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Advice from a Resume and Personal Branding Expert
Who Gives the Best Job Search Advice?
The "Best" Job Search Advice May Not Apply to You There is A LOT of great advice out there on tactics and strategies to enhance your job search, improve your resume and ensure you hit all the high notes in job interviews. There are some amazing experts in the field...
Is Your Resume Cursed?
QUESTION: What’s the number one problem rendering your resume ineffective? ANSWER: The curse of knowledge. What is the Curse of Knowledge? The curse of knowledge manifests when you know something that your reader does not know and you have to communicate it in...
What Should You Write About on LinkedIn?
What Should You Write About On LinkedIn? LinkedIn is a place to begin the KNOW - LIKE - TRUST progression necessary to establish mutually beneficial business relationships. As many of you who have spent time with me in LinkedIn optimization sessions know, LinkedIn can...
Job Search Advice for New Grads
While the bulk of my clientele is senior level to executive level professionals, I get the occasional new grad who wants a resume. More often I get the new grad looking for advice on how to sharpen up their resume. So here is some of the advice I give to the juniors,...
The Importance of Job Titles in Your Career
Maybe it’s a vocational hazard, but in the course of meeting new people, I will always ask them what their job title is. Because I’ve written countless resumes, I have learned so much about industries, job responsibilities and job titles. When I hear someone’s job...
Job Search Best Practices – Resume Length
Just as there are best practices in all industries and professions there are best practices you should apply to your job search. Many of them have stood the test of time. Here's #1 in a 5 part series. Your resume should be as long as it needs to be. People will...