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Blue Sky Resumes is a small team of professional writers and job search experts. We offer one-of-a-kind resumes, smart career advice and fantastic customer service. This is our blog.

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- May 2017
  - 6 Ways to Spice Up Your Resume Summary By Louise Fletcher
- April 2017
  - How to Decide What to Include in Your Resume By Louise Fletcher
- August 2016
  - “Why Should I Hire You?” Here’s How to Answer. By Louise Fletcher
- January 2016
  - How to Write a Great Resume for Career Change By Louise Fletcher
- June 2015
  - Should You Use a Resume Template? By Louise Fletcher
- March 2015
  - Sample Resume Makeover: Social Media Marketing By Louise Fletcher
- February 2015
  - The Top 10 Executive Resume Mistakes and How to Avoid Them By Louise Fletcher
- January 2015
  - Executive Resume Writing 2: What Makes You So Special? By Louise Fletcher
- December 2014
  - How to Write an Executive Resume Part One: The Important of Targeting By Louise Fletcher
- November 2014
  - How to answer the “what is your greatest weakness?” interview question By Louise Fletcher
- October 2014
  - Professional Resume Writers: Everything You Need to Know By Louise Fletcher
  - “Should my Linkedin summary be the same as my resume summary?” By Louise Fletcher
- September 2014
  - 7 Easy Ways to Beat Interview Nerves By Louise Fletcher
  - That problem in your background? It isn’t as bad as you think By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Write a Really Great Web Designer Resume By Louise Fletcher
- August 2014
  - Tough Interview Questions: Tell Me About Yourself By Louise Fletcher
  - Are You Too Private to be on LinkedIn? By Louise Fletcher
  - How to beat resume screening systems: 3 easy ways to get your resume into the hands of a real human being. By Louise Fletcher
- July 2014
  - How to Write a Great Interior Design Resume By Louise Fletcher
  - Attitude is Everything By Louise Fletcher
  - Use This Simple Trick to Add Punch to Your Resume By Louise Fletcher
  - Mark Twain By Phil Fletcher
  - How to Contact Headhunters By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Find Headhunters By Louise Fletcher
  - How Do Headhunters Work? By Louise Fletcher
  - Sartre By Phil Fletcher
  - Extreme Resume Makeover: Interior Designer Resume By Louise Fletcher
- June 2014
  - How to Add Images or Videos to Your LinkedIn Profile By Louise Fletcher
  - Here’s How to Write a Killer Resume Summary (Video) By Phil Fletcher
  - Should You Include Hobbies on Your Resume? By Louise Fletcher
  - Lena Horne By Phil Fletcher
  - 3 Easy Ways to Disguise Resume Gaps By Louise Fletcher
  - Avoid These 5 Common Career Change Mistakes By Louise Fletcher
  - Reshaping the Story of Your Career By Phil Fletcher
- May 2014
  - Four Great Creativity (and Life) Lessons from Vincent Van Gogh By Louise Fletcher
  - Two Great Cover Letter Examples By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Prepare Financially for a Career Change By Louise Fletcher
  - 10 great questions to ask during an interview By Louise Fletcher
  - Resume Sample – TV Producer By Louise Fletcher
  - 4 ways to write powerful LinkedIn job descriptions By Louise Fletcher
  - Arnold Toynbee By Phil Fletcher
  - How to Get a Job at Google, Part 2 By Louise Fletcher
  - If at first you don’t succeed… By Phil Fletcher
  - How to Write a Cover Letter that Works By Louise Fletcher
  - Leadership Lessons By Phil Fletcher
  - 11 concrete ways to use Twitter for networking By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Communicate Your Unique Story on LinkedIn By Phil Fletcher
  - Henry Ford By Phil Fletcher
