Category Archives: Resumes

There are a couple of ways to handle your education and training: 1.  If you are a recent graduate (within the last year) you need to put your education near the top of the resume before the job descriptions and … Continue reading →

Job descriptions are designed to paint the picture of what you can do for a company by describing what you have done in the past.  Like I said in the previous post, “past behaviour predicts future actions.”  What did you … Continue reading →

The next critical component of your resume (after the Objective) is your achievements.  Prospective employers are not so much concerned with what you’ve done in the past as what you can do for them in the future.  It’s the old … Continue reading →

Your Objective is the first chance you get in the content of the resume to make a first impression. The Objective used to be a very short sentence where you put the specific job title that you were applying for. … Continue reading →

Now that we’ve gotten the aesthetics out of the way, the next thing to decide is the format for your resume.  There are three types being used today and you have to decide which one is the best for your … Continue reading →

A resume shouldn’t be more than two pages long.  If you can get all the information on one page without cramming it all together that would be even better. As I mentioned before, hiring managers, prospective employers, and HR personnel … Continue reading →

The paper you choose for your resume and cover letter is very important – especially if you are going to be mailing it, dropping it off, or bringing it with you to the interview.  Forget the fancy colours.  White paper … Continue reading →

You’ve probably noticed that there is a ruler at the top of Microsoft Word.  You may have wondered what it is for.  I didn’t know until this year that that ruler is used to align elements of a Word document … Continue reading →

One of the biggest mistakes I see people do with their resumes is to have the information in sentence form.  That’s a big “no no” to hiring managers.  They often have to weed through hundreds of resumes to fill one … Continue reading →

Welcome to the first post in my series for creating a resume that will blow away the competition. In this series I’ll be sharing some tips with you that I use to create great resumes for my clients. Ready for … Continue reading →