As the owner and manager of a small business, I get resumes sent to me every week from desperate graduates looking for work. Their style and length vary about as much as the skill set. Some catch my eye long enough to read. Still, most I discard without even a glance due to poor formatting …
In today’s pandemic world, Hiring Managers have a particularly tough job finding employees. Being a Hiring Manager myself, I know this only too well from personal experience. In addition to my day-to-day responsibilities, I have to read resumes and conduct interviews for the many ongoing openings I have due to the current labor shortage. And …
Just as the purpose of a resume is to get you an interview, the purpose of a cover letter is to stimulate interest in your resume. Most Hiring Managers really do love to receive a good cover letter with a resume. In fact, in my opinion a good cover letter is just as important as …
The functional resume format details your employment history in terms of highlighting your skills, rather than previous employers. A functional resume is used far less often than a chronological resume, which is the most common and traditional format (and the one preferred by most Hiring Mangers, myself included). The chronological format is the easiest to …
Most Hiring Managers (including me) prefer the chronological resume format. It’s easy to read, does a good job of presenting an applicant, and is the format most people should use Chronological Format Example Rather than show several cookie-cutter resume formats (that you can find anywhere else on the Web), below is the resume I wrote …
Before you can get an interview, you have to apply for a job. And to do that, you’ll need a resume. Here’s how to write one that will get you that interview. Yes, an interview – not a job. Remember: a resume, no matter how well written, will not get you a job. Interviews get …
In a previous post, I reviewed the two most important overall approaches to include in your resume to increase your odds of getting an interview. I’d now like to review what I consider to be the nine worst resume mistakes. These are things that if they exist in your resume, will pretty much kill your …
While this is a job interview advice website, you have to first get the interview before you can apply the advice, right? And what is the biggest factor in determining if you get an interview? Simple – your resume. Sure, networking and knowing insiders can also get you interviews, but the majority of interviews are …