  - How Employers Are Screening Applicants By Phil Fletcher
  - “What are your salary requirements?” Here’s how to answer. By Louise Fletcher
  - What if Money Was No Object By Phil Fletcher
  - Richard Branson By Phil Fletcher
  - Follow your dreams or follow your talents? Katzenberg versus Branson By Louise Fletcher
  - Job Search Lessons from a Graduate By Phil Fletcher
  - Two Awesome LinkedIn Summary Examples (with Templates) By Louise Fletcher
  - How to write a powerful LinkedIn summary By Louise Fletcher
- April 2014
  - Two Surefire Ways to Deal With Interview Nerves By Louise Fletcher
  - Got a job interview? Here are some great questions to ask your interviewer By Phil Fletcher
  - Conan O’Brien’s LinkedIn Page By Phil Fletcher
  - The Art of Inspiring Inspiration By Phil Fletcher
  - Executive Resume Makeover: Digital Media Executive By Louise Fletcher
  - Bob Dylan on Success By Phil Fletcher
  - You have no idea what you are doing…and that’s good. By Phil Fletcher
  - Should you lie when applying for a job? By Phil Fletcher
  - Work By Phil Fletcher
  - How to Interview for Product Manager Jobs By Phil Fletcher
  - Director of Fun By Phil Fletcher
  - How to Make a Career Change With No Experience By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Get a Job at Google By Phil Fletcher
  - 5 Minute LinkedIn Marketing Planner By Phil Fletcher
  - Danny Gregory on Creativity and Redefining Failure By Louise Fletcher
  - Inspiration By Phil Fletcher
  - How to Write Great Resume Bullet Points By Louise Fletcher
  - Steve Jobs & Bill Gates By Phil Fletcher
  - How to Answer the “Tell Me About Yourself” Question By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Write a Great Digital Marketing Resume By Louise Fletcher
- March 2014
  - Advice By Phil Fletcher
  - Your Elusive Creative Genius By Phil Fletcher
- December 2013
  - 5 Quick Ways to Spruce up Your Resume for the New Year By Louise Fletcher
  - 10 Signs that You Should Find a New Job in 2014 By Louise Fletcher
- September 2013
  - How I have been blocking my own success (and how you might be doing the same) By Louise Fletcher
  - Facebook Adds New Professional Skills Feature By Louise Fletcher
- August 2013
  - 5 Things Recruiters Wish You Knew About LinkedIn By Louise Fletcher
  - 5 Days to a Killer Resume: How to Design Your Resume for Maximum Impact By Louise Fletcher
  - 5 Days to a Killer Resume: Step 4 By Louise Fletcher
- July 2013
  - 5 Days to a Killer Resume: Step 3 – The One Resume Change that is Guaranteed to Increase Your Response Rate By Louise Fletcher
  - 5 Days to a Killer Resume. Step Two: Walk a Mile in the Hiring Manager’s Shoes By Louise Fletcher
  - 5 Days to a Killer Resume. Step One: What’s Your Awesome Sauce? By Louise Fletcher
  - The Deadly Resume Trap that Stops Most of Us Reaching Our True Potential By Louise Fletcher
- June 2013
  - Create a Gorgeous Personal Website with These 5 Free and Easy Tools By Louise Fletcher
  - Personal Branding is Out. Reputation Building is In. By Louise Fletcher
  - The simple resume writing hack that will transform your job search By Louise Fletcher
- May 2013
  - The Resume Objective: Why It Needs to Go the Way of the Dodo By Louise Fletcher
  - The Ricky Gervais Guide to a Successful Career By Louise Fletcher
- April 2013
  - That’s Really Interesting … Now Take it off Your Resume By Louise Fletcher
  - 5 Ways to Start Your Resume With a Bang By Louise Fletcher
- March 2013
  - Don’t Tar All Career Websites with The Ladders Brush By Louise Fletcher
- February 2013
  - Career Change: A Little Straight Talk By Louise Fletcher
- January 2013
  - Resume Writing: Invest the Time, Get the Results By Louise Fletcher
- December 2012
