While your career marketing materials may not read like a thriller or a witty novel, neither should they put your readers to sleep. Take a hard look at your documents and see if they are guilty of any of these writing flaws—Snoozers, Yawners, or Sleepers—that do exactly the opposite of what you want to happen: …
You’re busy. Or you’re impatient. You never felt a compelling need. Whatever the reason, you’ve resisted a complete makeover of your LinkedIn profile. I get it! It can be quite a task. But if you’re willing to invest just a few minutes, you can make a substantial difference in the readability and effectiveness of your …
You’re reading #10 of my Top Ten Tips for writing your resume. Read all the other tips by clicking on each link: 1. Be focused.—2. Be strategic and selective.— 3. Be succinct.— 4. Stand out from the crowd.— 5. Show results. — 6. Write it right.— 7. Make a great first impression.— 8. Be interesting. — 9. Be specific.— 10. Tell your story. #10 TELL YOUR …
Boiling down complicated concepts to clear messages is my specialty! That’s what I do every day in distilling decades of executive experience into concise 2-page resumes. It’s also what I do when I’m in training mode—delivering educational sessions at conferences, presenting to groups of job seekers, writing books on the art and science of resume …
An old Yiddish saying came to mind the other day when I was speaking with a client about his current career objective. He told me: Well, I could do this (Job A) … or this (Job B). He had experience in both fields and seemed equally interested in doing either. So what’s the problem … …
Yesterday I met someone who said, “I didn’t know resume writing was a real profession.” Granted, he’s a medical professional (doctor) so probably uses a traditional CV and also has not been an active job seeker for a few decades. I used to get this reaction when I first started in this profession, more than …
The past few weeks I’ve been awash in keywords as I’ve been working on the second edition of a best-selling book on that very topic: The Best Keywords for Resumes, Letters, and Interviews When Wendy Enelow (my frequent writing partner) wrote the first edition of the book, keywords were an emerging concept. More than a …
Your LinkedIn profile is not a resume, but it does share some of the same features and qualities. How, then, should it be different—and how important is that? I share my 5 Keys to Success in a recent LinkedIn Pulse article, and you can download my full 6-page report on this website. But, in essence, when …
A lot has changed in resume writing and job search these last few years. If you’re not sure your career marketing materials are up to date and effective, you may want to check out my new book: Modernize Your Resume. Written with my frequent co-author Wendy Enelow, this book tells you and shows you what …
It’s every executive’s dream … to never have to look for a job but to be sought, recruited, and pursued for just the right kinds of opportunities. That dream is more likely to come true if you make your expertise very visible so that you can be found when recruiters are searching. If that’s NOT …