Category Archives: Career Resume

How to Write a Proposal Cover Letter

Kelly Barnard November 23, 2021 Like the devilishly tempting Hostess Ding Dongs treat, a proposal cover letter has to be short, sweet, and dense. Unlike that aforementioned hockey puck of delectability, proposal cover letters cannot be mass-produced. To write a proposal cover letter with nary a wasted word, you first need to understand its strategic … Continue reading How to Write a Proposal Cover Letter →

10 Tips to Enhance Your Resume and Attract Hiring Managers

Career Resume

Sarah Bentley October 15, 2021 Are you currently looking for a new opportunity or want to spruce up your resume if the right position comes along? Your resume may not only be out of date but look out of date too. So often, the professionals that we do resume updates for need reformatting and some … Continue reading 10 Tips to Enhance Your Resume and Attract Hiring Managers →

How to Write a Bio As an Older Professional: 10 Tips to Stand Out

Career Resume

Wendy Marx July 26, 2021 What’s the first thing you do when you hear about somone in your industry? If you’re like me, you Google them. You check out their Twitter, LinkedIn, and website, if they have one. And on all of these, you read their bio. This illustrates why your bio is so important. … Continue reading How to Write a Bio As an Older Professional: 10 Tips to Stand Out →

How to Build an Effective Resume That Gets You Hired – 13 Tips

Career Resume

Peter Navarro July 1, 2021 Due to my profession I have to read a large number of resumes every day, so I’m more aware than others of the most common mistakes in their writing. Given the enormous importance of this document in the career path, I would like to be able to contribute some simple … Continue reading How to Build an Effective Resume That Gets You Hired – 13 Tips →

Why Are Cover Letters Still Important?

Career Resume

Why Are Cover Letters Still Important? Getting a job was hard enough before the pandemic threw the whole business world into disarray. Downsizing and budget cuts meant that the available openings were few and far between. These problems were exacerbated by rising unemployment and a bunch of other crises. Although the economy is opening up … Continue reading Why Are Cover Letters Still Important? →

4 Guidelines to Help You Build an Excellent Career Page

Career Resume

Hachem Ramki November 30, 2020 A great career page can be a powerful tool for talent acquisition. It has the capacity to inform, entice, and convert curious visitors into excited applicants. It’s your brand’s direct line of communication with the talent market, and it plays the role of fully representing and promoting your brand. Its … Continue reading 4 Guidelines to Help You Build an Excellent Career Page →

An Effective Resume Increases Your Chances of an Interview by 316%

Career Resume

Stephen Greet November 23, 2020 Conversations on the topic of resumes and job searching are riddled with anecdotes. This makes sense. Looking for a job is an incredibly personal experience. There are so many variables at play that it can seem nearly impossible to draw any overarching conclusions about the process. For any given person … Continue reading An Effective Resume Increases Your Chances of an Interview by 316% →

7 Ways to Take Your Resume to the Next Level

Career Resume

McLean Mills — April 23, 2020 jaydeep_ / Pixabay For every job opening, hiring managers and recruiters are bombarded with hundreds of resumes to review. Since they simply don’t have the time to go through and carefully read each one, they are always looking for reasons to toss aside any application they feel is subpar … Continue reading 7 Ways to Take Your Resume to the Next Level →

22 of the Biggest Resume Mistakes to Avoid at All Costs

Career Resume

Stefan Palios — January 20, 2020 Job hunting is a lot like online dating, which makes your resume like your dating profile. You apply for a role in the hopes that you get an interview, which is almost like asking someone on a date. After a few interviews, you see if you’d like to make … Continue reading 22 of the Biggest Resume Mistakes to Avoid at All Costs →

5 Questions to Ask Your Professional Resume Writer

Career Resume

Amanda Clark — November 8, 2019 Follow @GrammarChicInc Hiring a professional resume writer can feel oddly personal; after all, in a sense, you’re essentially enlisting someone you barely know to tell the story of your career. Actually, it’s not quite as strange as it seems. You obviously know your professional history and your value as … Continue reading 5 Questions to Ask Your Professional Resume Writer →