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Your Guide To: RESUMES

August 7, 2009

Over the next several weeks, I’ll be putting together guides to some of the most popular career-related topics.  You’ll find articles from me as well as great resources found elsewhere.  These posts will also be updated over time as new resources arise.  Stay tuned! Resume Formatting How long is your resume?  Who cares? Resume Proofing [...]

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Recent presentation: Your strongest resume

July 23, 2009

For the fun of it, here are the slides from my co-presentation this past Saturday on Your Strongest Resume.  Thanks to Lynn Hazan, the other presenter and the originator of most of the content, for posting to Slideshare so I can share with all of you. NOTE:  On some systems, this loads slowly.  Not sure [...]

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Resumes: Show off your accomplishments

July 14, 2009

I’ve often talked about the importance of quantifying your experience.  I’ve written a free ebook on writing results-focused resumes.  But I haven’t really shown you how to integrate your accomplishments into your resume in a way that affords them the attention that they deserve.  Well, the wait is over. Too many resumes mix things up [...]

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HowTo VisualCV #3: Using multimedia content

July 7, 2009

This is part 3 in a series on how to use VisualCV to represent your personal brand.  To catch up, check out Visual CV Part 1 and Visual CV Part 2. One great feature of VisualCV is the ability to add multimedia.  in a world where we are deluged with text, multimedia content can really [...]

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Your resume summary statement: Get attention fast

June 24, 2009

Yesterday, I attended the Social Media/Online Marketing Masters Summit from Windy City Social.  (For my Twitter followers that got deluged with #wcsocial chatter yesterday, I promise to return to my normal, low-volume/high-focus self today.) During a presentation on email marketing, Reagan Taylor of NCR urged us to create email campaigns with impact, because the average [...]

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How long is your resume? Who cares?

June 22, 2009

If you sat a group of recruiters and career experts around a table, probably no question would be more likely to cause them to consider hurling projectiles at each other than whether a resume should be one page or two. Maybe I just get that impression from this video from Jason Seiden that argues, vehemently, [...]

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Get your free e-book! And mark down a teleclass

June 3, 2009

I am so excited to announce two freebies for all of you.  Here’s what’s lined up: Free e-book: Writing Resume Accomplishments Are you showing potential employers that you can deliver results?  Well crafted accomplishment statements can help you get to the ever-elusive interview stage.  But so many people have struggled with resume accomplishments that I put [...]

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HowTo VisualCV #2: Adding your VisualCV Portfolio

June 2, 2009

To learn how to get started with VisualCV, read HowTo VisualCV #1: Getting started. Want to show off your skydiving video?  Think that if only people could see your last speech on horse training that your business is bound to go up?  Have a great PowerPoint on adventure travel that people just have to see?  [...]

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HowTo VisualCV #1: Getting Started

May 26, 2009

This post kicks off a series on how to use VisualCV, a great option for people who want to expand their professional profile online.  Wanna be sure to catch the next round?  Subscribe, and get Career Adventure goodness in your feed reader OR your inbox. I’ve used LinkedIn fairly extensively (you can check out my [...]

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Sign of the times?: A job search don’t

May 11, 2009

photo credit: Thorne Enterprises Some sample Google searches: “write a resume” – 289,000 results “resume advice” – 103,000 results “cover letter advice” – 13,800 results There are thousands of sites providing advice on how to create an effective resume and cover letter. So much so that I think the topic gets too much focus – [...]

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