SelfGrowth.com articles for Resume Writing

$100K+ Job Search Stopper You Don't Realize You're Doing

Ken@TheResumeBridge.com — Mon, 2 Aug 2010 12:00:00 am

What does a broken $100K+ job search have in common with a broken relationship? Poor communication that damages a $100K+ job search is like ruining a friend or family relationship that you really don’t want to lose. It is a self-inflicted wound that worsens over time and most often it cannot ...

Set S.M.A.R.T. Resume Goals & Get Your Dream Job

mhebda@certifiedcareercoaches.com — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:00:00 am

Locating and securing a job is a job in itself. In fact, many people dread the employment search process because it is often very tedious, grueling, time consuming and unrewarding. We are frequently mistreated, misunderstood and misrepresented. The up side to this dilemma is we can eliminate ...

Why Should You Keep Your Resume Updated?

mhebda@certifiedcareercoaches.com — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:00:00 am

Whether the economy is crashing or booming, it is crucial to keep your resume updated and ready to be sent out on a moment's notice! There is no such thing as job security in today's world. Many unfortunate people were shocked to learn that when they found themselves jobless in 2008 and 2009. ...

Leveraging a Reentry Client's Volunteer Experience

mhebda@certifiedcareercoaches.com — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:00:00 am

If you are reentering the job market and have relevant volunteer experience, be sure to include it. It counts! A recent client wanted to reenter the job market after taking time off for children. Her earlier career had been in residential real estate and Xerox equipment sales. Her new job ...

Your Cover Letter's Magic

mhebda@certifiedcareercoaches.com — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:00:00 am

What magic is involved in preparing a cover letter? The cover letter - sometimes known as an application letter for employment - literally covers, or is placed first, over your presented or mailed resume. Usually read first, it is intended to encourage a potential employer to read over your ...

4 Top Reasons Your Job Search Struggles

Ken@TheResumeBridge.com — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 3:27:38 pm

Why is it that nearly every job seeker puts ten times the energy and effort into the job search than what they get back in return? To speak in business terms (and running your job search should be treated like a business), where’s the return-on-investment (ROI)? Hope is not enough. You hope ...

3 Things to Build Rapport During Job Search

Ken@TheResumeBridge.com — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 3:27:38 pm

Rapport means making a connection. You can connect on many levels. The interview is to backup your resume and make a stronger connection about your ability to produce future results. It's also to see how you will fit in with the rest of the staff and work environment. Balancing Act You ...

Top Secrets of Expert Resumes

mhebda@certifiedcareercoaches.com — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 2:04:47 pm

It seems no matter how good we have it, we all want a better job. That means keeping track of job listings, networking, tracking down leads, analyzing potential employers and scheduling interviews. But these depend on other people, word of mouth, and the quality and quantity of job postings ...

The Perils of Online Posting

mhebda@certifiedcareercoaches.com — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:00:30 pm

I was captivated by a CNN interview with an unemployed father named Eric Bell. Mr. Bell was laid off and immediately took the shotgun approach to job hunting that I passionately argue against. As a mid-level manager with a solid employment history, Eric figured he'd simply post his resume ...

Getting The Most Out of a Job Fair

mhebda@certifiedcareercoaches.com — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:00:31 pm

You spend days preparing for that big career fair, where you'll meet your dream employer who will throw lots of money your way because YOU are the one they've been waiting for. However, the reality is that many people who attend job fairs are left disappointed, frustrated and jobless. Here ...

Why You Need a Personal Brand

mhebda@certifiedcareercoaches.com — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:00:31 pm

What do the most successful people over 50 have in common? They know and express who they are. They have honed and communicated their professional identity and made others aware of their personal attributes - their expertise, talents, and deepest commitments. In other words, these people have ...

Objectives in a Resume: Yes or No?

mhebda@certifiedcareercoaches.com — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:00:31 pm

Arguments abound, even among career professionals, about whether or not you should put an objective on your resume. Here are some PROS and CONS to consider about objectives: 1. You need to know where you want the resume to take you, and you need to make sure it's crystal-clear to the ...

