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Executive Decision: Hiring a Resume Resource
As a senior level executive, no doubt you have made many decisions throughout your career that have influenced business outcomes. Hopefully you have a good track record under your belt. If not, odds are you have learned from your mistakes.
Read More5 ½ Reasons You Haven’t Gotten a Job Offer?
The economy is clearly still lagging, but as time goes by, your friends and colleagues are getting jobs, so why not you? Sure, luck is one factor, but if you have the sneaking suspicion that you are always the bridesmaid, but never the bride, it may be time to take a hard look at what you can do to improve your job search.
Read MoreResume and Cover Letter Readability: 5 Tips for Success
There are differing opinions regarding what constitutes the ultimate resume style and format; however, there is unanimous agreement about the importance of readability. After all, what point is there in creating a resume, if no one reads the content?
Read MoreIs Your Resume Filled with Bad Words?
When it comes to creating a top notch resume, the key challenge lies in how to get hiring managers interested in your value with just one or two sheets of paper. Knowing what words to leave out is just as important as knowing what words to put on your resume.
Read MoreResume Do’s and Don’ts for Executives with Start Up Woes
If you are like many senior level executives who have demonstrated their risk tolerance by joining a start-up company, you may find that your resume has a few not so glamorous gaps that need to be explained. While failure rates vary, there is no getting around the fact that start-ups are filled with rocky terrain that can sometimes cause a career landslide.
Read MoreBest Practices for Updating an Executive Level Resume
As time goes by, it is natural that you will have accrued a lot of achievements in your career. Of course, you will not be able to reference everything – your resume would read like a Tolstoy novel. As you might imagine, opinions differ on the optimal length for an executive level resume; common sense tells us that hiring managers do not want to ‘read’ through a lengthy document that delves into the minutiae. They want ‘a taste, not the plate’. In other words, the resume should be the appetizer; your interview is the main course.
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This blog's author, Debra Wheatman of Careers Done Write, provides executive career services including resume and cover letter preparation, job search / interviewing strategies and professional branding including how to effectively use LinkedIn, Twitter and other social media in your career.
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