by Michael Fleischner

Your resume should be like any good marketing plan — designed to sell! It needs to hook potential employers as soon as they see it, so they bypass the discard pile and take a second look. Creating a resume that accomplishes that can’t be done in just a few minutes because there’s much more to it than listing your work history and year of graduation. Try thinking of it as an art form, because it is. Great resumes get a second look and an interview, but bad ones don’t get a second thought. (more…)

by Steve Dolan

Writing a Resume

Not that long ago, the easiest way to get a job was to visit the company you wanted to work for and ask for one. Today, however, it’s not quite that simple. Most companies require you to submit your resume to them before they’ll consider you for a position. So the resume has become a great deal more important, because it’s the first, and possible last, chance you have to make the right impression. That’s why it’s so important to get it right! (more…)

by John Mehrmann

The rules have changed. Shopping for employment is a hybrid of automated filter applications, on-line search engines and good old fashioned human interpretation. To be effective you need to make sure that your resume is designed to perform in all of these areas. In the hunt for a new job, a better job, or just keeping your Resume current, use these ten simple steps to draft a stellar resume. (more…)

by Heather Eagar

Applying for A federal job requires you to take a different approach and adhere to a different set of rules and techniques. Unlike private sector recruitment, the procedures followed in federal recruitment goes by certain criteria and rules. The basic idea here is to provide every applicant an equal opportunity. Of late, the OF-612 form, or Federal Resume, is the accepted resume form for federal jobs. Here are 10 key tips to writing a Federal Resume that works: (more…)

by Heather Eagar

Any good job hunter needs a resume package. The cover letter and resume always go together and do the same basic thing in slightly different ways. A job hunter without both of them will probably not get very far in the search for a good career position. (more…)

By Heather Eagar

If you’ve been submitting resumes for many different types of positions, you could certainly benefit from a master resume. Master resumes allow you to organize the different sections of your resume in a clear way, and let you change out key bits of information or certain sections of the resume before submitting your resume to a potential employer. (more…)

By Nicole Stables

Resumes are one of the most important factors in applying for a job. It is only a piece of paper; however, it is the key for you to have the chance of being hired in an establishment that you are applying for. Resumes have its type and among them is the functional resume. This is the kind which highlights the main task or factors when you are applying for a certain job. It only means to say that this kind of resume is specific if it is being compared to other types. In this resume, all his current and previous jobs are being stated in detail, and it also includes the employer where he or she was working with previously. In this manner, it will be easy for your employer examine whether you are a good employee with those details that you have come up in your resume. (more…)

By Tina Sims

As a professional resume writer in the D.C. area, I have seen a number of common errors and mistakes my clients make. Here is my list of these mistakes. Save yourself the time, and, often the embarrassment, by ensuring these mistakes are not in your resume. (more…)