tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383564787907236406Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:20:22 +0000Professional writers producing strategic resumes for the competitive workplace.http://www.strategicresumes.com/blogger.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Strategic Resumes)Blogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383564787907236406.post-6121370752563153828Wed, 30 May 2007 18:35:00 +00002007-05-30T11:37:03.301-07:00According to statistics from the U.S. Labor Bureau and Robert Half Technology, the IT industry is still hiring steadily with ten percent of CIOs planning on hiring new Tech employees. According to every form of recent research and report, everything is looking good for those looking for an IT job, but tell that to someone who is actually searching. Though statistically everything looks great inhttp://www.strategicresumes.com/2007/05/job-searching-in-it-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Strategic Resumes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383564787907236406.post-1821710667486500353Tue, 22 May 2007 06:17:00 +00002007-05-21T23:17:27.378-07:00As time goes buy, employers are beginning to consider age to be a negative characteristic of potential employees, and the defining age of an "older person" is becoming lower and lower. This is especially true of the tech industry where many employees are in their mid twenties, due to the frequent developments in technology. Some workers in their middle thirties are even considered to be old in http://www.strategicresumes.com/2007/05/finding-job-as-older-person.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Strategic Resumes)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383564787907236406.post-8725518112366792130Tue, 22 May 2007 06:16:00 +00002007-05-21T23:16:45.855-07:00When Jason, a 37-year old manager, emailed his old resume to our office for professional rewriting, it was obvious at first glance that we would have our work cut out for us. Although Jason had graduated from college 16 years ago in 1991, there were a total of nine jobs on his old resume. He also mentioned to us in his email that he had “a couple more jobs” for us to add.According to a U.S. http://www.strategicresumes.com/2007/05/too-many-jobs-on-your-resume.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Strategic Resumes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383564787907236406.post-4597066805242215326Tue, 22 May 2007 06:15:00 +00002007-05-21T23:15:52.230-07:00How to Maximize Your Resume for RelocationMy resume client Matthew had just gotten the word that his wife was being offered a fantastic promotion to her company’s national headquarters in Chicago. Despite his misgivings about the icy cold winters in Chicago and that he was a Yankees fan (as opposed to a Cubs fan), he had to admit, the positive change in his wife’s salary and career would make it http://www.strategicresumes.com/2007/05/new-city-new-resume.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Strategic Resumes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383564787907236406.post-4163646109037437054Tue, 22 May 2007 06:14:00 +00002007-05-21T23:15:04.414-07:00When I first began my career as a professional resume writer in 1994, I noticed a difference in how male and female clients related their backgrounds and accomplishments. At first, I just chalked it up to a minor variation in how the genders viewed themselves and their work.On one hand, I routinely interviewed male clients who would exaggerate or embellish their career highlights and http://www.strategicresumes.com/2007/05/why-women-need-to-toot-their-own-horn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Strategic Resumes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383564787907236406.post-605020048234472378Tue, 22 May 2007 06:13:00 +00002007-05-21T23:14:25.678-07:00Question #1 – How many years of experience do you have as a full-time resume writer?While tons of experience by no means guarantees that a resume writer has the “write stuff,” significant lack of experience (two years or less) generally indicates a lack of breadth in the types of knowledge that you would want to see in someone summarizing your career into a polished document. A less experienced http://www.strategicresumes.com/2007/05/six-questions-to-ask-before-hiring.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Strategic Resumes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383564787907236406.post-8861959973433647546Tue, 22 May 2007 06:12:00 +00002007-05-21T23:13:19.800-07:00As a professional resume writer, I regularly receive compliments from clients, generally stating how ecstatic they are about getting that great new job or promotion they were seeking, how many interview requests they have received since using their new resume, or how the interviewer was highly impressed with their resume.However, I have rarely received a compliment or testimonial quite like the http://www.strategicresumes.com/2007/05/her-resume-took-her-from-10-per-hour-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Strategic Resumes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383564787907236406.post-5185481410409072446Sat, 17 Mar 2007 05:39:00 +00002007-03-16T22:40:14.543-07:00One of the strongest opinions that most people have about resumes, is that the information within them must be “relevant.” It turns out, however, that many jobseekers, and even resume writers, are leaving off items that could have propelled their resumes to the top of the pile and resulted in a successful job search.As an experienced, certified, and accomplished resume writer, a key function of http://www.strategicresumes.com/2007/03/why-irrelevant-information-is-vital-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Strategic Resumes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383564787907236406.post-427962422730518951Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:29:00 +00002007-03-16T22:38:24.707-07:00So many new, college freshman find themselves in an awkward position…choosing a major. These barely 19 year-old kids are asked to make a decision about what they want to do for the rest of their lives. Naturally some squander away the time undecided while others plow through some technical field without any real understanding of what career awaits them. The fact is that only one out of five http://www.strategicresumes.com/2007/03/choosing-career.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Strategic Resumes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383564787907236406.post-180195761046427774Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:55:00 +00002007-03-16T22:39:04.279-07:00The computer age has changed the face of job searching tremendously. Massive job databases as well as individual company websites make it easy for jobseekers to find and contact those companies looking for new employees. Not only is locating and job matching made simpler, but submitting resumes is now an easier process as well. Cutting and pasting resumes into company forms as well as emails http://www.strategicresumes.com/2007/03/safe-online-job-searching.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Strategic Resumes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383564787907236406.post-8004243339364715973Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:29:00 +00002007-03-16T22:39:24.258-07:00Getting a job can be a very stressful experience, but the right preparation can really take off some of the pressure. One of the most basic ways you can really improve your chances of being hired is by having a professional resume. Most employers have seen thousands, if not more, resumes in their position and can instantly recognize something that is professional versus something that is rushedhttp://www.strategicresumes.com/2007/02/power-of-resume.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Strategic Resumes)0