Author: Resumetoi

Before the Interview Research the Company It’s a smart move to learn more about the company you are planning to work for. You would not want to say the wrong things when talking about the company. The interviewers would be more impressed if you knew something about their current projects or other interests they have.Read More

Cover letters are necessary when sending your resume through mail. While a resume gives your complete introduction to the potential employer, a cover letter adds that personal touch that makes you stand out from the rest of the crowd. Keep your cover letter short. A cover letter’s purpose is to obtain an interview, not tellRead More

1. Be neat and error free. Catch all misspelled words and grammatical errors. Make sure someone proofreads your resume, preferably someone attentive to details. Even the smallest error could land your resume in the reject pile. 2. Write a powerful opening statement. Form a solid, clear opening statement that will help you carry a focusedRead More

There’s an old joke: The scientist asks “why does it work”, the engineer asks “how does it work”, and the English major asks “would you like fries with that”. It’s a good joke, one every English major has invariably heard a few too many times from relatives, television, and other students. And for the recentRead More

I know myself better than anyone else, so it seems logical… It’s a commonly held default that everyone does their own resume; that this is something that you maintain yourself, like a little professional banzai tree. The resume is treated as an independent responsibility, and services like ours are often viewed as a luxury. We’dRead More

There are obviously a ton of vastly wide-ranging jobs with the title “Customer Service Representative”, so for our post this week in industry-specific resumes, we’ll focus on customer service jobs in call centers. Call centers employ lots of people, and are a great place to find job openings. To work in a call center, youRead More

You studied to be an accountant because you’re quick with numbers and are very good at managing the details. But if you write a vague, boring resume with the phrase “detail-oriented” shoehorned in somewhere, you’re going to end up at the bottom of the slush pile. As resume writing experts, we’ll show you how toRead More

Source: University of the Fraser Valley on Flicker The first time I wrote my own resume, as a sophomore in college, it was a mess. I simply had nothing to go on to know how to write a resume well, what should go in it, and how to make it look. Now that I writeRead More

If you’re trying to get hired as a Systems Administrator, your resume should demonstrate that you have the skills and expertise to work with the tech that will keep your new office’s network running. Which is why, in my line of work, I cannot understand why I see so few Systems Administrator resumes that listRead More

If you’re struggling to get hired as a Certified Nursing Assistant, maybe your resume is sick (hyuk hyuk hyuk.) We’ll take a look at what a CNA does, what a CNA resume needs to show to be effective, and how you can do it yourself with resume examples. What Does a CNA Do? The CertifiedRead More