How to Address a Layoff on Your Resume

August 23rd, 2010

If you can help it, stay employed; if you can’t, use your resume to work around the issue. Read the story here.

Resume Advice: Who to Ask

July 15th, 2010

You need resume advice. Do you turn to a recruiter, a career coach, a professional resume writer? What about a professional association or government career center? I talked to professionals from these categories and came up with an insider’s guide to the type of resume guidance you can expect from each of these resources. Read on.

How Full-Time Parents Can Reclaim a Full-Time Job

July 7th, 2010

You don’t have to be paid for your efforts to list them as work experience on your resume. Check out these tales of full-time parents and how resume professionals helped to frame their experience and skills and get them back to full-time work.

How to Reapply After a Rejection

June 23rd, 2010

Don’t give up! Here’s how to tweak your resume and try again.

Are Video Resumes Ready for Their Closeup?

June 23rd, 2010

Video is one way to stand out, but so is networking, researching the company and writing directly to the right person. Read the story here.

Trade Up to an Executive Summary

June 22nd, 2010

Employers already know your goal is to get a job, so ditch the objective statement and instead write a summary that compels them to read on. This story will lead you through constructing a pithy eye-grabber and gives superlative samples of same.

In Through the Side Door

June 14th, 2010

If you’re not scoring many interviews by applying for jobs and forwarding your resume to HR, try some of these creative means to get the hiring manager’s attention. Read the story here.