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This week:
🏆Win the Job -- Smart & Successful Resumes!
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- How to Manage the Red Flags on Your Resume
- Killer Tactics to Get Your Email (and Resume) Read
- How Employers Review Resumes and Applications: The Secret for Standing Out
- Forget an Objective Statement - Write a Powerful Resume Summary Instead
- 9 Federal Resume Myths to Ignore
- Free Sample Resumes
The January 13 issue: Win the Job -- Smart Strategies When Over 50
Most employers don't like to take hiring risks. The best
option is to manage the elements of your work history that would raise their concerns. Your goal is to minimize or eliminate those elements that might move your resume to the discard file. Author and resume expert Susan Ireland shares 4 aspects in your work history that may cause concern and how to manage those issues.
The majority of job search communications are e-mail
based, so your e-mail address and subject line are the first things employers see. Author Martin Yate shares excellent tips on how to make your message stand out so it is one of the messages that are opened.
Genuine Work-From-Home/Remote
Jobs
An employer's only hope of finding the qualified
candidates in the hundreds of resumes received is to reject as many as possible, as quickly as they can. To succeed, your resume must stand out. Recruiter Harry Urschel shares how to get your resume into the "Maybe" pile
An objective focuses on your professional needs and your
career goals. A summary, on the other hand, addresses a company’s needs and how you can fulfill them, highlighting the skills you bring to the table. Carson Kohler shares how to create an effective resume summary.
Substantial differences exist between federal government
resumes and private sector resumes -- in the resume length, the level of detail, and the actual content. Former federal HR administrator Nancy Segal describes the myths that may be sabotaging your federal government job search.
See sample resumes for special situations (entering or
re-entering the job market, making a career change, unemployed, older candidate who wants to look younger, and more). Read the detailed explanation for each resume to help you understand the issues the job seeker faced and how they were resolved in the sample resume. Then see 2 versions of each resume – a “beautiful” version and the ATS-friendly version. Resume professional Erin Kennedy shares these very interesting and beautiful samples.
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