Resume

Why a $90,000 Job Goes Unfilled

By John Hazard ⋅ November 5, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Despite record unemployment, recruiters said they can’t find enough candidates to fill certain jobs, according to a survey of recruiters by the Human Capital Institute (HCI) and TheLadders, which operates Career-Line.
The trouble for recruiters isn’t finding willing applicants. They can’t find candidates with the necessary skills and industry experience to fill the positions, several recruiters [...]

Indiana Woman Outflanks 500 Resumes to Land $13-an-Hour Job

By John Hazard ⋅ October 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The C.R. England truck-driving school, in Burns Harbor, Ind., received more than 500 resumes for the $13-an-hour administrative assistant job it posted in July. Nearly half of the 500-plus resumes never even made it to consideration, but Tiffany Block, a 28-year-old who submitted her resume late in the application process, managed to steer her resume [...]

Carpet Research is Step One for Marketing Execs at Career Event

By John Hazard ⋅ August 3, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

John began his job search in January when he decided to leave the consumer package-goods company at which he had worked for 35 years. He gave notice that August would be his last month as director of marketing and set about to find a job much the same way he had found consumers for many [...]

Resume Words and Phrases to Avoid

By John Hazard ⋅ July 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

A resume is a far cry from creative writing; the advent of applicant tracking systems that govern resume retrieval at most hiring companies have made the selection of resume format and words as much a science as an art.
Certified professional resume writers follow the trends in ATS software; they establish guidelines on resume formats (such [...]

Is Your Resume Too Long? Use a Resume Addendum

By John Hazard ⋅ June 16, 2009 ⋅ One 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 [...]

The Machine Ate My Resume

By John Hazard ⋅ May 14, 2009 ⋅ 7 comments

Job seekers talk about the resume black hole. You applied for a job. You submitted your resume, either by mail, e-mail or over an Internet resource like TheLadders. And that’s the last you hear of the application, the last time you see that copy of your resume.
Just what happens to your resume after you press [...]

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 [...]

How to Write the Start (and End) to a Resume Cover Letter

By John Hazard ⋅ April 30, 2009 ⋅ One comment

To Whom it may concern,
“I am writing to express interest in the <Insert Job Title> position at <Insert Company Name> … “
I’ve written that greeting a few times in my life, but apparently that’s a bad way to begin a cover letter, according to Jane Ashen Turkewitz, president, T & Jam Resume Services, and managing [...]

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 [...]

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