Only 20% of available jobs are posted on job boards at any one time according to the Wall Street Journal. In an article headed ‘Scoring Unlisted Jobs,’ The Journal explains that the other 80% are never advertised. Job boards are irresistible because they seemingly put everything within easy reach. Unfortunately, the majority of job hunters […]
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Does your resume tell your whole story? After reading it, will people know the details of everything you’ve achieved? If so, it’s probably not working. I love to paint and I’m extremely detailed and anal when I do it. If I’m going to paint a piece of fruit, it’s going to have every single detail
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Last month, my husband and I took a quick trip over the the UK to visit friends and family and take in some beautiful scenery in the English Lake District. This is a particular stunning part of the United Kingdom and attracts millions of tourists from around the world every year. One day we took
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The most common complaint I hear from job seekers is this: “I’m sending tons of resumes out and no one is calling me back.” I know how frustrating this can be from personal experience. I’ve been there myself back before I had my own business. You see the perfect vacancy – you just know you
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Checking my email one day this week, I found one that started in a way destined to make my heart sink: “I know we finalized this resume a while ago, but I showed it to a friend and he had some comments …” My heart doesn’t sink because of the extra work – I don’t
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Can narrowing down your job search focus actually get you more interviews than trying for a wide range of jobs? That’s been my experience. First let me give you a business example, and then I’ll tell you about a client of mine who got amazing results just by narrowing her sights. When we worked with
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I recently nagged a client to get her LinkedIn profile fully up and running. She emailed me the other day to say that she got an email from a recruiter within 2 days of doing it. A new survey explains why. Jobvite surveyed 600 HR and recruiting professionals across the US and found that 73%
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A client asked me “should I put the PDF of my resume on my personal website and keep the Word document to myself? I don’t want someone downloading it and stealing the content.” A fellow resume writer told me “I never put my best samples online because someone might steal my designs.” And a web
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I just read a great post by Jonathan Fields over on Awake@theWheel about the 7 types of proof clients customers need before they will buy a product or service. And as I was reading, it struck me that his advice also applies to resume writing. All too often you read things like ‘looking for a
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I’m so proud to say that Blue Sky Resumes is prominently featured in the latest issue of O Magazine. I was contacted a few months ago by Adam Glassman, the magazine’s creative director, and asked if I’d like to take part in career makeovers for several women who needed a job. I was thrilled to
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