Archive for the ‘Resumes’ Category

Too Many Jobs - Help!

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Here is a recent query that came in from one of our users….  Hi Brian:  I have been out of the work force since 2/06 and based on some of the reading I have done on your website, I tried to construct my 20 yr work history. But when I did this I was really didn’t like what I saw.   (more…)

Your Life Is an Open Book and Employers Know It

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

There are companies out there that promise to erase your on-line history. Does it really work? I don’t know but I do know that the truth has a nasty way of catching up to all of us. (more…)

Some Things Only Your Mother Should Know

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Everything about you is fascinating to your mother and maybe your spouse but definitely not to a potential employer.  So what things of  a personal nature should you include on your resume?

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The Resume Version - Myth or Reality?

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Do you really need multiple versions of your resume or is that a myth? Having just seen a recent article in The Ladders newsletter entitled "The Resume Version Myth", I was moved to pick up pen (or keyboard I should say) and respond to some of the points in this very interesting article.  (more…)