Resume & Career Tips

                                                
                                                Is Your Resume Really Strong?
                                            
                                                Resume is your most important marketing tool in the job search at the initial stages. This document alone is responsible for making your first impression on a prospective employer. Therefore, it is very unlikely that the importance of a resume can ever be overestimated for job seekers at the first stages of the job search. In most cases t...                                            

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                                                Job Hunting When You Are Not In the Market
                                            
                                                Landing a job isn't an easy thing today. The competition grows stronger and stronger , especially for the jobs that pay well and/or offer some good advancement opportunities. But despite this fact, job seekers have no choice - because they hate their current work, get laid off or move to a different city people actively look for a job. In...                                            

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                                                What Makes that Important First Impression for Job Seekers?
                                            
                                                Resume is your only chance to show your credibility and professionalism before going to a job interview. Often it is also the only means of making the first impression on your potential employers. Hundreds of articles have been written on how it is important to make great first impression and in this perspective job search area is no diff...                                            

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                                                Important Facts About How Resumes are Reviewed by HRs
                                            
                                                For some reason many job seekers believe that their assessment of own resumes or CVs should be among the main criteria to determine whether the document needs to be edited or it can be sent to employers. The truth of the matter is that how you view your resume can be absolutely irrelevant. In fact, it may do more harm because if you use d...                                            

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                                                Words to Avoid When Writing a Resume
                                            
                                                Despite the fact that today people use a variety of additional job search tools, resume remains the most powerful marketing instrument to land interviews and eventually get jobs. There has been a lot of discussion about what format of the resume is the most effective when it comes to job applications or what content should be given priori...                                            

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                                                What Can Be Wrong with Your Awesome Resume?
                                            
                                                There are job seekers who work hard to produce a resume that will land them interviews. They do their homework, research information about their employers, tailor their applications to highlight relevant accomplishments and so on. However, sometimes even such meticulous approach to resume writing and job search in general may not bring a ...                                            

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                                                Emailing Your Resume and Cover Letter
                                            
                                                The fact that you've done your homework and created a well-written resume and cover letter tailored to specific job opening is great. It definitely gives you better chances of being selected for the interview stage. However, what if many candidates did the same thing? That gives a pleasant headache to the hiring authorities to choose amon...                                            

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                                                Preparing for a Job Interview in a Few Hours
                                            
                                                We've been sharing many wonderful tips on how to make your job search more effective through targeted resume writing. Probably 85% of all our blog posts are devoted to resume writing recommendations. This reflects the current tendency - job seekers spend so much time crafting their resumes that they forget that this type of document was i...                                            

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                                                "What Should We Know That Is Not on Your Resume?"
                                            
                                                The job search doesn't end with you being invited for an interview. In fact, this is where actual job hunting starts. Choosing the jobs to apply for and tailoring your resume to match job requirements of each and every opening is preparatory work. The real deal starts when you are invited for a job interview. If you have already been in t...                                            

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                                                Few Words About a Resume Strategy
                                            
                                                Regardless of age, past experience or job status, many people find it challenging to develop a resume. Seasoned professionals find it hard to sum up one's career in one or two pages. Graduates don't understand how they can be hired having so little experience at all. Besides, it is no easy task to put value into words when you have what i...                                            

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