is loads of literature on what to put in a cover letter; articles on words to include and leave out take the cake in sheer numbers, but rarely is the topic of style taken into consideration. Sure, you know what you want to say, but how should you go about saying it? If a hiring manager is only going to spend a few seconds perusing your cover letter, shouldn’t it be the most fascinating couple of seconds of his or her life.
The right…
The Key to Cover Letters that Everyone Overlooks:View
January for many people is job search season. As you get yourself back in shape for the job market, you need to give some serious thought to the words you use. Some hang around your resume like extra poundage, weighing you down as you try to outrace your competition. Other words utterly fail to make any real impression with hiring managers. Whatever the reason for your resume missing the mark, you may need to shed certain words to give it…
13 Words Not to Use in Your Resume:View
Hard skills will only get you so far in the job search. While your qualifications often take the forefront in the mind of hiring managers, your soft skills, more commonly referred to as personality traits, are often what will set you apart from the masses. When it comes to what hiring managers want to see in candidates, just remember the five Cs. Demonstrating these personality traits will get you hired in no time.
Confidence
Be careful not…
The 5 Cs of Getting Hired: Personality Traits That Will Get You the Job:View
