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Some Finance Jobs For Hire, Say Financial Recruiters

By Donald Sears ⋅ June 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

While the larger employment picture is rather challenging, the story here is that there are some financial, banking and investment companies are hiring finance jobs.

Resume Metrics: Make It Count

By John Hazard ⋅ April 28, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

“Bill” was the “No. 1 sales performer in U.S. for two years” when he worked at Verizon Wireless. Sounds pretty good, but it probably means nothing to a hiring manager, said Ken Moore, a certified professional resume writer who works with TheLadders and the man who excised that line from Bill’s resume.
There was “no qualification [...]

No College Degree, Not a Resume Problem for IT Exec

By John Hazard ⋅ April 28, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Lisa had 15 years of experience in IT. She had a laundry list of projects and budgets under her name at work and successes under her belt. But she had no bachelor’s degree, and it was an embarrassment and concern when she went looking for a job, she told TheLadders reporter Lisa Vaas.
Lisa, who asked [...]

Resume Translation

By John Hazard ⋅ April 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

C.J. Berman wasn’t a salesman; he was a fundraiser.
For 14 years Berman had raised money for non-[profit organizations establishing funds research AIDS, cure skin cancer and other worthwhile causes. But in an industry that gives away it’s own profits and runs on low overhead, job security is hard to come by. Berman was laid off [...]

Drop the Shop Talk and Jargon from your Resume

By John Hazard ⋅ April 24, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Every industry has its own language. Law enforcement talks about “perps” and “10-37’s;” doctors refer to “baseline testing” and say “Stat;” and technology executives speak in a code all their own.
Fluency in your job’s native tongue might be important to a manager during an interview, but too much shop talk can get you into trouble [...]

More than an MBA Resume

By John Hazard ⋅ April 9, 2009 ⋅ One comment

“Rajan” worked for more than 30 years in IT, but he decided he could do more (and make more) on the business side of the house, so he went back to school and received an M.B.A.
I many ways, Rajan’s story (he asked that his real name not be used) is a common one. It is [...]

Resume Accomplishments: It’s All Relative

By John Hazard ⋅ April 9, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Do your accomplishments as a team manager stack up to the accomplishments of a Fortune-500 CEO? Sure they do. It’s all relative, said Gary Capone, a recruiter and author of the Palladian Career Resources blog.
He wrote yesterday about identifying impressive accomplishments and cited two resumes he read that day – one from a senior manufacturing [...]

Resume Tip: Don’t Bury Your Promotions

By John Hazard ⋅ March 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Did you bury the best part of your resume in a pile of words? Of course not, you said it right there in plain English: “took on multiple tasks…” “assumed responsibility for project…”
But it might not be so clear to the person reading your resume that you’re trying to express that your past employers promoted [...]

Start Your Resume Before Your Job Search

By John Hazard ⋅ March 20, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Common practice is to put pen to resume paper only when you’re well into the job search and ready to apply for a position. You might even change the resume every time you apply.
Donald Burns, a certified professional resume writer who works with TheLadders, told reporter Patty Orsini for an article, “Write the Resume Before [...]

A Resume Trim After for a Long Career

By John Hazard ⋅ March 12, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

“Leslie,” a vice president at one of Wall Streets biggest names, didn’t want to share her name or the companies she worked for in her 30-year career. But she gave us an enlightening story on the changes she needed to make to her resume in order to get a job.
Leslie had plenty of experience. She [...]

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