Typos. They are like zits on a teenager. Completely inevitable and, when few and far between, not very noticeable. But, when you send document after document, and email after email, filled with garbled vocabulary and missing words, it's like looking at a 15-year-old with a...
Times are a-changing. Hannah Montana is dead. Gay marriage is legal (in some circles). Iran’s new President has publicly recognized the Holocaust. And, the United States government can’t get their shit together. OK, well that’s not so new. In the hiring industry, things have changed as...
When the Web first exploded, now known as Web 1.0, a candidate sent me a resume from the following email address: spicegirlsrule@yahoo.com. My reaction was to throw it in the virtual trash. Although it did have a cover letter, I was still 10% afraid to...
New York Magazine ran a "Daily Intel" piece on what to do with your resume if you worked for a Bernie Madoff or Marc Dreier. Apparently, they picked up on an interview that the Wall Street Journal conducted with Kate Wendleton from the Five...
CNN posted a piece today on whether or not you should lie in an interview. I'm sure you can guess that the answer is a resounding "NO!" But, the article is helpful in pointing out how you can "fudge" things a bit without...
YAHOO! published a posting today entitled "10 Boilerplate Phrases That Kill Resumes," written by Liz Ryan. In it, the writer, who is a career professional, asserts that, with today's changed job market, job seekers need to change the way they go about writing resumes. She...
I spent the past few days interviewing some of the top recruiters in media and entertainment, discussing the things they don’t like to see in resumes. The results of these conversations are going to be posted in a four-part series on MediaBistro, starting today. ...
A resume client asked me yesterday what my thoughts were on the effectiveness of using job boards to secure a new position. This is not really something that the job boards themselves are eager to advertise. First off, if the results are negative, there goes...
I'm on my final round of a resume for a digital marketing client who is at a Director level. As we wrap up the project, she has asked me if I could create a one-page version of her resume because co-workers have told her...
Above The Law published a hilarious cover letter yesterday that you should check out if you want a good laugh. The guy who wrote it clearly had enough with rejection and decided to let loose a bit. The problem is he's a lawyer,...
