Finding resume help online is a fairly easy task as there are literally thousands of web sites offering information from properly formatting your resume and writing a strong resume objective to resume related services offering templates, builders, and wizards. Unfortunately, just the vast numbers of sites with information available on the internet can be a little intimidating to the average job seeker. Read the rest of this entry »
A resume objective can be described as a short, powerful statement normally positioned at the top of your resume. A resume objective tells the employer exactly what values you will bring to their organization. Knowing that employers scan each resume at a very rapid pace before determining whether they should read it or not, the objective maximizes your opportunity to grab their attention in those precious few seconds. Read the rest of this entry »
Recruiters are reporting a higher numbers of positions to fill than in months past. And most are turning to career websites to instantly find qualified candidates currently on the market. However, with so many available candidates, and the large fees charged them by the larger job boards, many hiring managers have turned to a variety of the smaller job boards to look for new employees. Read the rest of this entry »
Resume formats and samples are fairly easy to find on the internet. In fact, if I do a search on Google for the term resume format one of the first things that comes up is link for image results for resume format. Clicking on this link will take you to pages of resume samples in various formats. Read the rest of this entry »
I found an interesting article today at SalesCareersOnline.com and thought I would share it. The article discusses the difference between posting your resume to job sites and blasting it all over the world via a resume blasting service. Read the rest of this entry »
As written previously in my Resume Templates 101 post, I mentioned the Microsoft template page as a great choice. In addition, a few other sites I find worthy of mentioning include some free and some paid options. Here are a few sites I think offer a good choice when it comes to finding resume templates online: Read the rest of this entry »
Posting a resume online requires a lot of time and investigation when there are literally thousands of job boards to choose from. Selecting from the large job boards versus the smaller niche job boards doesn’t guarantee that your resume will be viewed by the right person. Read the rest of this entry »
When I first started searching the internet for information and resources that would help me create the perfect resume, I frequently ran across a tool or a service called a Resume Wizard. A resume wizard is simply a tool that through a few simple steps of questions and answers can help you create a resume. Read the rest of this entry »
When it comes to finding Resume Templates one of the first places I always look is the Microsoft Templates Homepage. Microsoft has done a great job of accumulating a collection of templates for just about everything. Resumes happens to be one of them! Read the rest of this entry »
When it comes to writing your resume, getting professional advice is a smart move. When I first started writing my resume I was overwhelmed with trying to determine the best structure and exactly what I wanted to achieve. Read the rest of this entry »