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Entries for February, 2009

Do you want a professionally written resume for free”

I am sure every job seeker would love to have a professional resume writer create their resume for free.  Well, here is your chance, we are conducting a “contest” for the month of March, all you have to do is subscribe to our feed and you will eligible to win a free professionally written resume.  Just [...]

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entry level resume example

 

Summary


Highly motivated, dynamic, versatile and results-oriented young professional known for exceptional leadership skills and problem solving abilities.  Looking to join a company where I can bring my “can do” spirit and make a positive impact on the business as I look to grow and develop my professional career. Demonstrated strengths include:
 

v  Relationship Building

v  Lead Generation

v  [...]

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Resume evaluation - entry level

After reviewing your resume using our proprietary 100 point scale, your score is 42 out of 100.  There are many area where your resume can use improvement.  Since we will be writing your resume and addressing these flaws, I will only point out the major mistakes here in this evaluation.  To start with, the summary [...]

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Free Resume Critique

This week, I am evaluating a  resume  from an entry level job seeker, who just graduated in 2008.  I am glad she came to me for advice and I am also glad that she has enlisted my resume writing service because she really needs some help.  This will be a 3 part post.  I will [...]

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Recruiter Jobs

The econony is very bleak right now and it is especially tough for recruiters.  It makes sense, if companies are not hiring then they don’t need recruiters.  I have many friends that have been let go from great companies like Google, JNJ, and Wyeth.  I do see a growth spot in this current economic climate [...]

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Twitter yourself a new job

Some career consultants caution you against using social networking sites to find a new job. I, on the other hand, am a huge fan of social networking sites. A couple of weeks a go, I wrote a post about LinkedIn, today I want to focus on Twitter. Twitter is a great way to expand your [...]

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Video Resume Tips

It seems like I have been talking about video resumes for a decade now.  The reality is they are only about 4-5 years old.  I have always advised my clients against it in the past, but I am slowly changing my opinion.  For one, the technology has increased dramatically and it is as easy to [...]

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Is it time to go green?

I received several emails this week from job seekers asking me for advice on breaking into the green jobs industry or asking if it made sense for them to look into a green career.  My answer is YES!  In fact, I believe that green jobs will be the fast growing segment of job opportunities in [...]

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Career Directory

I wanted to let you all know that I started a new project this week.  I just launched Career List , Career List is a directory of the best websites and blogs in the career niche.  The benefits are two fold.  First, for the job seeker they will be able to search various categories like, [...]

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Resume Evaluation

Jennifer it looks like your resume could use a little work.  The average score for all the evaluations we have conducted over the last 3 years is 71.  The fact is that over 95% of all resumes have serious flaws.  The good news is that most of these flaws can be corrected.

           To start with [...]

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