  - “How Long Should My Resume Be?” By Louise Fletcher
- November 2012
  - “How Long Should My Resume Be?” By Louise Fletcher
- September 2012
  - Resume Writing: It’s All About What You Leave Out By Louise Fletcher
- August 2012
  - Are You Making These Job Search Mistakes? By Louise Fletcher
- July 2012
  - Should You Upload Your Resume to LinkedIn? By Louise Fletcher
- May 2012
  - Why Rewriting Your Resume Will Open Doors By Louise Fletcher
- March 2012
  - Should I Include X in My Resume? By Louise Fletcher
- February 2012
  - How to Keep your Job Search Secret on LinkedIn By Louise Fletcher
- December 2011
  - What Would Steve Jobs Say About Your Resume? By Louise Fletcher
- November 2011
  - The Smart Job Search #10: How to Use Twitter to Find a Job By Louise Fletcher
  - The Smart Job Search #9: Don’t Follow the Job Board Rules! By Louise Fletcher
  - The Smart Job Search #8: How to Network Without Feeling Icky By Louise Fletcher
  - The Smart Job Search #7: Conducting a Direct Mail Campaign By Louise Fletcher
  - The Smart Job Search #6: How to Attract Recruiters Using LinkedIn By Louise Fletcher
  - The Smart Job Search #5: How Recruiters Can Help You Tap Into the Hidden Job Market By Louise Fletcher
- October 2011
  - The Smart Job Search #4: Make Your Mark Online By Louise Fletcher
  - The Smart Job Search #3: How to Write a Killer Resume By Louise Fletcher
  - The Smart Job Search #2: Set your GPS By Louise Fletcher
  - The Smart Job Search #1: Think Different By Louise Fletcher
  - Are You Conducting a Smart Job Search? By Louise Fletcher
  - On Steve Jobs, Santa Claus and Making Magic By Louise Fletcher
- September 2011
  - Where’s the Best Place You Ever Worked? By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Write a Great Resume Headline By Louise Fletcher
  - Are You Making this Job Search Mistake? By Louise Fletcher
- July 2011
  - Should You Write a Functional Resume? By Louise Fletcher
- June 2011
  - Why You Don’t Have to Explain Everything on your Resume By Louise Fletcher
  - How LinkedIn Resume Builder Can Ruin Your Job Search By Louise Fletcher
  - If You’re Not Going to be Genuine, Don’t Bother By Louise Fletcher
- May 2011
  - The One Rule of Resume Writing You Can’t Afford to Ignore By Louise Fletcher
- April 2011
  - How to Make Over Your Resume: Real World Example #2 By Louise Fletcher
  - Why You Must Post a Photo on LinkedIn (and Which One to Choose) By Louise Fletcher
- March 2011
  - Real World Resume Tips: But How Do I Quantify the Unquantifiable? By Louise Fletcher
- February 2011
  - How to Write a Resume Summary that Grabs Attention By Louise Fletcher
- January 2011
  - How to Write LinkedIn Headlines That Work (and Don’t Sound Icky) By Louise Fletcher
  - Should I sign up for the Ladders? By Louise Fletcher
  - The Top 5 Ways to Get Noticed on LinkedIn By Louise Fletcher
  - Penelope Trunk, a Broken Vase and Honesty Online By Louise Fletcher
  - 7 Ways to Impress Recruiters with Your Resume By Louise Fletcher
  - Extreme Resume Makeover – Junior Web Developer By Louise Fletcher
- December 2010
  - Are You Fighting Over the Same Few Jobs? By Louise Fletcher
- November 2010
  - One Thing You’re Probably Getting Wrong with Your Resume By Louise Fletcher
- October 2010
  - Why Job Search is a Lot Like a Tourist Town By Louise Fletcher
- September 2010
  - Why No one is Calling You Back (and What to do About It) By Louise Fletcher
  - The Words all Professional Resume Writers Hate to Hear By Louise Fletcher
- August 2010
  - Why Trying for Less Will Get You More By Louise Fletcher
  - Just How Many Jobs Are You Missing Out On? By Louise Fletcher
  - Are You Hoarding or Sharing? By Louise Fletcher
