3 Valuable Resume Keyword Tips to Get Ahead of the Competition In my previous post, Why Resume Keywords Are So Important, I defined keywords as words and phrases that have real meeting to recruitment specialists. I also gave examples of resume keywords. Interestingly, “position title” is the most powerful keyword to use in your…
Why are resume keywords so important? In CV or Resume Writing Checklist, I listed 10 points to keep in mind when writing a resume. The tips come from our online multimedia course, “How to Get Hired” – a must-have course for selling yourself. Here are the first three tips: 1. Include appropriate contact information at…
Smart Resume Writing Ideas Welcome to the Competitive World Did you know that of any given 200 résumés, only 10 are error-free? Would you believe that only five of these are clearly written with a focused message? And it is these five résumés that get called for interviews – which is the top 2.5%. Interestingly,…
Resume Writing Tips That Set You Apart A colleague of mine once said to me: “Anyone can write a good resume. What’s the big deal?” I answered: “The big deal is that not everyone–including native speakers–can write a great resume.” In a previous blog post, A CV or Resume Writing Checklist, I shared 10 resume…
Do you Want to Get a Tech Job? To get a tech job at a major company, such as Google, Apple or Microsoft, you need technical knowledge and skills, a certain amount of experience, talent and a lot of luck. There is one more thing you absolutely need to get a tech job – an…
You Need to Take A Hiring Perspective By Liam Hickey, Guest Contributor Last time in Resume Bullets: Factual Bragging, we talked about writing effective resume bullets. Now, we’re going to expand on the part about how to think like a manager. The way we think affects everything we do … and the results we get.…
Are Resume Bullets Really Important? By Liam Hickey, Guest Contributor Resumes. That’s what you want to read about, because it helps to get a good job, but your resume is missing something. You want to find that missing piece that will transform your resume into one that gets the interviews you want. So today, I…