What do job seekers and astronomers have in common? Dumping your résumé into a corporate receptacle is like plunging into a black hole in cyberspace. Okay, not always, but often enough to be a problem. In a fit of Christmastime career-ennui a few years ago I submitted my résumé to a market research company known… Continue reading
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Shop for a Job Before Writing a Resume
Writing a resume without a specific job in mind is like jumping off a diving board without knowing how deep the water is. Your chance of success is small and you could even hurt yourself. We all know that a resume is the primary tool for marketing your skills, knowledge, and experience to prospective employers…. Continue reading
Keywords of the Rich & Famous
Are you buzzword compliant? Maybe that’s the problem – in the careers field they’re no longer called buzzwords. They’re called keywords, and without them, your résumé will slide into a black hole in cyberspace from which no search engine can find you. Sounds dire, but getting the right words into your résumé is pretty simple… Continue reading
No Job for Video Résumés Yet
Video résumés may seem like the next big thing to hit the job world but many hiring decision makers such as HR chiefs, recruiters and executives would rather hit the eject button than view another one. Until video presented itself, the pre-interview screening process of comparing one résumé versus another was comfortably black & white… Continue reading
Where Do You Stand on Video Résumés?
Would you create and distribute a video résumé or hire someone who sent you one? Video résumés can be more revealing than a job seeker intends. That hasn’t stopped a few thousand mostly young job candidates from posting them on You Tube or e-mailing them to recruiters and employers. Most of the early video résumés have… Continue reading
