Our Top Resume Tips from 2015

Welcome to our end of the year round up of top resume tips!

Is your application response rate below 50%? There’s a good chance that your resume is what’s preventing hiring managers from picking up the phone to call you.

Your resume is one of the most important marketing tools you’ve got, so make sure yours is perfect.

We pulled together our top resume advice from this year to help you craft a resume that gets results.

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Three Key Questions Your Resume Needs to Answer

Many job seekers forget that as a marketing tool, your resume needs to do more than share what your day-to-day looks like; your resume needs to answer 3 important questions about why you should be hired. Learn the three questions, then adjust your resume accordingly! Read On >

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What Really Happens When Recruiters Read Your Resume

You’ve heard that resumes receive 6 seconds each before a recruiter will read on. But what are they really looking at? Read on to see what catches their eye, and how you can position your resume to hold on once you’ve caught their attention. Learn How >

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Four Ways to Camouflage an Employment Gap

Gaps happen: unemployment, illness, maternity/paternity leave, no matter what the reason, it can put an uncomfortable gap in your resume. So how do you successfully position the gap without calling too much attention to it? Read On >

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The Words That Will Ruin Your Resume

Bad news: there are words that many people have in their resume – words that make leaders look like bit-part players. Don’t let this happen to you! Remove these words  and replace them with ones that make you look like the leader you are! Here’s How >

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4 Quick Tips to Make Your Resume Shorter

It’s true – your resume needs to be as close to 1 page in length as possible. For senior job seekers with decades of amazing experience, the challenge to condense everything seems impossible. That’s why we put together this guide to turn a long career into a short resume. Read More >