Today I came across a couple of articles that got me thinking about the workplace and what makes us happy. The first was an oral history of a Toronto Canada landmark – a massive record store on Yonge Street called HMV. A Happy Place to Work HMV was my employer for 13 years and in …
Many people struggle with how to start their resume. Should you write an objective statement describing the type of position you seek? Or should you just launch right into your career history, figuring that\’s what employers most want to see? The answer is neither. Instead, I recommend starting your resume with a strong resume headline …
Today I had an email from a senior-level job seeker who is frustrated at the response to his resume. He has posted his resume on several boards and he spends hours each day scouring job postings and applying to as many as he can. The result? Almost no response. He asked me to take a …
I recently received an email asking whether we have any experience in writing functional resumes. After talking to the job seeker on the phone, I learned that he’s making a career change. He thinks that he needs to distract employers from her background in one industry so they can imagine him in another. For this …
One of the most common mistakes people make when writing a resume is to try and explain everything. Every detail, every situation, every technology used, every job held no matter how short – everything. But this is a mistake. The job of your resume is not to tell the clearest story of what happened – …
Why You Don’t Have to Explain Everything on your Resume Read More »
I’m a big fan of LinkedIn and encourage all my clients to use it actively. I’m even writing a guide on how to make the most of it as a job search tool. But not everything LinkedIn does is a good idea and the Resume Builder tool is a perfect example of this. It sounds …
How LinkedIn Resume Builder Can Ruin Your Job Search Read More »
Not long ago, I was invited to join a brand new business social networking site. Because I like the person who sent the invite, I clicked ‘yes’ and signed up. But having looked around, I decided it was much too early stage to spend time on. For the last 3 days, I’ve received an email …
Just lately, I’ve read a rash of articles claiming to reveal the hard and fast rules of resume writing. They have titles like “5 rules of a great resume” or “10 words you must never use on your resume.” Maybe you’ve read some of these articles. Maybe you’ve even made changes to your resume after …
The One Rule of Resume Writing You Can’t Afford to Ignore Read More »
In the first of this series, I showed you how I made over the resume of a junior web developer. Now I want to take a step up and show you how to revamp your resume if you’re at the manager level. Now, you won’t be able to do everything I did, because your situation …
How to Make Over Your Resume: Real World Example #2 Read More »
Many people resist including their photo on LinkedIn and there are legitimate concerns about this. Perhaps you worry about discrimination. Perhaps you don’t like the photos you have available. But the truth is that your LinkedIn photo is vital. Profiles without photos are far less effective than those that include one. There’s something about seeing …
Why You Must Post a Photo on LinkedIn (and Which One to Choose) Read More »
