Laboring under the delusion that one’s resume must, at all costs, be contained to a single page, too many applicants make the mistake of boiling their accomplishments down to succinct, trite phases. Professional resume services understand that this is counterproductive. While it’s still perfectly acceptable to present yourself as “an avid team player,” “bottom-line oriented,” […]
Given the plethora of often conflicting advice emerging from self-professed career specialists, one would assume that the answer to this pressing question is “Yes.” Thankfully, in accessing this site, you benefit from our thirty years of experience in crafting career-advancement documents, including our expertise in monitoring and implementing the resume writing trends that make sense. […]
If we liken the job search to a game of Monopoly, and compare job applicants to the playing pieces moving around the board in search of prosperity, know this. Without keywords as well as their proper placement in their resumes, job seekers will not advance past Go. They will remain in holding patterns while their […]
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” wrote Shakespeare, but remember, the Bard lived in a world more than four centuries ago. In today’s cutthroat job search arena, the presentation of your name could very well be the make or break factor in securing employment. Employers confronting thousands of resumes do not […]
Every rational job applicant wants to put his best foot forward with his resume, and this includes the addition of formal awards and honors. But, before you or a resume service writer takes up the valuable limited space on your resume with these, think about what you will include. As God is our witness, we have seen […]
Just as doctors normally make the worst patients, writers – and even some resume writers – are often ineffective in conveying their own skills and accomplishments on documents intended to create career opportunities. And while core competencies may be apparent, the achievements of writers can appear elusive, at least, on a resume. Unless one is […]