  - 7 Ways to Prove Your Worth on Your Resume By Louise Fletcher
  - Blue Sky Resumes Featured in Oprah Magazine By Louise Fletcher
- July 2010
  - The Chocolate Roses & Hot Pink Paper Fail By Louise Fletcher
- June 2010
  - The Downfall of a Blogger and What It Means for You By Louise Fletcher
  - Professional Resume Writers and Their Magic Wands By Louise Fletcher
  - Resume Lessons from a Garden By Louise Fletcher
- May 2010
  - Why Lee DeWzye Won American Idol (and what it means for your job search) By Louise Fletcher
  - 3 Real Estate Agent Agent Tricks You Can Use to Get Interviews By Louise Fletcher
- April 2010
  - Is This Simple Resume Mistake Costing You Interviews? By Louise Fletcher
  - Quack Like a Duck and Other Secrets of Successful Career Change By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Write a Resume Step #4 – Design Well! By Louise Fletcher
- March 2010
  - 5 Things I Learned from My Dad about Business and Work By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Write a Resume Step #3: Strategize! By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Write a Resume – Step #2: Work Out Your Value. By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Write a Resume – Step #1: Feel their Pain By Louise Fletcher
  - How Would Steve Jobs Look for a Job? By Louise Fletcher
  - The 7 Deadly Job Search Sins By Louise Fletcher
  - What George Costanza Knows About Job Search By Louise Fletcher
- February 2010
  - Should I Be on LinkedIn? By Louise Fletcher
  - One Surefire Way to Stand Out in Your Job Search By Louise Fletcher
  - The Number One Secret to Writing a Great Resume By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Write a Twitter Bio that Attract More Followers By Louise Fletcher
  - Is Your Resume a Used Car Salesman? By Louise Fletcher
  - 10 Web Designers Create a Resume By Louise Fletcher
  - How Much Should an Executive Resume Cost? By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Get Through a Big Change Without Having a Cow By Louise Fletcher
- January 2010
  - What Posh Spice Knows About Starting a New Gig By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Resign With Class By Louise Fletcher
  - It’s All in a Name … or Is It? By Louise Fletcher
- December 2009
  - How to Find a Job in Just 18 Minutes a Day By Louise Fletcher
  - Advice to a Friend on Starting Her Business By Louise Fletcher
  - You Had Me … and Then You Totally Lost Me By Louise Fletcher
  - Want to Find a Job? Pull a Susan Boyle. By Louise Fletcher
- November 2009
  - Money Can’t Buy Happiness? Really? By Louise Fletcher
  - Why I’m Sharing By Louise Fletcher
- October 2009
  - So Much Bad Resume Advice, So Little Time By Louise Fletcher
  - Who Says Twitter Isn’t Useful? By Louise Fletcher
  - Enough! A Word About Resume Writers By Louise Fletcher
- September 2009
  - Are Big Words Better? By Louise Fletcher
  - Why Not Include Everything? By Louise Fletcher
  - Dispelling a LinkedIn Myth By Louise Fletcher
- August 2009
  - Do You Have to be a Self-Serving Pig? By Louise Fletcher
  - Confessions of a Control Freak By Louise Fletcher
  - Do You Want Attention or Respect? By Louise Fletcher
  - How Much Time Would You Spend? By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Get Fired on Facebook By Louise Fletcher
- July 2009
  - The Truth About Resume Writers By Louise Fletcher
  - The Importance of Being Authentic By Louise Fletcher
  - When Crowd Sourcing is a Really Bad Idea By Louise Fletcher
  - You’ll Never Please ’em All So Don’t Try! By Louise Fletcher
  - Watch What You Say By Louise Fletcher
- June 2009
  - Clean Up Your Online Footprint By Louise Fletcher
  - When is a Critique Not a Critique? By Louise Fletcher
