The economy is slowly improving. There may be more jobs available but that also means that your competition is stepping up their job search. Make sure your activities are bringing the results you want. After a long couple of years of continuous job losses, the economy Read more…

Historically, having a significant gap in your professional employment has been seen as a huge negative on a resume.  However, given that a May Gallup poll showed that 19% of the American population is underemployed (either not working or working part-time instead of full-time), there are Read more…

People often ask me why anyone would seek professional help with writing his or her resume.  The great part about resume writing is that I often work with educated professionals who have years of great experience.  Unfortunately, they just don’t know how to get their resumes Read more…

If you’re currently searching for a job, LinkedIn offers a free and easy way to create a presence for yourself online.  While some people think of the site as simply another place to post their resumes, it offers many other career promotion tools as well.  For Read more…

I think I’m beginning to sound borderline preachy with my resume and cover letter advice.  But I also feel I have a duty to share with job seekers the blunders and mistakes they make that prevent them from getting the interview and ultimately the offer.  After Read more…

Knowing what I do for a living, friends sometimes call me when they see particularly outstanding resumes—good or bad.  This week I got a call from a friend who’s a hiring manager at a technology company.  He received a resume that was so creative that they Read more…