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Use or Utilize

Written by on February 25, 2019 in Blog, Careers, Grammar, Misused Words, Resumes, Writing with 0 Comments
Use or Utilize

Use or Utilize This post is more for the professional crowd. I may have mentioned that I worked as a headhunter for more than thirty years. During that time, I got a lot of résumés—more than twelve thousand of them. One thing that used to jump out at me was how people tried so hard […]

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Make Sure Your Résumé Isn’t Wasting My Time

Written by on July 9, 2018 in Blog, Careers, Grammar, resume tips, Resumes with 0 Comments
Make Sure Your Résumé Isn’t Wasting My Time

Make Sure Your Résumé Isn’t Wasting My Time When companies need to hire someone, they resort to what they feel is a process that works, and all too often, it’s a black-and-white decision. It has to be. The person screening résumés has a stack of 200–400 or more applications in front of them, and they […]

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Ten Best Words to Put on a Résumé

Written by on June 30, 2018 in Blog, Grammar, resume tips, Resumes, Uncategorized with 0 Comments
Ten Best Words to Put on a Résumé

Ten Best Words to Put on a Résumé A while ago, I did a post on the ten words to avoid on your résumé. You can see it here. In that article, I mentioned how many of the “go-to” words people typically use are useless. I’m including a table I used in that post to show […]

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Seven Worst Résumé Mistakes

Written by on May 21, 2018 in Blog, Careers, resume tips, Resumes, Writing with 0 Comments
Seven Worst Résumé Mistakes

Seven Worst Résumé Mistakes There are a lot of mistakes people make when writing résumés. Some are forgivable and some not. But instead of talking about all the mistakes, let’s just discuss the seven worst résumé mistakes. What Is a Résumé’s Purpose? We’ve talked about this before also. A résumé has only one purpose—to get […]

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Great Résumés Get Interviews

Written by on February 26, 2018 in Blog, Careers, resume tips, Resumes with 0 Comments
Great Résumés Get Interviews

For everyone reading this, I’ve got news for you: good résumés do not earn you interviews. Only great résumés get interviews. How do you get a great résumé? Read on, and you’ll see. First, let’s look at the differences between a good resume and a great résumé. Good Résumés Get Looked at. Great Résumés Get […]

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Grammar Rules You Should Break When Writing a Résumé

Written by on December 29, 2017 in Blog, Careers, Grammar, resume tips, Resumes, Uncategorized with 0 Comments
Grammar Rules You Should Break When Writing a Résumé

I’ve mentioned time and again about making no mistakes on your résumé, but there are certain grammar rules you should break when writing a résumé. Résumés have their own set of rules, and they should be adhered to if you want your résumé read. Rule Number One Don’t Include the Articles “The”, “A”, or “An” […]

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When to Use Compound Modifiers

Written by on December 14, 2017 in Blog, Careers, Grammar, resume tips, Resumes with 0 Comments
When to Use Compound Modifiers

When to Use Compound Modifiers on Résumés Compound modifiers play an important part in the English language, particularly when written. Many people pay no attention to them, but it’s important to know when to use compound modifiers—especially on résumés—because some of the people who screen résumés do pay attention. And of all the places where […]

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How to Write a Résumé That Will Get You the Interview

Written by on June 20, 2017 in Blog, resume tips, Resumes with 0 Comments
How to Write a Résumé That Will Get You the Interview

How to Write a Résumé. It’s easy to write a résumé, he said with a smirk. What could be easier? You’re simply reducing your five or ten or twenty-plus-year work history down to one or two pages. How to write a résumé sounds simple enough. But the reality is that editing anything is difficult, much […]

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Everything You Need to Know About Numbers on Résumés

Written by on February 2, 2015 in Blog, resume tips, Resumes with 1 Comment
Everything You Need to Know About Numbers on Résumés

Numbers On Résumés Before we get started, I’m going to briefly discuss numbers and numerals. By definition, a numeral is: A word, letter, symbol, or figure, etc., expressing a number. There are rules regarding when to use the word numeral versus number. I’m going to ignore those rules and use number/s for everything. Now back to the looking […]

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When You Shouldn’t Put Your Best Foot Forward

Written by on January 26, 2015 in Blog, resume tips, Resumes with 0 Comments
When You Shouldn’t Put Your Best Foot Forward