  - Don’t Kill Your Resume – Operate On It! By Louise Fletcher
  - Why Some Jobs Are Like Leather Pants By Louise Fletcher
- May 2009
  - This is How to Stand Out! By Louise Fletcher
  - The One Word That Can Transform Your Resume By Louise Fletcher
  - Career Lessons from Kris Allen By Louise Fletcher
  - The End of Resume Lies By Louise Fletcher
- April 2009
  - How to Build your Web Presence Part 2: Google Profiles By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Build an Effective Online Presence – Part 1: Your Resume By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Lose Your Job on Twitter By Louise Fletcher
  - Why Susan Boyle Makes Us Cry By Louise Fletcher
  - The Best Investment Advice You’ll Get All Year By Louise Fletcher
  - A Lesson for Hiring Managers Everywhere By Louise Fletcher
  - 7 Ways to Spice Up Your Resume By Louise Fletcher
  - Age Discrimination Isn’t About Age By Louise Fletcher
- March 2009
  - Sometimes, Seth Godin is Wrong By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Ask for Resume Feedback By Louise Fletcher
  - Show How You Will Add Value By Louise Fletcher
  - One Way to Get the Job By Louise Fletcher
  - What Job Seekers Can Learn from American Idol By Louise Fletcher
  - Just Say “No” to a Resume Objective! By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Customize Your Resume By Louise Fletcher
  - Why you Must Personalize Your Applications By Louise Fletcher
  - Remarkablogger, American Idol and Me By Louise Fletcher
  - How You Can Increase Your Job Search Odds By Louise Fletcher
- February 2009
  - Beware of the Job Search Scams By Louise Fletcher
  - The Problem with Personal Branding By Louise Fletcher
  - Can You Make a Career Change in a Bad Economy? By Louise Fletcher
  - 7 Tips to Transform Your Resume – Radio Interview By Louise Fletcher
  - Seeing the Opportunity in a Crisis By Louise Fletcher
  - Networking for People Who Hate Networking By Louise Fletcher
  - Where I Work – Chris Garrett By Louise Fletcher
  - It’s Not You, It’s Your Expectations By Louise Fletcher
- January 2009
  - Whatever You Do, Don’t Follow the Rules By Louise Fletcher
  - 13 Ways to Jump Start Your Job Search By Louise Fletcher
  - Keeping Your Job in a Tough Economy By Louise Fletcher
  - Notes from the Other Side By Louise Fletcher
  - 13 Resume Tips to Get You Noticed By Louise Fletcher
  - Should You Have a Personal Brand? By Louise Fletcher
  - Should You Drop the Resume Formality? By Louise Fletcher
  - The 7 Mistakes You’re Probably Making on LinkedIn By Louise Fletcher
  - Using Twitter for Job Search By Louise Fletcher
  - Just Make Up Your Resume By Louise Fletcher
  - Guest post on Spin Strategy – Resume Writing Tips By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Choose a Resume Writer By Louise Fletcher
  - Microsoft Word Resume Templates – Just Say No! By Louise Fletcher
- December 2008
  - Using Social Media to Find Work By Louise Fletcher
  - Don’t Make this Simple Error on LinkedIn By Louise Fletcher
  - Free Job Search eBook By Louise Fletcher
  - Building an Effective Online Presence By Louise Fletcher
  - Job Search Tip: Step Back and Slow Down By Louise Fletcher
  - Make Sure Your Resume Tells a Story By Louise Fletcher
  - How to Handle a Short-term Job on Your Resume By Louise Fletcher
  - Email Etiquette and the Job Search By Louise Fletcher
  - Gary Vaynerchuck on Authenticity By Louise Fletcher
  - Holiday Season Discounts By Louise Fletcher
  - Facebook, Jon Favreau and Your Career By Louise Fletcher
  - What’s Your Unifying Color? By Louise Fletcher
- November 2008
  - Don’t Defeat Yourself By Louise Fletcher
  - These Are the Good Guys By Louise Fletcher

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