6 Easy-to-Fix Spelling and Grammar Mistakes that Could Cost You a Job
In the business world, bad spelling and grammar can actually ruin your career. A misspelling or a grammatical error in your resume or correspondence can be enough to have a hiring manager or recruiter move on to the next candidate. Certainly, not everyone cares about spelling and grammar, but the ones who do? They really […]
A Recruiter Gives Your Resume 6 Seconds. Here’s What Happens.
Surveys show that recruiters spend about six seconds on their first look at a resume. Six seconds. That sounds about right to me. I have decades of experience reviewing resumes for a living and I developed a finely tuned superpower for scanning a resume quickly to find the key information I need so I can […]
Resume Tips: Nine Qualities of the Perfect Resume
If you’re like most people, you really have no idea how to write a resume for a job, and therefore no idea if your resume is cutting it. Am I right? Well, I have some bad news: your resume probably sucks and it’s probably working against you. How do I know? Because in my years […]