Advance Your Career!

It has been almost a week since you submitted your resume, but you haven’t heard back yet from the company. What should you do? Should you be following up on a job application? In today’s job market, with literally hundreds of people applying for the same job, you have to set yourself apart from the [...]

Analyzing a job posting starts with being honest with yourself. If you want to fly a commercial airliner as a career job, but you don’t have your private pilot’s license yet, you are wasting your time trying to get a job you are not qualified to do. While this example may seem like an exaggeration, [...]

Due to the electronic age we live in and today’s current job market, the way we submit resumes has (and is) changing. There are four ways to submit a resume and cover letter: Snail mail – Print your resume and cover letter on white 20lb. paper in a 90 to 96 white brightness. Don’t use [...]

When you are looking at writing a resume, ask yourself what skills you have, what skills the company is looking for and how the skills you have match up with the skills they need. If your skills match the ones needed, then proceed to writing the cover letter. If your skills do not match, skip [...]

There are three basic resume formats: * Functional * Chronological (which is actually a reverse chronological) * Combination or Hybrid. The functional works better if you: * Are reentering the workforce after a several-year hiatus * Are a new graduate with unrelated experience * Have considerable experience in one field. Its notable feature is blending [...]

Have you been considering using a Resume Writing Service to help you advance your career? Engaging a resume writing service to create or redo your resume can be a great way to improve your chances of getting an interview. You do need to ensure that you make a good choice though because they are going [...]

With so many people out of work and most sending out hundreds of resumes hoping to get noticed, it’s important for you to know what employers are looking for in a resume and how to formulate one that stands out from the rest and would help you get that all important interview. Employers, too, are [...]