Funny Resume Mistakes

I recently saw Barbara Safani’s AOL article titled Resume Mistakes That Keep Hiring Managers Amused But Cost You The Interview.
Barbara pulls some mistake examples from various sites and include things from typos to “subtle” humor.
Go read the list of things.  I wanted to share this with you for two reasons:
First, you MUST proof your resume, [...]

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Move on from a bad relationship

I remember a few years ago I had a very sour experience with someone who thought I owed them a great deal of gratitude and credit.  The story is really twisted but I remember being on the phone listening to this person spew negative on me for about 15 minutes.
The spew was unfounded and I [...]

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How to prioritize your tasks as a job seeker

My last post was about networking too much… at the end I talked about the IMPORTANT and URGENT tasks.
Recently I read an awesome idea on how to ensure you are moving forward (not just doing *stuff* but really moving forward with your goals/objectives).
The idea is the simplest I’ve heard but it makes a lot of sense.  Here’s [...]

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Don’t Network “too much”

I read some great posts recently about networking “too much.” I thought it was a weird idea since job seekers are supposed to network a lot… that’s where the next job will likely come from, right?
The posts (I wish I could find them again) talked about two different aspects:

Doing the easy parts of networking [...]

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Job Seekers: How Will You Be Remembered?

When I was a hiring manager at my last company I had a number of times when I was looking for talent.  One particular round of hiring stands out from all others.  I interviewed about 20 people.  This was a long time ago but I remember many of the people I interviewed.  They were MEMORABLE [...]

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Salary Negotiation Webinar

Jill Konrath has done it again… she got another great subject matter expert for her Get Back To Work Faster webinar series.
Jack Chapman wrote Negotiating Your Salary: How to Make $1,000 a Minute.  He’s be sharing ideas with Jill and up to 1,000 people (it will fill up) … AT NO COST.  You want to [...]

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The Death of the Resume

Much has been written about the resume dying.  I’ve responded to some of the thoughts on this blog.
This week I had the honor of presenting a keynote at a conference of career services professionals.  After the event I got into a conversation with some of the career professionals and we got on this subject.  One [...]

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Networking Sucks For A Reason

Check out Dan Schawbel’s short article titled Avoid networking with these bad business contacts.  Dan lists the following (read the article for his descriptions):

The user.
The pessimist.
The big talker.
The self-promoter.
The social climber.

I’m sure you can come up with your own list of types of people you can’t stand to network with.  If you hate “networking,” perhaps [...]

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Where have all the secure jobs gone?

My dad was a career federal employee.  He had a good career and has a pension.
I remember when I commuted to his office with him and his peers, sometimes they would talk about money.  They would say something like “you won’t get rich but as long as you manage your money well you’ll always be [...]

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Indispensable by Monday (book) – SAVE a Company MONEY?

There are a few job search folks who boil your value prop (or, the reason hiring managers hire someone) to two things.  They say:
Companies hire you because you will either make them money or save them money.
It’s taken a while for me to really see any position, and any work activity, in either of these [...]

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