While your resume gives a potential employer enough information to make the decision to call you in for an interview, adding a cover letter that explains in depth the unique skills and qualifications that make you ideal for the role is worth its weight in gold. When addressing your cover letter, make sure you know [...]
This week’s blog post is all about how to use your resume successfully. Today we will talk about the "email resume" and what format should be used. Since most employers request your resume to be emailed with a cover letter, it is important to use the correct format. Instead of attaching your resume, use the [...]
You are well on your way to a powerful resume but you need to take the time to proofread and make necessary edits; ensuring that there are no typographical errors, mispeld words and grammatical mistakes. A good resume with these type of errs shows signs of carelessness and lacks an eye for detail. You could [...]
While qualifications are important, employers are looking at applicable skills and accomplishments on your resume. Most professionals have skills such as Teamwork, Leadership, excellent Communications, Interpersonal skills and Computer skills, so what sets you apart? When creating your resume, focus on accomplishments and emphasize them, not necessarily the duties and responsibilities you had. Every responsibility [...]
A powerful resume starts with a clear objective statement. The objective statement should be simple and straightforward and should state how you will benefit an employer. Use plenty of action words in designing your powerful resume since they make your resume more interesting, more dynamic and intrigues your audience to call you in for an [...]
Yesterday, we talked about the purpose of your resume and keeping it focused. A powerful resume will always be concise and to the point and it’s not necessary to include everything that comes to mind, nor everything about you. A resume is not your autobiography so the information that is included should be relevant to [...]
Having a powerful resume is essential and can leverage you in front of your competition. Your resume may not get you the job but it must get you in the door for an interview. Your resume should be written to intrigue potential employers and pique their interest enough to schedule you for an interview. This [...]
Being prepared by having your resume up-to-date is essential but just having a resume isn’t as good as it used to be. So many recruiters, decision-makers and companies that are hiring are turning to LinkedIn to find potential new hires and you can integrate your resume and LinkedIn profile so that they can find you. [...]
Create a Profile: Create a detailed profile on LinkedIn, including employment, education, industry, and web sites. Put a Face with Your LinkedIn Profile: You can add a photo to your LinkedIn profile. Note that it must be a small photo - no larger than 80x80 pixels. Keywords and Skills: Include all your resume keywords and [...]
Stress free ways to keep your resume up-to-date Your recent position should shine through Recruiters, decision-makers and hiring agents place a great amount of focus on what you’ve done most recently so making sure this section delivers the correct message is important. State your most recent position with approximately 3-4 lines and describe your unique [...]