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• Use transferable job skills for your job search

  
  Cube Rules — Authority: 124
  When people know I write about jobs and careers on the web, it is natural to get asked at social events about all things job related. So when a friend sat down and started talking about his job search, I knew I needed to listen carefully because he was — just like you — looking for answers to a vexing job search ...
  2 days ago

• Resumania Tips for a Winning Resume

  
  Quintessential Resumes and Cover Letters Tips Blog — Authority: 128
  Accountemps Chairman Max Messmer, who writes Resumania, a weekly column for Scripps Howard News Service, offers the following suggestions for creating a winning resume: Tailor your resume to each opportunity. A one-size-fits-all approach tells employers you have not taken the time to research their company. Move ...
  3 days ago

• Should I Put a Job Objective on My Resume?

  
  Susan Ireland's Job Lounge — Authority: 109
  In Lets Talk Resumes (my Discussion in the LinkedIn Jobs Group) a job seeker asked, "Should I put a job objective on my resume?" Heres my answer: Your resume is a marketing piece with the objective of getting you a job -- not just any job, but a job you want . Heres the real question : How do you communicate ...
  3 days ago

• Some Resume Pet Peeves

  
  Quintessential Resumes and Cover Letters Tips Blog — Authority: 128
  Here are some of employers’ pet resume peeves, according to Sharon Gould Afforde, business-development manager for Manpower International: Spelling errors Small fonts No dates Pointless objective Third-person voice Letters of reference Long sentences Long resumes Fancy formatting Pictures and ...
  6 days ago

• Use Distinctive File Name When Sending Resume via E-mail

  
  Quintessential Resumes and Cover Letters Tips Blog — Authority: 128
  When sending your resume as an e-mail attachment, don’t give your resume the file name “resume,” advises Jobseeker News. “Recruiters get 100s of resumes a day, so if you name your resume attachment “resume.doc” or “myresume.” the recruiter’s computer will automatically assign your resume in numerical ...
  1 week ago

• Dealing with an Employment Gap on Your Resume

  
  Quintessential Resumes and Cover Letters Tips Blog — Authority: 128
  When we think of The Gap, we all think of the clothing store with the super skinny models and cute ads, right? Well, in the wonderful world of resume writing and job searches, a gap in employment is a totally different ball game. In fact, it’s one of the things that causes the most stress and fear in the hearts and ...
  1 week ago

• Video: “The Opposite Might Also Be True”

  
  Career Opportunities — Authority: 112
  Derek Sivers presents this excellent short video on opposites, using Japanese and American concepts of addresses as a starting point. (3 min) From Career Opportunities with Douglas E. Welch Get more great content on Podcasting, New Media, Gardening, Los Angeles Events and Technology at WelchWrite.com Video: ...
  1 week ago

• 42 Job Search Quotes for Twitter

  
  Susan Ireland's Job Lounge — Authority: 109
  Youre on Twitter . You want to attract recruiters, employment agencies, fellow job seekers, and other career-minded professionals to join your Twitter network. One way to do that is to use job search related quotes in your tweets. Tweeting quotes is a great way to add value to your Twitter network because people ...
  1 week ago

• Critique Your Own Resume

  
  Quintessential Resumes and Cover Letters Tips Blog — Authority: 128
  While it is always a good idea to get numerous people — career professionals, former bosses and colleagues, mentors, and the like — to review and evaluate your resume, you might want to first consider reviewing and critiquing your resume using the simple table presented in one of our articles. The most important ...
  1 week ago

• Demystifying Resume Formats

  
  Quintessential Resumes and Cover Letters Tips Blog — Authority: 128
  Chronological. Functional. Chrono-Functional. Hybrid. Combination. Print. Formatted. RTF. Electronic. Text. Scannable. PDF. Web-based. All of these are terms that are tossed around when people talk about resume formats. How is a job-seeker supposed to know the best resume format in any given situation? Do you need ...
  2 weeks ago

