In his address to the graduates of Prager University (see the video here), Mike Rowe advised against following their passion to choose a career path. He is right in the sense that following your passion is too simplistic. Passion can be fickle, especially in young people. You can be crazy about photography one week and taken with biology the next. The passion you need for
The main thing to know about your education section is how to prevent it from hurting your chances of landing an interview. Unless your college experience was less than three years ago, the education section of your resume will follow the experience section, and it is going to be short and sweet. Training and certifications may be a longer story. For recent grads with little
The experience section is the heart of your resume. It gives hiring authorities evidence that you are the best qualified candidate for the job. For most candidates, the experience section is placed immediately after the summary section. Exceptions who should place the education section right after the summary include: Recent graduates without much relevant work experience. Academics or technicians whose educational background is the most
Is your resume suffering a breakdown? If it hasn’t netted you the number of interviews you need to be able to land a good job offer, then it’s broken. We’ll take the next four blog posts to dive deep into resume content so that you can understand just how to fix it. The top half of the first page of your resume is like Boardwalk
I love working with people in technical fields. We understand each other’s concern for being precise and getting things right. The thing that can hang up detail-oriented people who try to write resumes is – you guessed it – the details. I have seen 10-page resumes that include every project in every position the candidate ever held, including those from internships and university class projects.
One of the best updates you can give your resume is incorporating evidence of your accomplishments. Most people just list their duties and responsibilities, hoping an employer will understand their potential. The trouble is, that doesn’t happen. “Called on customers, demonstrated products, and closed sales” is a description of a sales process, almost any sales process. The fact that you used this sales process
Your resume doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It is a living document that is molded to the job it is given. Many people come to me with a request for a new resume, but they have not yet decided on the type of job they want to land. This is akin to going target shooting before you set up the target. You can shoot a
The most basic rule of resume writing is Tell the Truth. Closely aligned is Transparency. Truth-telling in your resume is active and selective. Use this fact, not that fiction. Transparency is about who you are and are not. Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not suggesting you bare your soul about that project that went sideways in 2001. Transparency doesn’t mean telling all. A resume is
You’re updating your resume, and you realize you don’t quite match the requirements on the job description for your Dream Job. What do you do? According to this infographic courtesy Cierra Ford at Backgroundchecks.org, more than half of jobseekers would embellish their skillsets or responsibilities. Let me be clear: LYING ON YOUR RESUME IS A REALLY BAD IDEA. And by the way,
With job search rip-offs on the rise, how do you protect yourself? Research is probably the biggest defense you have against getting scammed. Start with a simple Google search and find out if you’re pursuing a legitimate opportunity — or if other folks have been targeted with the same scam. Job postings with lots of errors, misspellings, and/or typos are often scams. Also, when you
