http://www.career-resumes.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:19:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I remember counseling someone during a transition a few years ago.  He was interested in only one thing: salary. I was in a "bad relationship" with my employer.  Not bad enough to leave, but bad enough to know I didn't like it there.  It wasn't healthy for me at all, and ... http://www.career-resumes.com/the-list-what-do-i-wantneed-out-of-my-next-job/ Here's a brilliant read that you must digest. As a job seeker it's easy to get frustrated at recruiters (and hiring managers, HR, etc.) because they aren't giving us the respect we are used to (the respect we had when we had a job, with a title and a ... http://www.career-resumes.com/open-letter-to-job-seekers-from-recruiter-amy-ala/ I've seen plenty of bloggers say that "Google is the new resume."  They say "if you aren't on Google (or LinkedIn), you don't exist." The thinking is valid... to a degree. Here is what they are trying to say, and my take: Google is the new resume: Why use the boring old two ... http://www.career-resumes.com/is-google-your-new-resume/ I've heard debate recently about cover letters - are they important, do you need to write one, etc. Cover letters are kind of hard to write.  Maybe they are more of a pain, really, than they are hard to write. And anything that is a pain to job seekers is questioned... ... http://www.career-resumes.com/the-importance-of-a-cover-letter/ The short answer: both, and it depends. Check out this post on Recruiting Blogs by Katie, titled Personality vs. Qualified.  She talks about a challenge that regularly comes up.  No matter how fair anything should be, there are always nuances, and biases, and circumstances... so there is not one "right answer." Here's ... http://www.career-resumes.com/do-recruiters-recommend-based-on-personality-or-qualifications/ Last week I blogged about getting a resume critique from the wrong people. I can't stress this enough.  When you are looking for some outside help to see how strong your resume is, I encourage you to get a professional resume writer to help you. In that post I talked about how ... http://www.career-resumes.com/free-resume-critique/ Happy Friday the 13th!! I am appalled at the ads I'm seeing for professional resumes to be written for under $100. Listen, there is a reason Nike, or some other major company, won't pay you or me $100 to write their next advertisement. You get what you pay for, and they know it. I think ... http://www.career-resumes.com/executive-resumes-3/ In my job search I pieced together a resume and then shot it out to friends and family hoping they would let me know if it was any good. I was looking for someone to catch a grammar mistake, or a spelling error. I was hoping someone would think it was awesome ... http://www.career-resumes.com/common-resume-mistakes-asking-the-wrong-people-for-feedback/ My most commented blog post is Depression Clouds Everything.  It has over 500 comments. I didn't expect one or two comments... I thought it would be a touch subject. But it affects every job seeker I've met.  And their spouse, kids, parents, neighbors, etc. This is the pink elephant of the job ... http://www.career-resumes.com/job-search-essentials-dealing-with-job-search-depression/ Last year I spoke to thousands of people.  Probably somewhere around 10,000 people (I should keep track, but I don't). One of the most common issues that comes up is discrimination - specifically, age discrimination. Chris Russell, at Secrets of the Job Hunt, wrote a post titled How to fight age discrimination. ... http://www.career-resumes.com/age-discrimination-in-the-job-search/