How to Keep Your Resume Out of the ATS Black Hole
I have been a paid Moderator for LinkedIn’s Premium Career Group since 2012. It’s a great community where people can ask burning job search questions and experts like myself reply. One of the topics I frequently deal with the Applicant Tracking System and how job seekers can create resumes that will work with the ATS […]
Single Best Job Interviewing Hack: 5 Ways Your Resume Can Help You Prepare
Assuming your resume is in truly excellent shape in terms of keywords, layout, branding, and achievements, it is hands down your best interview preparation tool. What I’m referring to here is using your resume as an agenda for your interview preparation and on-the-day performance. You can do this by sifting through your document one sentence […]
Your Executive Resume Must Be ATS-Friendly & Graphically Pleasing
Your executive resume in today’s employment market must be ready for populating the database of employers’ and recruiting firms’ Applicant Tracking Software (ATS System), while still engaging the human reader with both compelling content and visual elements. • Whether you have bypassed HR or not, even executives at C-level will more often than not find […]
Resume Tips for Landing An Internal Opportunity
For a variety of reasons, you’ve decided to look for a new role in your existing company. You pull out the resume you put together years ago when you first started. You figure you will make sure your current position is listed and call it a day. “They know me, what does it matter?” you […]
What’s the Right Work/Life Balance?
As a Libra, I’m all about finding the right balance in my life and it isn’t the same all the time nor does it typically seem to be a 50/50 balance. But it needs to exist. Sometimes, work demands most of my time; other times I need to focus on my other interests to recharge […]