• Resume Preparation Services May Be Tax Deductible

  
  Quintessential Resumes and Cover Letters Tips Blog — Authority: 128
  It’s worthwhile to note for next year’s taxes that resume preparation is tax-deductible for many job-seekers. You must be looking for a job within the same field as previously employed. It can be a different job, but it must be within the same field. College grads seeking their first job cannot deduct resume ...
  2 weeks ago

• Keep Your Resume Updated

  
  Quintessential Resumes and Cover Letters Tips Blog — Authority: 128
  Despite today’s uncertain job market, many managers do not maintain an updated resume, a survey shows. Executives polled said they believe only half (50 percent) of managers would be ready to send out application materials if they were to unexpectedly lose their jobs. The survey was developed by Accountemps, a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Avoid the Bloated Resume

  
  Quintessential Resumes and Cover Letters Tips Blog — Authority: 128
  One of our favorite quotes about resumes comes from Mark Nelson, former partner of Dale Dauten of syndicated career-column fame. Describing a two-page resume with long paragraphs and tiny type, Nelson says: “This resume is like a lonely guy who can’t get a date, so he sits at home and eats and gets bigger and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Do You Have a Headless Resume?

  
  Quintessential Resumes and Cover Letters Tips Blog — Authority: 128
  In the Q&A she did with us professional resume writer Tracy Laswell Williams , talks about “the headless resume,” which she says is less than desirable. “It has been my experience,” Williams notes, “that many people (especially busy, overworked recruiters and hiring managers) have a hard time ...
  3 weeks ago

• Embarassing Email Addresses

  
  Job Preparation - Job Interview Questions and Sample Resumes — Authority: 126
  I think it was Shakespeare who said, “A rose by any other name smells as sweet”. This saying is almost always true except in regards to email addresses on resumes. When it comes to email addys on your resume, there are email addresses that make the right impression in your job search and [...]Related posts: ...
  3 weeks ago

• Get Job Interviews with the Right Email Address

  
  Job Preparation - Job Interview Questions and Sample Resumes — Authority: 126
  I think it was Shakespeare who said, “A rose by any other name smells as sweet”. This saying is almost always true except in regards to the email address on your resumes. When it comes to email addresses on your resume, there are email addresses that make the right impression in your job [...]Related posts: ...
  3 weeks ago

• How Long Should Your Resume Be?

  
  Quintessential Resumes and Cover Letters Tips Blog — Authority: 128
  Once upon a time, someone came up with a “rule” that resumes should not exceed one page. No one really knows who came up with the rule, but a great many job-seekers still seem to live in fear of this supposed edict. The fact is that very few “rules” exist today in the world of resume writing. Unbreakable rules ...
  3 weeks ago

• Its Not Hard to Improve Your Resume

  
  Quintessential Resumes and Cover Letters Tips Blog — Authority: 128
  We see hundreds of resumes, and we often see the same patterns over and over again. We frequently observe resume tendencies that are not necessarily mistakes, yet the job-seekers behind these resumes could have much nicer, cleaner, more readable resumes if they just tweaked a few things. And none of these tweaks are ...
  4 weeks ago

• Create a Culturally Competent Resume

  
  Quintessential Resumes and Cover Letters Tips Blog — Authority: 128
  “For the culturally incompetent,” writes Sarah Histed-Shergill, “the global job market provides a wealth of opportunity … to be misconstrued, misunderstood and misinterpreted. You must prepare your resume with an international perspective,” she writes. “By presenting your personal information in a ...
  4 weeks ago

• Resume Templates, Resumes, Resume Examples, Resume Tips, & domain name added.

  
  Learn Free Internet Marketing Learn Free Internet Marketing Strategies using Video, Articles, Social Networking, Social Media, Web 2.0, Blogs, Affiliate Marketing — Authority: 167
  Welcome to Update My Resume page. The #1 Resume Template site to prepare for your career! Resume writing is one of the most important tools in your job search and by utilizing our resume templates, you will definitely save a lot of time while preparing for the interview. We have the best reputation for our [...]
  4 weeks ago

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