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Is Your Resume Too Long? Use a Resume Addendum

By John Hazard ⋅ June 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Your resume doesn’t need to describe everything do or did. It’s an advertisement for you, the product. But there will be times when the advertisement doesn’t dive deep enough into your role or the project that resulted.
An interviewer might want more detail on a project than your resume can offer and in more detail than [...]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: Show Me Your Past Success

By John Hazard ⋅ May 21, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft, wants to know what you have accomplished in your career.
“The best predictor of future success is past success,” Ballmer told the New York Sunday Times for the Sunday Business section’s May 17 “Corner Office” Q&A. “It’s not 100 percent, but it’s a reasonable predictor.”
To get the data, he said [...]

What Can Your Employment References Say About You?

By John Hazard ⋅ May 1, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Can your references hurt your chances for a job?
You can hand pick the personal references you want to offer glowing reviews of your service. If you have a mar on your career history, you just omit that boss from your reference list. Simple enough. The Human Resources personnel at your past employers aren’t allowed to [...]

Beware of Job References

By John Hazard ⋅ March 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

John O’Connor, a career coach, warns in a column for TheLadders Career Advice, How References Can Derail Your Career, of the dangers that lie beneath your references.
“Alex Partain” thought his resume and interviews went well with a Fortune 100 technology company. Even in a recession, he blew past most of his friends and secured seven [...]