On any given day, millions of Americans are sharpening their resumes in order to brave the perpetually frightening job market. But with every resume update comes a slew of questions, such as: What are ...

Writing great resume headlines and summaries should be simple – and they are. They can also help you land interviews by standing out from the pile. A resume headline, also referred to as a ...

Your resume is the most important part of the job application process because it is the first thing that employers see. Research suggests that recruiters spend an average of 7.4 seconds skimming a ...

Creating a good resume is important. This is typically the first impression that a company gets of your work. Thanks to my ...

Resumes have come a long way, from a laundry list of job responsibilities to documents that speak to the qualitative and quantitative impact you’ve had at work. But they’re still mostly devoid of ...

Perhaps you know what mistakes not to make on a resume, but what should you do to make your experience stand out from the rest? Are there key features every job seeker should include to catch ...

This will sound like a cliché to many people: a good resume gets you halfway through the door. People assume they are aware of the statement above, but few take the time to actualize it. Writing a ...

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You’ve heard all the standard rules: ditch the objective statement; double and triple check for typos; lose the “References Available” line. A good resume avoids the failings from the typical list of ...

After hiring for thousands of jobs over 20+ years of recruiting, I have seen many different styles of hiring. Sometimes, a company looks at résumés (submitted in response to a job posting or via a ...

As the traditional career advice goes, you usually shouldn't include your hobbies on your résumé because they take up valuable space and waste the precious few seconds a recruiter spends skimming ...