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Agressively Written Resumes
When writing resumes, it is important to remember whom it is you're trying to please (is it you, or the hiring authority?). In this article I will present my ideas of what makes up really aggressive documents, based on my many years in the industry, ...
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How To Write An Attention Grabbing Resume
In my former life as a recruiter (also affectionately referred to as "headhunter"), I received hundreds of resumes a week from all parts of the country. The statement that a person's resume gets a 15-second read is not far from the truth. In fact, 15 ...
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Should You Use A Career Objective On Your Resume
It's one of those sticky questions that divides career counsellors. If you got 100 of them in a room, 50 would likely say yes, you should list a career objective on your resume; the other half would probably say no. Those arguing against objectives s ...
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Culturally Competent Resumes for the Global Market
Different cultures have different rules, customs, values, priorities, protocol, and religious or societal influences on business practices. For the culturally incompetent, the global job market provides a wealth of opportunity to be misconstrued, mis ...
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The Headless Resume
In my business, I naturally see a lot of resumes, written by amateurs and other professionals. Lately I've seen a rash of resumes that seem to have lost their minds. Is your resume 'headless?' If your resume reads something like this, you may be miss ...
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Preparing Your Resume
Preparing your own resume can seem a daunting task. Apart from what to put in and what to leave out; describing your own strengths and abilities is not easy. The following guidelines aim to make the whole process a much easier one. It will ensure tha ...
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Useless Resume Objectives
What's wrong with an objective on a resume? The problem with objectives on resumes is that a typical objective is self-centered and self-serving; therefore, it is useless. Instead of an objective, use a power statement. Let me illustrate what I mean ...
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