Posts Tagged ‘resume’
6 Effective Ways to 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…
Read MoreSometimes It’s Not Ageism, It’s Economics
Sometimes It’s Not Ageism, It’s Economics “It’s ageism!” This is the response I get when I ask senior-level job seekers why they think they are experiencing challenges in their job search… when they never experienced trouble before. “I am doing everything that I used to do that worked and now it’s just not working” is…
Read MoreWhy Just Updating Your Resume Isn’t Enough
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…
Read MoreThe Worst Resume I Have Ever Seen
The Worst Resume I Have Ever Seen Will a recruiter think you have the worst resume they have ever seen? Will they think you are marketing yourself poorly and then second guess wanting to represent you?
Read MoreDo You Have an Irresponsible Resume?
Do You Have an Irresponsible Resume? Here is a self-audit for you to do on your own resume: How many times do you use the phrase “responsible for”?
Read MoreThe Executive Resume Mistake That Broke My Heart
The Executive Resume Mistake That Broke My Heart “I have submitted to over 700 online jobs and I haven’t received one reply. I have been unemployed for over a year. I’m at my wits end. I don’t know what to do…” So I take a look at his resume…
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