Having a gap in employment dates often raises red flags with recruiters and hiring managers. There are things one can do to minimize potential damage.
Categories: Career Advice, Resume Writing
You can think that you have a winning resume, but if it is not getting interviews, is not a winning resume. One simple question can validate your resume’s relevance.
Categories: Career Advice, Job Search, Resume Writing
Whether you leave the “References Available Upon Request” on your resume or not, will not affect your chances of getting interviewed. Listing your actual references, however, is a no-no.
Categories: Cover Letters, Job Search, Resume Writing
References provide additional reinforcement to your candidacy with the hiring company. As such, they need to be as strong as possible, so that you wow potential employers not just with your resume, cover letter and interview, but also with all the good things others say about you.
Categories: Career Advice, General, Interview, Job Search
An interview is your chance to evaluate the company, just as they are evaluating you as a candidate. Look, listen and learn as much as you can. And beware: interviewers make mistakes, consciously or unconsciously. Some are easy for you to overlook and even use to your advantage, others… just be careful!
Categories: Career Advice, Interview, Job Search
If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be? If you were a car, would you be a domestic or an import? These and other interview questions are not uncommon. How can you answer them in a manner that makes you stand out from the crowd? Read on…
Categories: Career Advice, Interview
What makes a resume successful? A perfectly balanced mix of what the hiring manager wants to see, your past experience as a proof that you are capable, your promise of delivering in the future, and a personal touch of you, in a format that catches attention.
Categories: Career Advice, Resume Writing, Services
If you think that putting on a suit, walking around and handing out resumes is all job fairs are about, you are thinking like most other people. There are quite a few things you can do to distinguish yourself from other candidates. All of these things are easily attainable. As a matter of fact, there is no excuse for not doing them!
Categories: Career Advice, Interview, Job Search
This is not your typical “Top 10″ list of tips for creating a resume, which you can easily Google on your own. Instead, the article is a guide for a thinking professional, who can appreciate advice from experts in the resume writing field.
Categories: Career Advice, Cover Letters, Job Search
It seems as though the trend for the bigger and better (clearly seen in the way people choose their cars, houses and dinner portions) has made its way into resume writing.
Categories: Career Advice, Resume Writing, Services
