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7 Phrases to Strike From Your LinkedIn Profile 20 Jul 2011 | 02:43 pm
An interesting practice seems to have cropped up among self-written social media profiles, where phrases that are taboo on resumes (like “self-motivated team player”) are creeping back into lists of j...
In interviews, what you ask is as important as what you answer 15 Jul 2011 | 10:22 am
Facing an interview with dread? Sharpen your questions for the interviewer What do interviewers want? That seems to be the question on the minds of job hunters everywhere. You might have made it int...
Copying a Professional Resume? Watch Out For These Pitfalls 7 Jul 2011 | 06:36 pm
Recently, I was contacted by a job hunter who wanted an update to his existing resume, a service that I offer to former clients in my practice. The resume looked strikingly familiar on some level, bu...
Yes, Research Really IS Important to Your Job Search Success 16 Jun 2011 | 10:17 am
Guest post by Career Trainer and Certified Professional Resume Writer Bob McIntosh. I tell jobseekers in all my workshops that research is key to their job search. I’m being redundant, but it’s true ...
Executive Job Hunting? You’ll Need More Than a Resume 26 May 2011 | 04:27 pm
If you’re an executive planning your next career move, it might surprise you to learn that you’ll be judged by more than just your resume during your job search. In other words, a full resume is NOT ...
What LinkedIn's IPO Means for You 21 May 2011 | 06:32 am
Now that the dust has settled a bit on LinkedIn's successful IPO, you might have wondered what the implications are for your job search. Will the site change? What will happen to your membership? Are...
Want That Executive Job? Don't Write Your Own Resume 26 Apr 2011 | 11:59 am
Here’s a common refrain that I’ve heard from budding C-level executives: “I wrote my own resume a few years back, but I can see that it’s just not working now. I can't get anyone to respond at the rig...
3 Easy Ways to Overcome the Challenge of Resume Writing 5 Apr 2011 | 05:43 am
Trying to get your job search off to a strong start – only to be hampered by the resume-writing process? Do you struggle to articulate the high points of your career and brand - or to sum up the reas...
CIO Resumes: Mining IT Projects for Strategic Benefit 29 Mar 2011 | 03:30 pm
Are you a rising star in the IT world eager for a shot at the CIO role? Ascending from IT Director or VP takes more than just showing how you’ve leveraged the technology itself: you’ll need to first p...
Do You Really Want to Use THAT LinkedIn Photo? 19 Mar 2011 | 02:08 pm
Some time ago, I ran across a LinkedIn picture of a job seeker who was holding a very specific political sign over her head that used bright letters. While wearing shorts (and no, they did NOT become...
