Posted on July 7, 2010
by Lisa Vaas
in Job Hunt Science, Resume writing
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.
Posted on June 23, 2010
by Lisa Vaas
in Resume writing, Video resume
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.
Posted on April 27, 2010
by Lisa Vaas
in Job Hunt Science, Resume writing
Unless you’re prepared to edit out old information and streamline the rest, your resume becomes an outdated clutter. Click here for the full story.
Posted on March 12, 2010
by Lisa Vaas
in Job Hunt Science, Resume writing
Parting can be such not-sweet sorrow if your explanation is clunky in an interview. In this article I give tips on positioning your resume (and your head) to provide a positive answer to the question: “Why did you leave?”
Posted on March 12, 2010
by Lisa Vaas
in Uncategorized
Here’s how to avoid putting a negative spin on your work glitches and how to stop hiring managers from wondering what you really did with your time. Read the story here.
Posted on February 22, 2010
by Lisa Vaas
in Job Hunt Science, Resume writing
I wrote this last spring but need to get it on my blog because I keep referring to it and have to keep tracking down the URL! Click here if you didn’t catch the package in the first go-round. It covers how to format a resume so that the software that recruiters use to store [...]
Posted on February 15, 2010
by Lisa Vaas
in Job Hunt Science, Resume writing
I interviewed HR managers to find out which resume mistakes they see over and over again and how to avoid them. Click on through for the checklist I came up with to make sure your resume isn’t one of the clunkers.
Posted on February 8, 2010
by Lisa Vaas
in Job Hunt Science, Resume writing
Writing about yourself is hard, even for many professional writers. But brainstorming techniques can get the ball rolling and the creative juices flowing. Check out the story here.