No Second First Impression

mhebda@certifiedcareercoaches.com — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:00:31 pm

As the saying goes, "you don't get a second chance to make a good first impression." People tend to form judgments based on what they see and hear during the first few seconds. Extended contact may modify their initial judgment but probably won't change it significantly. In terms of job or ...

5 Sure-Fire Steps to a New Job

mhebda@certifiedcareercoaches.com — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 4:08:57 pm

The new year is here - budgets are fresh, positions are open and every statistic points to aggressive hiring. Here are 5 sure-fire steps that will get you a competitive edge and land you that job. 1). Get a professional resume done. Don't even think about doing it yourself as the state of the ...

How Do I Get Hired After Age 50?

mhebda@certifiedcareercoaches.com — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:25:53 pm

"How Do I Get Hired After Age 50?" I'm getting tons of clients coming to me with this very question. The key is recognizing and remembering that your work experience can play a *supportive* role as well as a leadership role with organizations. The two need not be mutually exclusive. If you're ...

Bringing Out The Real You In Your Resume

mhebda@certifiedcareercoaches.com — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:25:53 pm

There's a widespread frustration held by business executives that their resumes' cannot adequately describe "the real me." I've challenged this notion with the following comments and suggestions: I'm pleased to read how many executives are put off by the idea that they might be encapsulated ...

ASCII Resumes: An Essential Ingredient to Today's Job Search

mhebda@certifiedcareercoaches.com — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:25:53 pm

ASCII (pronounced ask-ee) stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. So what's that mean? Computers can only read numbers. Technically speaking, ASCII is a numerical representation of the letters, digits, punctuation marks, and other symbols used in conversational English. ...

Age-Old Question: Should I Lie About My Age On a Resume?

mhebda@certifiedcareercoaches.com — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:25:54 pm

"Should I Lie About My Age On a Resume?" * I am too old * I've never managed anyone directly * I don't have Microsoft Excel experience * I have a job gap from 2002-2004 You'll never see these above items on a resume because the purpose of the resume is to put your best foot (or ...

4 Steps To A Perfect Resume

mhebda@certifiedcareercoaches.com — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:26:03 pm

Looking for feedback on my work, I sent the exact same resume to 2 trusted recruiters and got the following two gut reactions: * "Great format but the writing could be more salesy." * "Compelling content but the format is bland." The take home message: You can't please everyone. That ...

3 Reasons Never to Include Your Street Address on Your Resume

mhebda@certifiedcareercoaches.com — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 1:02:52 pm

Below are the three reasons never to include your street address on your resume: 1. Personal Safety If you post your resume online, you're opening yourself to security risk. Most of us wouldn't include our home address on Facebook posts, personal Web pages, or tweets but we never think ...

How to Impress Employers Before They Even See Your Resume

mhebda@certifiedcareercoaches.com — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 1:01:00 pm

Ah. After much hard work, your resume is beautiful! You've spent countless hours (and perhaps a chunk of change) perfecting both its content and appearance and now you're ready to send it out to fulfill its primary duty--landing you an interview. Or several. And fast. What you may not ...

Negotiate for what you're worth: 10 tips to get you through the stormy job market

jeri@workwrite.net — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 1:00:45 pm

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the job market, rumors of a double-dip recession and even depression cloud the economic and employment horizon. On the panic meter, being out of a job right now is second only to having just retired. It's been an employer's market regarding ...

Why the Resume is an Endangered Species

mhebda@certifiedcareercoaches.com — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:24:50 pm

As a professional resume writer, I don't like to admit this, but the resume is going the way of gray suit, the fax machine, and the generous pension plan. No, the resume isn't in danger of immediate extinction. But it is certainly endangered. Resumes are a relic of a traditional employment ...

How Many Contacts and Resumes Are Enough? 10, 100, 1,000?

peggy@phcconsulting.com — Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:41:36 am

How many contacts and resumes are enough? That is an excellent question. Perhaps the answer is simpler and at the same time more frustrating than we would like. As success driven people, we like concrete answers with concrete solutions performed in a concrete, fixed period of time. Yet, in this ...

Dusting Off - The Old Résumé

msparker@parkercprw.com — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:00:00 am

In May 2010, the Georgia Department of Labor reported that over 57,000 initial unemployment claims were filed with Atlanta leading other state regions in claims; reporting just over 28,000. If you are a statistic of the 10.2% unemployed citizens in the state of Georgia, you know ...

