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3 Ways An Exec Can Spruce Up His Executive Resume & Cover Letter

The executive resume and cover letter you use — regardless of whether you’re in sales and marketing, IT, operations, finance, or wherever — should be a unique “beast.” Your executive resume (and, cover letter too!) shouldn’t look like those used by your subordinates. An exec resume is typically heavier in content (sometimes 3+ pages in [...]

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Lying in Your Resume Can Become Costly

For jobseekers who think that lying in their resumes is perfectly acceptable, as long as they don’t get caught, might want to reconsider. Washington spearheaded a bill that makes lying in a resume a crime; one punishable by a hefty $1,000 fine. Inflating a resume, whether claiming a false degree or beefing up your skill [...]

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Why Executives Use a Professional Resume Writer [Taking Others' Lead to Success]

I have a quote on my LinkedIn page that says, “[managers and executives] understand that professional writers/copywriters are how to gain advantage. They also understand that a professionally written resume is an investment where the “buy-in” is unimportant, rather it’s the **long-standing dividends that determine the true ROI.**” What should you look out for when [...]

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5 Tips to Ensuring Your Resume Produces Top Results

A professionally written resume is an important component to any job search. The overall effectiveness of the document however depends on certain variables; such as how/how often the resume is used, the types of marketing/submission strategies, and the continued relevance of the resume’s content. Concentrating on these important aspects (and others) ensures the resume will [...]

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Spruce Up Your Resume for Free

Will free online courses enhance your resume? They sure can, according to Jay Meschke, president of an executive search firm called EFL Associates. He says, “It’s a great way to spruce up your resume — as long as you disclose that the course is an online non-credited class.” Taking pertinent, free courses also provides you [...]

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Competitive Edge – Using An Alternative Resume To Stand Out From The Crowd

When applying for a job, it’s likely that your first consideration is your resume – the one or two page printed document that accompanies a cover letter. If you need to create one, you’re apt to agonize over whether to create a chronologic or a functional resume, which words are most powerful, what experiences to [...]

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4 Secrets to a New Job in 6 Weeks

Vince Wiskovitch, from Nassau County, New York, was just hired for a legal position after searching only 6 weeks for a job. By comparison, the average job search in America now lasts 33.3 weeks. Read on to learn the 4 things he did to get hired 27 weeks faster than average. // < ![CDATA[ google_ad_client [...]

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Impressive Resume Makes a Good First Impression

Most women are familiar with the saying, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” When crafting a resume, you should keep that expression in mind. There’s little doubt that once you get through the door, the interview process becomes the single most important element of the job-seeking process. But it’s the [...]

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The Myth of the 10-Minute Resume

You can get your photos developed in 10 minutes. You can have the oil in your car changed in 10 minutes. You can do a lot of things in 10 minutes, but writing a resume isn’t one of them. Not if you’re serious about finding a good job. Anytime you’re promised something within a short [...]

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The Value-Based Resume

Excerpts from Jay’s Block’s New Book: 101 Best Ways to Land a Job in Troubled Times (McGraw-Hill, December 2009) In a troubled economy plagued with high unemployment and employee dissatisfaction in the workplace, look-alike, assembly line resumes won’t get the attention of hiring authorities. Hiring authorities don’t have time to read stacks of boring biographies [...]

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