Posted on 13 September 2011. Tags: advice on your resume, resume help, standing out with your resume, unemployment and your resume, video resume
Even with social media your resume is still the most potent piece of information to represent you to a potential employer. It’s still pertinent to have a resume, and whether it’s through video, infographic, electronic or hard copy, you need to make sure all relevant information is accounted for.
[related: Five Tips on How to Talk About Yourself Over Video]
Things you need to make sure to include:
- Education (college experience preferred) – this can include current educational goals you’re pursuing as well
- Relevant internship(s)
- Previous long-term employment
- Valuable skills
- Temporary assignments or positions
- Future skills can be applied through certificate courses you’re taking
[related: Use Education to Expand Career Goals]
For that gap in between long-term positions, if you were employed it could still be important to include. If you’re not sure of the best way to include it, check out “How to Include Temporary Work Into Your Resume” from the APUS Career Services Blog.
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Posted on 19 July 2011. Tags: career tips, job hunting advice, resume advice, resume help, resume tips
Hi readers! I read this great article and just had to share.
The job market is a zoo out there. Â Sure, there are quite a few jobs, but there are way more than quite a few people applying for them. Â Check out these 4 common resume goofs… will your resume make the cut?
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Posted on 21 January 2011. Tags: fibbing on a resume, interviewing for the job, new career, new job, overselling yourself, resume, resume alterations, resume help, updating my resume
Have you added a few workshops or skills to your resume lately that you don’t really have a claim to? Even though you may not be lying outright, but fudging parts of your resume to beef it up could hurt you in the long run.
[Resumes: When is it time to call in the experts?]
For example, saying you’re an expert at a certain program but you’ve used it only a couple times. The problem with this is it could be one of the deciding factors to you getting hired. And imagine working on a project where you have to use this tool at an expert level…but you don’t know what you’re doing.
You don’t want to show holes in your resume, instead go in strong with what you know, and in the meantime to finding a job actually attend virtual workshops for more experience, or watch videos to fine tune your skills.
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