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Job Spotlight: Administrative Assistant
There are currently almost half a million open job postings for qualified administrative assistants?do you have what it takes? Employers are seeking applicants with a minimum of an Associate?s...
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According to Ambra Benjamin, an engineering recruiter answering questions over at Quora.com, every recruiter reviews applications differently. However, it may help you polish up the latest version of...
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Revamp Your Resume: 21 Mistakes to Avoid
1. Broad, vague examples of work experience “Essentially,” “Basically,” “More or less” = I am trying to hide what my real job was and pretend I had a different job. Use numbers, facts, and measurable...
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Are You The Only Person on LinkedIn without a RESUME?
There’s no real situation where not having a resume is acceptable these days. You want to be ready to go, with a sheet of paper to back you up, if you need to let someone know about your career...
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8 Red Flags Employers See on Your Resume
Do you send out lots of resumes and never hear back? Recruiters watch for certain items on a resume and, if you have any of those on yours, that might be the reason. Considering recruiters tend to...
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4 Tips to Sneak Soft Skills in Your Resume
Here are some savvy tips you can incorporate soft skills into your resume. It’s often easier to just list your last five positions than to think of creative ways to sell your personality, but consider...
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Is a Two-Page Resume Ever Acceptable?
There is a lot of confusing information out there these days about how long a resume should be. While a resume that goes on for pages is unlikely to be read by a hiring manager, not putting in enough...
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4 Resume Best Practices for 2016
If your resume is a snapshot of your career, what should it look like as we move into 2016? As workplaces and career opportunities change all the time in this digital age, so do the tools. Here are...
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9 Secrets Recruiters Don’t Want You to Know
Recruiters often have information that they do not share with job seekers. While the checklist a recruiter uses to select one candidate over another may vary, there are certain items a recruiter may...
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5 Easy Ways to Bond With New Coworkers
Making friends as a grownup can be really hard. Particularly making friends at work, when you’re the new kid and don’t yet know the dynamics of your office. But there are a few easy steps you can take...
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Ways to Improve Your Resume and Job Search With Expert Cheryl Palmer
During her time at the Department of Labor, Cheryl Palmer saw the need for resume writing and career coaching in the wider workforce. So, she founded Call to Career, a premier resume writing and career...
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3 Super Easy Steps to Make Your Resume Powerful
A resume isn’t just a list of everything you’ve done. It’s your first shot at convincing a company that you’re the perfect fit. Part of that is making clear that your particular skills and experience...
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4 Reasons Your Resume Didn’t Get You a Job Interview
You spent hours crafting what you thought was the perfect resume. You sent it out with your application—which also took hours of your life—and… nothing. You never hear back from that company and you’re...
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6 Resume Tips for Recent Graduates
School can feel like an intense bubble while you’re in it. Classes, papers, grades, and activities take up so much of your time and energy. But then graduation comes, and it’s time and put those skills...
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Why Your Resume Was Thrown in the Trash
We’ve all been there. Proactively firing resumes into the void, uploading and submitting them to job after job, hiring manager after hiring manager, and getting no response. If you’re wasting a whole...
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Should You Include a Summary on Your Resume?
Gone are the old days of the “Objective” paragraph at the top of a resume. Everywhere you look, job gurus are insisting that the “Summary” statement is the next new thing. Does that mean we should all...
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What Would Mark Zuckerberg’s Resume Look Like if Facebook Failed
We all spend so much time fretting about what is and what is not on our resumes. We also spend a great deal of time idolizing tech billionaires and entrepreneurs who went an unorthodox route and really...
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