Resume Writing: Learn How To Write A Killer Summary

perickson@avitacareermanagement.com — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:00:00 am

It is probably pretty obvious that in the current economic market employers don’t have lots of time to dedicate to reading resumes. Nowadays, they get high volume responses to even the lowest level jobs. It makes sense that employers will seek out only well written resumes. They will eliminate ...

3 Simple Things You Can Do To Strengthen Your Resume

peggy@phcconsulting.com — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:00:00 am

As a medical sales recruiter, I specialize in placing sales and sales management professionals, and I’ve seen tens of thousands of resumes throughout my career. Since I often sift through them quickly, it takes a great resume to stand out from the crowd and get my attention. And job seekers in ...

10 Proven Tips for Your Medical Sales Job Search Success

peggy@phcconsulting.com — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:00:00 am

Your job search is one of the most significant tasks you’ll ever have. What job you end up with determines how you’ll spend the majority of hours in your day, how much money you’ll have, and how satisfied you are with your life. It’s worth making the effort to end up where you’ll be happy. ...

How to Write a Resume Using Added-Value Skills to Sell Yourself to Employers

intjring@yahoo.com — Mon, 9 Aug 2010 3:44:21 pm

The Heavy Diesel Truck Technician drafting his resume wonders whether to include sales skills learned in a position he once had working in a mall kiosk. At the same time, an applicant for Store Manager puzzles over whether to highlight her administrative experience using Microsoft ...

What Should be Included in Your Executive Resume

heather@heathereagar.com — Sun, 30 May 2010 12:00:00 am

n. Writing executive resumes can be a challenging project, especially when you don’t write them on a regular basis. One reason this is the case is because they are so much more entailed than other resumes. Indeed, there are more key components that should be included in executive resumes to ...

Why Formatting Your Resume for Technology is Crucial

heather@heathereagar.com — Fri, 28 May 2010 12:08:40 pm

As you know, conducting a successful job search is an ever-evolving process. In the past, you needed to make sure you rounded up plenty of newspapers, found some good resume paper and had plenty of stamps and envelopes in order to apply for jobs. Then as technology changed, the process of ...

Free Resume Samples May Be Worth A Lot

sarikap81@yahoo.co.in — Fri, 28 May 2010 12:08:40 pm

There may be the perception that free resume samples are worthless. There is this mistaken impression that something is free and therefore of no value. However this is untrue when you are talking about free resumes or free resume templates. Because from the sites that offer you this free service ...

CV Categories

churchillbrook@gmail.com — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:00:00 am

In July 1997 Fortune Magazine printed some quotes from real life CVs, including ' I have an excellent track record, although I am not a horse' and 'Let's meet so you can 'ooh' and 'aah' over my experience'. Both great sentiments and definitely attention grabbing, but not necessarily going to get ...

Features Of A Winning Resume

sarikap81@yahoo.co.in — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:00:00 am

Typically yours is one of dozens (if not more) resumes that a potential employer is sifting through to short list candidates for the interview for any job. So if your resume is not able to say anything special or if it does not set itself apart from others on a qualitative basis, then chances ...

How to Supercharge Your Executive Resume

heather@heathereagar.com — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:53:58 am

It’s not always easy to know what to do with your executive resume when you realize that it’s not getting you jobs, but you don’t exactly know why. Sometimes your resume requires a few minor tweaks and sometimes it needs a complete overhaul. Then there are times that it just needs a boost to ...

Is Your Resume Making it Easy for the Recruiter to Exclude You From Consideration?

angie@anewresume.com — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:53:58 am

Have you ever wondered why some recruiters prefer that job seekers provide self-written resumes rather than hiring a professional resume writer? As President of Haute Resume & Career Services, LLC, an Executive Recruiter and Certified Professional Executive Resume Writer, the majority of ...

TIPS TO CREATE IMPRESSIVE RESUME THAT GRABS EMPLOYERS ATTENTION

info@brick7.co.za — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:53:58 am

The Cover Letter A resume cover letter is nearly as important as the resume itself. If the cover letter does not show the employer a top rate employee, he or she may decide to go with another applicant. It is extremely important to make sure to address each point that is mentioned in the ad you ...

