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A few weeks ago, I talked about and linked to a ERE article on video resumes. Last week, Raghav Singh, the author of the original article, was back on ERE revisiting his first remarks on the subject . One point he raises, which he touched on in the first
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Over on the CareerHub blog today, Louise Fletcher (whom I consider to be the queen of the job search) gives some great advice for how to go about choosing a career professional . This is excellent advice you if you are thinking about seeking help on your
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During an interview for my first post-college job, the recruiter asked me, “If you were to write an advertisement about why someone should hire you, what would it say?” I thought this was an odd question, and I think I rattled off something about being
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I think we've mentioned this before, but CareerHub is one of our favorite jobseeker advice blogs. It's written by a group of resume writers and job search / career coaches and speaks to a variety of topics. Of course, I think I hand out pretty
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That's right. It's Friday so it's time for me to scour the internet for really bad excerpts from resumes. Today I throw in some cover letter bonuses , too. Enjoy. Oh, and have I mentioned I hate cover letters. Really hate them. A short and
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I know this has been posted on Digg and is flying all over the blogosphere, but I think it's good and worth of archiving and mentioning: How to Ace Your Job Interview: 88 Surefire Tips and Tricks . And it's way more than just about interviews
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Louise Fletcher, President of Blue Sky Resumes and co-founder of Career Hub , is an expert resume writer and general guru in the art of professional resume writing. She just recently launched a new site, www.freeresumehelp.net , with free resume writing
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I always feel it's important for jobseekers to get inside recruiters' heads when they can, and the best way to do that is occasionally check in with some of the more popular recruiter information sites like ERE or recruiting.com . If you're
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Maybe Fridays will just become Bad Resume Day. What do you think? Here's another site I ran across today which lists real statements seen on resumes . Again, a few favs: Objective: To find a gig. Reason for leaving last job: I was working for my mom
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Ah, here's some good Friday fun for you: Resume Hell: Dumb stuff I read on resumes . The author: "Recruiter, somewhere, innappropriately laughing at resumes. Do I make them up ? Why do I need to. C'mon, you know people like this." Ok,
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If you've read much resume advice at all, I'm sure you've seen recruiters chime in about "preferred" file formats for resumes. Not only do automatic resume parsers read various documents differently but not all recruiters have the
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