Let’s discuss why job candidates write cover letters, which is oddly enough, a hotly contested issue within the hiring process, although for the life of me, I don’t see why. The vast majority of people in recruiting don’t read cover letters. I periodically survey recruiters and HR professionals in my network to get their feedback,…
Nearly half the time when clients send me their resumes, the resume is a hybrid of resume and job application. But there are important differences between your resume and job application, and an impactful resume doesn’t conflate the two. The main difference between resumes and job applications has to do with their separate functions. Resumes…
Job interview success is really based on a healthy dose of self-confidence. When you don’t believe in yourself, it’s really hard to convince anyone else to believe in you. So when you walk into a job interview more worried about blowing it than marketing yourself, you will blow it. And that’s what happened to Dana…
Rose, a client whose resume I’d recently written, emailed me today to say that her first interview with her target company had gone very well, and in follow-up the interviewer asked, “what are your salary requirements?” This question makes everyone understandably nervous; if the number you give is higher than the employer has budgeted, you…
Clients often ask me if I’ve included the “right” keywords in the resume, but while I once thought keywords mattered a great deal, I no longer do. Keywords in the resume aren’t intended for human eyes; they exist mostly for the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) software which itself only exists for the overwhelmed (or lazy)…
If you are looking for a job, then you need to be on LinkedIn; so if you’re asking yourself If LinkedIn is necessary, understand that LinkedIn IS necessary for professionals who are looking to find a new job, or more critically, who are unemployed. Not so long ago, in 2016, LinkedIn Influencer Lou Adler published…
It’s the question that everyone dreads during a job interview: “what’s your biggest weakness?” The question allows some people to overshare, while others smugly note that they don’t have any. Is there such a thing as a good answer? is there a way to avoid putting your foot in your mouth and hobbling your shot…
LinkedIn is the globally recognized site that employers and recruiters use to source candidates; it’s also the best foundation for building a network of connections willing to help one another. So – does it help or hinder job seekers to write some variation of “seeking new opportunities,” in their LinkedIn profile headline? No recruiter or…