Are You a Determined or Desperate Job Seeker?

heather@heathereagar.com — Sat, 8 May 2010 12:00:00 am

When you’re anxiously awaiting your next job opportunity, sometimes it’s easy to walk the fine line between being a determined job seeker and desperate one. Of course, it’s not uncommon to feel desperate when you’re ready to get a job, but being desperate is something that should be practiced in ...

Functional Resume Samples Are the Opposite of Dull

alun.maxwell@talk21.com — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:53:58 am

'I want functional resume samples so I can write resumes that get me in for the interview'. Nothing wrong with that statement. The trouble is that for many of us, a cursory glance over some functional resume samples that have proven to work may still not convince us that there's anything wrong ...

Is Hiring a Resume Writer for You?

heather@heathereagar.com — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:53:58 am

Are you ready to write your next resume only to realize that you’re really not that ready? It may be that you’re not sure what to add to the resume. Or it could be that you’re now sure how to pull together all of the information that you do have in a way that shows you’re the right person for ...

Four Key Career Stoppers for College Graduates

careerwatch123@gmail.com — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:00:00 am

The purpose of going to college is to obtain necessary education and experience required to kick-start a professional career. Students and jobseekers need to have some essential skills to become successful in their careers. Whether it is about creating the perfect resume, polishing your ...

Unique Tips for Helping Executive Recruiters Find Your Resume

heather@heathereagar.com — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:00:00 am

With more people than ever vying for the same executive job opportunities, it’s important that you take every unique step possible to make sure that recruiters can find your resume among the many others out there. But how exactly can you get this done? Here are some tips to make sure to help ...

10 Reasons to say when you look for a new job

maarteen@internetadvantage.com — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 4:27:36 pm

We all know the feeling: you want to apply for a new profession. In order to do this, you have to write a job resume, make sure that the resume you write is appropriate; it is necessary to know if you need a professional resume, a manager resume,… And if you are not sure how to write it in a ...

Avoid Making Your Resume Look Unprofessional

heather@heathereagar.com — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 4:27:36 pm

It can be frustrating to put a lot of work into a resume only to realize that it is not bringing back any interviewing opportunities. While this feeling isn’t a good one, it is good to know that there are a number of reasons that this could be occurring. One is that there is a large pool of ...

What Is Wrong With My CV?

sarikap81@yahoo.co.in — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 4:27:36 pm

If you find that your resume or CV has been doing the rounds but is seeming to yield no interview calls then perhaps you need to take a long hard look to see what is wrong with it. There are a number of free resume sites that will offer the bare bones of how to write a resume, but you need to ...

Content is the Key to an Effective Cover Letter

ruthberry05@aol.com — Fri, 14 May 2010 5:15:55 pm

For a professional position, the initial application process demands two essential documents: the cover letter and the resume. Yet, the cover letter contributes more on the success rate of an applicant in passing the preliminary round than the resume. The resume serves to back up the points you ...

No Work Experience? You Can Still Create A Great Resume!

sarikap81@yahoo.co.in — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 4:27:36 pm

For anyone who is fresh out of school or college and is looking to enter the job market, it could be an intimidating task; learning how to write a resume. It is natural to feel trepidatious of the task at hand, particularly because one has no actual work experience to speak about at this stage. ...

Does Your Executive Resume Scream Visionary?

heather@heathereagar.com — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 4:27:37 pm

It seems that when it comes to being an executive, some ideas should be already understood. For instance, people should understand that you’ve worked very hard to get to where you are in life. Also, people should understand that you intend to continue your journey in the same direction as you ...

What Goes in an Executive Portfolio?

charlotte@weekscareerservices.com — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 4:27:37 pm

Other than a resume and a biography, what’s included in your executive portfolio will depend both on your background and on your career goals. With a resume limited to three pages at the most, there may be additional information you would like a hiring manager or board to see. Including ...

Networking Tips You May Find Useful - Part II

sarikap81@yahoo.co.in — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 6:02:00 am

There are a number of networking tips that are as important if not more important than your resume when it comes to getting a job. As we saw in part 1 of this article, your resumes are no doubt important, but networking the right way is at least as important. Networking makes a personal impact ...