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Your Resume & Applicant Tracking Software

As you are applying for positions and completing online applications, your resume may be reviewed by a robot – or computer software that screens you in or out of the process. This article has some helpful resume writing tips on navigating these systems: Beat the Robots: How to Get Your Resume Past the System and […]

Prepare What Will Be Seen in Your Job Search

What Will Be Seen Although creating an original personal brand is a top priority, it’s just as important to make sure that your brand comes across well on paper or online. Alumni Career Management has guidelines to help you to craft a compelling résumé and tips for writing an eye-catching cover letter. There are also […]

What to Remove from Your Resume

Want your resume to “take off”? Then follow this advice and remove these things from your resume: 5 Things to Immediately Take Off Your Resume by Kristina Rudic Applying to jobs is without a doubt one of the most stressful parts of the job search process. Whether you’re coming straight out of college or deciding […]

Cover Letters: Yes or No?

We are often asked by job seekers whether they should craft and send a cover letter. Even after reading this article, we still can’t say for sure. The Cover Letter Refuses to Die by Rebecca Greenfield Some hiring managers love ’em, others ignore ’em. Depending on whom you ask, the cover letter is either an […]

Employed? Do These Things Just in Case…

This is a great checklist of things that all of us (employed and unemployed) should do every so often. 8 Things to Do Now In Case You Lose Your Job  by Lisa Rangel | September 28, 2016 What if you walked into work tomorrow morning and your boss told you that you were fired, your position eliminated, […]

One Page or Two?

Even though resume readers do not spend a lot of time looking over your resume, you don’t have to squeeze it all on one page: Is the One-Page Resume Dead? by Alison Green An awful lot of people have internalized the old rule that your resume should be only one page and go through incredible […]