LinkedIn has literally changed the entire landscape of job hunting over the course of only a few years. Before the popularization of LinkedIn, it was much, much, harder to find relevant job postings. You used to pour through the newspaper classifieds (for you recent college graduates: a Newspaper is like the Internet, except made fromRead More
Month: October 2013
How to write an effective Customer Service Resume
Customer service resumes are among the hardest resumes to draft, but when they are done right (which they rarely are), they can be among the most effective. Whether you work as a Sales Associate, a Barista, a Cashier, or as any other type of Customer Service Representative also known to some as “CSR’s”, following theseRead More
Job Interview Tips: A Trick AND a Treat!
Halloween is just around the corner, and you know what that means: hoards of children (and a few of the lamer teenagers) will be out roaming the streets, visiting as many houses as possible and pretending to be somebody else. When you put it like that, it almost sounds like looking for a job, doesn’tRead More
Resume Sections You May Have Missed To Help You Find Jobs
Resume writing is as much of a science as it is an art. Which is probably why it seems that nobody has ever been able to tell you exactly what resume sections you should have. Sure, everybody knows to include their name (hopefully) and a work experience resume section, but what if you haven’t doneRead More
Easy Quantification Resume Tips
What Separates a Good Resume from a Great Resume? Specifics. Generalizations, no matter how professional or smooth they sound, don’t communicate anything. Here’s a free resume tip: the point of a resume is to communicate as much relevant information about your work history in as few words as possible. To do this, you need toRead More