Archive for November, 2008

Example Objective Resume

If you’re looking for an example objective for your resume, you’ve come to the right place. The mistake that many people make when writing a resume, cover letter or both is to be too vague or general. Remember that the goal of writing a great resume and cover letter is to GRAB the readers [...]

Is Your Resume and Cover Letter Ending Up In The Trash?

Sometimes What You Leave Out of Your Resume Is More Important Than What You Include
There’s an old saying that says, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”  Unfortunately this adage is very relevant to writing resumes and cover letters.  Over the years you’ve probably been told to add anything and everything that [...]

How Much of Your Resume and Cover Letter is Discounted?

Despite the time you’ve put into creating a masterpiece of a resume and cover letter, your best efforts are being discounted by human resources managers. Why? Well the answer rests in the fact most HR people and hiring managers have encountered so many people that exaggerate on their resume and cover letters that [...]

Your Resume Writing Can Lead to Identity Theft

As if being unemployed and the full time job of looking for a job wasn’t hard enough, now a new challenge regarding writing a resume and cover letter has reared it’s ugly head…identity theft. The latest scam being perpetrated by sociopaths among us is to post fake job ads so they can harvest enough [...]