Blue Sky Resumes

This morning, I was reading one of my favorite career-related columns, Heather Huhman’s Examiner.com column, and came across her interview with Katy Piotrowski, author of “The Career Coward’s Guide to Job Searching.” The first tip was this: Follow job application instructions to the letter. After running a job ad, one hiring company received 116 applications, [...]

Are you feeling stuck in a job search rut? One of the most frequent questions I’m asked is ‘how can I get people to respond to my resume?’ I understand the feeling – it’s incredibly discouraging to apply for job after job and never hear a peep back. You start to think it must be [...]

If you work at a company that’s going through tough times, the likelihood is that you’ve witnessed at least one layoff and maybe you worry that more might be coming, but if you want to keep your current job, you should know that there are positive steps you can take to improve your chances of [...]

When you’re looking for a job, it can be hard to know how your resume or application looks from the other side. Two recent posts by people who make hiring decisions give some good insights. First, Glenn Kelman, President and CEO of Redfin, gives his take on what makes a good resume. The whole thing [...]

As a professional resume writer, I work with each client individually to come up with the best presentation of their unique blend of skills, experiences and personlaity traits – but I also have a bag of tricks that help me present them effectively. If you’re not getting the reaction you want to your resume, here [...]

A few days ago I wrote a post about the 7 most frequent mistakes people make on LinkedIn and one reader, Brennan, commented that he had never thought of adding video to his profile until he read a comment by another reader. As a result, he figured out the somewhat convoluted process of adding video [...]

If you’ve read anything about job search in the last few years, you have surely come across the term ‘personal branding’ and some of you may even have worked with a coach to develop your own personal brand. I’ve watched the trend develop and grow over the last few years as a result of some [...]

When I first started my resume writing business, I learned to write resumes in a very formal style. I took exams and followed association style guides and worried about doing everything just right. But as the years have gone by, the Internet has revolutionized communication. We expect a more informal tone when we read websites [...]