Written Your Recession Ready Resume Yet?

recession ready resume

You can’t write your resume like you normally do when there is still a lot of uncertainty out there with volatile conditions for both businesses and job seekers alike. Nope. Right now you need a recession ready resume. “What’s that?”, you ask. Well, this style of resume not only needs to include your measurable achievements…

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Create an Ageism-Proof Resume

ageism-proof resume

“How many 55-year-olds did you hire when you were 35?” This is a question I’ll pose to a frustrated older job seeker when they tell me that they are most certainly being discriminated against in their job search because of their age. The question stops them in their tracks. So what is your answer? How…

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6 Iron-Clad Ways To Find Keywords To Optimize Your Executive Resume

search engine optimization for resumes

Optimizing your executive resume means your executive resume must be “SEO friendly” to be found by recruiters looking for candidates like you. More specifically, this means that it has to be rich in keywords that are relevant to the position you are applying to, in order to get past the online screening process and the…

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How to Land a Great Job During the Post COVID-19 Pandemic Boom

Post-COVID-19 job search ideas, including career assessment, networking, interview prep and resume updates.

How to Land a Great Job During the Post COVID-19 Pandemic Boom The potential to land a great job now is unprecedented.  The World Bank stated the global economy is set to expand 5.6 percent in 2021–it’s strongest post-recession pace in 80 years. Additionally, according to Bloomberg News, Barrons, and other economic and financial sources, consumers…

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6 Effective Ways to Customize Your Executive Resume

customize your executive resume

Customizing your executive resume is the key to capturing a hiring manager’s attention and inspiring them to call you for an interview. Sending the same resume to every job opening is a sure-fire formula for remaining interview-less. These six effective ways to customize your executive resume will ensure your resume gets to the front of…

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Why Just Updating Your Resume Isn’t Enough

if you just spend time updating your resume without being strategic you could be leaving thousands of dollars on the table

If you keep updating your resume by simply adding on to it (instead of being strategic with your positioning and branding) then you not only end up with a very disjointed Franken-resume, but you end up leaving tens of thousands of dollars on the table. A comment I made on my friend (and job landing…

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