Resumes, Social Media Profiles & Bios
Filtering Resume Feedback: Who Should You Listen To and Who Should You Ignore
“Show your resume to 50 people and get 75 opinions” ~Lisa Rangel Everyone has an opinion about your resume. Yet all resume feedback and advice is not created equal. Here are some points to use when evaluating solicited or unsolicited feedback on your resume. You will be surprised that some of the well-intentioned people you…
Read More6 Ways to Ensure The Cover Letter You Write Is Read
Writing a great cover letter that is specific to each job search application is a must in today’s career marketplace. Using a one-size-fits-all, general cover letter for all your applications and communications is not an effective means to uniquely presenting yourself in a job search. The following six cover letter tips will help you write…
Read MoreSmall (But Important) Resume Mistakes All Executives Should Avoid
Resume faux pas can really cost an executive the interview. Simply put, at this stage in the game you should know how to write a killer resume, but there’s so much confusion out there that even the most experienced professionals fumble. Avoid the following executive resume mistakes and you’ll be way ahead of the game.…
Read More6 Iron-Clad Ways To Find Keywords To Optimize Your Executive Resume
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…
Read More5 Strategies to Sync Your LinkedIn Profile and Resume for Optimal Impact
One of the biggest mistakes I see executive job seekers make, is not properly synchronizing two of their most powerful job search tools: your LinkedIn profile and your resume. Not only do job seekers fail to take advantage of syncing the two materials together to make each of them stronger on their own, they…
Read MoreDemystifying LinkedIn Keywords
If you want to get found by recruiters on LinkedIn you have to know a thing or two about using keywords. Keywords are relevant terms found within your profile that will make it easy for recruiters to find you when they are searching for certain words or phrases. Think of it as SEO (Search Engine…
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