6 Ways to Win Over Any Hiring Manager
Hiring managers are enigmas of the job search process. The entirety of a hiring manager’s job is choosing the best candidate for the company’s job opening. It weighs upon their...
Selling Yourself—Show Up Strong Even if You’re a New Grad
You’ve just graduated from university or college. You have the skills, the passion and the drive and you can’t wait to start a career in your field. You send out...
5 Ways to Combat Age Discrimination in Hiring
Let’s rewind about 20 years and visit a time when new graduates would find an entry-level role within a company and work their way up the ladder for the next...
Why Your Resume Assessment Can Only Be Done by a Human
There’s something about hearing a real-life human voice at the other end of the phone that a computer will never be able to duplicate. As we continue to live in...
Why Personal Interests on a Resume Are a Waste of Time
“I enjoy long walks on the beach, hiking with my family, and playing soccer in my spare time.” Is this a resume, or your online dating profile? It baffles us...
3 Things You Should Never Lie About on a Resume
You can call it an embellishment, exaggeration, or a fib – but at the end of the day, it’s a lie. A big fat lie on your resume to make...
Increase Your Call-Backs With 5 Simple Resume Tweaks
We often tell you in this blog that your resume is terrible. Now that is most likely the case for most of you, but for those of you who really...
The 5 Biggest Cover Letter Mistakes
The employment market is tough. Anyone looking for a job will tell you that. Think about this: hiring managers sometimes receive thousands of applicants for the few jobs they post....
19 Warning Signs Your Resume Stinks
Now most of you aren’t in professions where you view resumes on a daily basis, so just take our word for it – the majority of resumes out there, are...
How to Get a Job on Craigslist – The 4 Steps to Combat Internet Anonymity
Things used to be a lot simpler. You could stroll into an office, resume in hand, and plop yourself down in front of the boss with a dapper pin-striped suit...
4 Tweaks You Should Never Apply to Your Resume
You've finally found that dream job that you’ve wanted your whole life, all you have to do now is send in your resume and hope for the best. But you...
9 Steps to Resume Perfection
Did you know the attention span of recruiters and Human Resources (HR) managers is declining, due to the overwhelming volume of candidates applying for the same job? “They could take between...