Put Your Best Foot Forward When writing resumes, it’s important to remember that your “best” accomplishments might not be the right ones to list on your resume. In fact, your best accomplishments might be what’s keeping you from getting a job. I’m going to let you in on a secret—resume screeners are opinionated! Imagine that? […]

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10 Worst Resume Mistakes

Written by on December 8, 2014 in Blog, resume tips, Resumes with 0 Comments
10 Worst Resume Mistakes

Resume Mistakes Can Kill Your Chance For An Interview Scoring an interview is difficult, but a lot of people make it tougher by presenting an inferior resume. A good job posting typically draws at least 100 resumes, and quite often as many as 300–500. In mid- to large-sized companies, a significant number of resumes are […]

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You Only Need 3 Things On Your Resume

Written by on October 27, 2014 in Blog, Careers, resume tips, Resumes with 2 Comments
You Only Need 3 Things On Your Resume

3 Important Sections of Your Resume I have been reviewing resumes for more than 30 years. During that time, I think I’ve seen it all—from one-page resumes to ones that looked more like small books, weighing in at 30 plus pages. The crazy thing is that the vast majority of people continue to include things […]

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Time To Get Rid Of Your Resume Summary?

Written by on September 22, 2014 in Blog, resume tips, Resumes with 0 Comments
Time To Get Rid Of Your Resume Summary?

Should You Include a Resume Summary? For being so concise, resumes are tricky to write properly. People include all kinds of sections on resumes, and one common section that seems harmless is the resume summary. But is it harmless? And should it be included? Let’s take a look at a few real summaries: Expert, hands-on […]

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Resume Checklist

Written by on August 18, 2014 in Blog, resume tips, Resumes with 0 Comments

No Mistakes Resume Checklist: Looking for a job? Don’t do this: Don’t send a resume without a cover letter. Don’t include an objective. Don’t include a summary. Don’t send a resume with mistakes. But definitely do this: Do research on the company and the job. Tailor your resume specifically for the job description. Show them—don’t […]

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5 Resume Mistakes & Why They Might Be Killers

Written by on August 4, 2014 in Blog, resume tips, Resumes, Writing with 2 Comments
5 Resume Mistakes & Why They Might Be Killers

Resume Mistakes People think recruiters and resume writers exaggerate when we say that resume mistakes kill your chances of an interview. The truth is more complicated than that simple statement. Mistakes do kill resumes, but not for the reasons you might think. Before we go into all of the details of why mistakes matter, let’s look at […]

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The World’s Best Resume

Written by on July 14, 2014 in Blog, resume tips, Resumes with 1 Comment
The World’s Best Resume

Every Person Can Have The World’s Best Resume Obviously that title is misleading. Not every person can have the best resume in the world. But if you work at it, you can have the best resume for you. In other words, the absolute best resume that you can make based on your experience. All it takes is a little work. If you […]

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Resume Writing Is Not Rocket Science

Written by on June 30, 2014 in Blog, Careers, resume tips, Resumes with 0 Comments
Resume Writing Is Not Rocket Science

Resume Writing Is Not Rocket Science Everyone seems to worry when it comes time to write their resume. Either that, or they rush through the process and end up with a piece of…well, you know. Don’t let it fool you. Resume writing is not rocket science; in fact, it’s not difficult at all. All You […]

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3 Rules For Capitalization on Resumes

Written by on May 27, 2014 in Blog, Careers, resume tips, Resumes, Uncategorized with 3 Comments
3 Rules For Capitalization on Resumes

3 Rules For Capitalization on Resumes I wrote a post a few months ago about “What To Capitalize on a Resume,” but from the number of emails I receive it’s obvious I didn’t go into enough detail. In this post, I’ll cover a few of the rules for capitalization, and we’ll go into more detail […]

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Two-Dollar Words

Written by on May 24, 2014 with 0 Comments
Two-Dollar Words

Two-Dollar Words If you want to see the full text of this article, click here.     You can download the pdf by clicking the button below. You’ll have to sign up as a subscriber, but once you do, all the info graphics are free, as well as other files. Two-Dollar Words – download pdf […]

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10 Words to Avoid on Resumes

Written by on May 19, 2014 in Blog, Careers, resume tips, Resumes with 6 Comments
10 Words to Avoid on Resumes

10 Words to Avoid on Resumes Do you struggle deciding which words to use on your resume? Many people do, which prompted me to write this article. I did another post on impact words for resumes, and also one about how powerful words can be in all of your writing. Today, we’ll explore the opposite […]

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