Archive for the 'Resumes' Category

Resume Killers: One More Time

By: Mick, September 13th, 2007

There is a post today on Dumb Little Man, still one of my favorite blogs, about the age-old mistakes that are made on resumes that drive anyone who is forced to read those things absolutely crazy. 10 Ways to Get Your Resume Trashed doesn’t really add anything new to our established list of spelling & […]

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Should You Make a Video Resume? Ask the Daily Show

By: Mick, May 11th, 2007

I’ve posted a few times here about video resumes and how valid they may or may not be as personal branding and recruiting tools in the years to come. I happened upon a really funny take on video resumes from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In it, Stewart asks his video resume advocate, “So […]

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Search Engine Optimization for Your Resume

By: Mick, March 29th, 2007

Over at Career Hub, there is a post about How to Make Your Resume Turn Up in an Employer’s Search Results. There is no new ground broken here, just some reminders about using targeted keyword phrasing and then variations of the same keyword phrases so that you can account for slight differences in search styles. […]

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A Truly Comprehensive Resume Review and Tutorial

By: Mick, March 14th, 2007

If you are serious about having a great resume and want to learn from the experts, you have to take a look at what Jason Alba is putting together over at the Jibber Jobber Blog. If you can’t improve your resume after reading this, you might have bigger problems than your resume.
He’s calling it the […]

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