resume tips

Those of us who have spent any amount of time in the job market have undoubtedly devoted a great deal of blood, sweat, and tears to getting our resume...

For decades, there were some hard-and-fast rules about how you should write a resume: good-quality stationery, a rigid reverse-chronological format, o...

Do you think that creating your resume is a “one and done” process? If so, then think again. The truth is, you should think of your resume as a consta...

You need to have a job to gain experience, but you need experience to get a job. At the beginning, just about everyone faces this catch-22. Even jobs ...

For most of us, our career paths don’t go in a single straight line. Instead, there are plenty of twists and turns along the way—some expected and oth...

Take a look at your resume. What words jump out at you? If you’re like most people, phrases like “was responsible for” or “worked on” are probably in ...

If you’re on the hunt for a new job, you know the competition for available openings is tough, no matter what field you hope to enter. This means that...

Job gaps happen, because life happens. Maybe you’ve gotten laid off (or even fired). Maybe you took some time off from working to attend to personal m...

When you’re writing your resume, these days there are a number of different audiences to consider. There’s the hiring manager. There’s the robot resum...

How do you get hired to be one of the hire-ers? That’s the question facing those of you interested in becoming a human resources professional as a car...

Looking for a job can feel like a catch-22: to get a job I need experience, but to get experience I need a job. And if you’re a student with no work e...

Are you looking to take your job hunt to the next level this year? If so, then every aspect of your game needs to be razor sharp—especially your resum...

Job hunting today is serious business. Simply put, the competition is tougher than ever for available jobs, which means that every aspect of your job ...

One of the more common phrases you’ll hear from us and others when crafting your resume is, “Show, don’t tell.” It’s kind of like explaining a joke—if...

When you see the phrase “cover letter,” it probably conjures up an image of a bygone era, with an old-fashioned letter, painstakingly typed and sent v...