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Your Resume Must Represent your Career Goals

August 20th, 2010
Your Resume Must Represent your Career Goals

When drafting your resume, it is easy to fall into the habit of focusing on the past. After all, much of your resume will consist of a list of things you’ve done—from positions you’ve held to special awards you’ve received to degrees you’ve attained. A resume is, in fact, a compilation of your professional and, in some cases, personal history. Therefore, admittedly, much of your resume will have sentences and clauses that are in the past ten » Read more: Your Resume Must Represent your Career Goals

7 Strategies to Credit Crunch Proof Your Career

May 29th, 2010
7 Strategies to Credit Crunch Proof Your Career

Every time you open a newspaper nowadays, the first thing you see is the current fear of a recession, the credit crunch, the banking crisis and the difficult days ahead with a downturn of the economy. It seems obvious that there will be cost cutting measures within some organizations, which in turn triggers fears of downsizing. Keeping this in mind, it is better to credit crunch proof your career when there is still time. Even » Read more: 7 Strategies to Credit Crunch Proof Your Career

How To Write A Resume – Objective Vs. Summary Statements

May 27th, 2010
How To Write A Resume - Objective Vs. Summary Statements

It’s hard to write a resume. Most of us are not “born salespeople.” Just mentioning the word “sales” usually sends a shiver of fear up our spines. Add to this the fact that we are taught from childhood that it’s not polite to brag about ourselves it’s no wonder that when you’re asked to “sell yourself” on a resume you freeze up like a deer in the headlights.

So instead of panicking let’s take a resume apart piece b » Read more: How To Write A Resume – Objective Vs. Summary Statements