resumes

Resumé Achievements Not Worth The Ink

5:30AM Azadeh Ensha | The purpose of a resume is to tout your talents to a prospective employer; however, not all talents deserve a listing. Yahoo’s HotJobs sets out criteria for which achievements you should include and which you should leave off entirely. More »

Strategically Tweak Your Resume’s Dates If You Job Hop

1:30AM Azadeh Ensha | Employers generally don’t like to read that prospective employees have a history of jumping from one job to another. If you’ve had more in-between jobs than a single, steady one, it may be worthwhile to rethink the placement of your resume’s dates. More »

Skip “References Available Upon Request” And Other Resume Ink Wasters

1:30AM Azadeh Ensha | Whether you’re looking for a job or already have one, it’s important to keep an updated resume on file. If you’re looking to refresh yours, weblog Divine Caroline suggests skipping common mistakes, like offering “references upon request”. More »

Brazen Careerist Makes Professional Networking Less Painful

11:00PM Kevin Purdy | Brazen Careerist, formerly a blog network headed by the oft-linked Penelope Trunk, launched today as a professional network that aims to help Generation Y share their ideas and interests, but maybe also land a job while doing so. More »

Read Your Résumé From The Bottom Up To Reduce Errors

3:30AM Azadeh Ensha | Getting a job in this tight economy necessitates making a great first impression, which leaves little-to-no room for typos and other résumé mistakes. The Washington Post details some ways to help outline your credentials more accurately. More »

A Resume Template You Shouldn’t Use

3:14PM Angus Kidman | This Word resume template has been downloaded almost 200,000 times — so if you’re one of the people using it, you should switch to something else as a matter of urgency. More »

Land Short-Term Work With A Dumbed Down Résumé

7:00AM Azadeh Ensha | Résumés should generally be written to highlight your skill sets. But if you’re looking to land a short-term job that you’re overqualified for, you may need to dumb yours down. Here’s how to do it. More »

Jump To A New Career With A Killer Resume And Plan

9:00AM Kevin Purdy | Whether you’re suddenly unemployed or just looking to change up, starting out in a new career is daunting. Take our advice on how to write—and plan—your way into a new field. Photo by Yo Spiff. More »

CareerBuilder.com’s Most-Searched Keywords by Bosses

10:37PM Kevin Purdy | CareerBuilder recently surveyed 3,100 hiring managers and found that nearly half of them had caught prospective employees in a definitive lie during the review process. More helpful to the honest job-seekers out there, though, are the terms those managers are scanning for in resumes. Here’s four of the top nine from CareerBuilder: problem-solving and decision-making skills (50 percent) oral and written communications (44 percent) customer service or retention (34 percent) performance and productivity improvement (32 percent) More »

Snag That Job Interview with a Video Resume

4:00AM Tamar Weinberg | Get an edge on that super-competitive job by creating a video resume instead of boring, templated dead-tree version. Student resource Education Portal claims that the video approach can get potential employers to want face time with you—as long as you still consider the basics for interview etiquette. Dress appropriately, keep it brief, practice your speech, and prepare by looking at other professional videos for encouragement and tips. Whatever you do, don’t do what this guy did. While video resumes are becoming more popular, they may not work for everyone; check with the human resources department of the company you’re applying for to make sure that your hard work isn’t going to waste. Photo by airgap. Job Resumes 2.0: Creating a Video Resume [Education Portal] More »