Archive for the ‘Resume Writing’ Category

Even if the job market is tight and competition is tough, job hunters should try to maintain having an honest job resume. Being truthful in providing the right information to job recruiters will help ensure that you land a job that is just right for you. Embellishing your job resume with untruths in order to impress would just damage your credibility that may haunt you for the rest of your professional life. Here a...

Hiring managers scrutinize every word on a resume. This is how it goes in today’s very competitive job market. But some words count more than others. Last time, we enumerated some words you should avoid putting on your resume. This time, we’ll talk about the words you should use on your resume. Below are some words that sound good to hiring managers: Teamwork Hiring managers put much weight on teamwork....

Writing resume during an economic downturn requires that you take additional steps just to make sure employers will notice you. In these bad times, writing resume is all about getting noticed. And getting noticed does not mean sending out tons of resumes. What you need to do instead is to submit well written resumes. It could make break or make your chances of getting hired. Here are some helpful tips when writing ...

Career planning is an essential part not only of our professional lives, but our personal lives as well. A carefully planned career can make us topnotch professionals who have huge paychecks and enjoying life at the same time. However, successful careers do not happen just because we close our eyes, take a deep breath, and wish for them. They have to be planned. Here are some tips that can help you plan your career...

In general, job candidates probably have around 30 seconds or less to convince a hiring manager that they are deserving of an interview. A good resume should summarize your accomplishments, education, and work experience, while catching the attention of your potential employer. It should also reflect your strengths. The section below presents an outline of a standard chronological resume. This type of resume best s...

The American economy is in a bad shape and has everyone on edge. During these bad times, however, IT professionals can make a few maneuvers to survive and even flourish during the downturn. According to Michael Kirven, principal and co-founder of IT consulting and staffing company Bluewolf, "When IT is in the crosshairs, the tendency is for people to freeze up and hide out." In an interview with Informa...

Many parents of high school students today are struggling to help their teenagers think about and answer the million-dollar question "What do I want to do with my life?" The New Year’s resolution season is upon us and it’s the perfect time for teens to ponder their professional future. Here are some helpful career tips for teens. Plan your career It’s never too early to gather informatio...

It was meant to be a joke, but there is some truth to it that the resume is the closest anyone would be to becoming perfect. No one would dare put an outright lie – although I know someone who almost got away with it, if only an HR person did not call us up in our school organization and verified if a certain someone was a remember – but how close to the truth are you actually? By this I mean how much w...

One thing I learned from a class I took in college is that the fonts that you use determines who you are. For our homework for that lesson, we were asked to print out our name using a font that typifies us. Bonus points if we could also do the same with the names of our family. That being said, I am a Verdana person. Still, I did not put much notice into it. I just like using Verdana. It must have been its slender ...

Writing your resume can be daunting at first. But look at it this way, you’ll have to go through it virtually every time you will be seeking for a job. And so with this given, you should make it a point to enhance your resume-writing skills. If you do take time to invest in what you need to learn about resume-writing and how this translates to you, you will come out of the experience as a better and more ski...