Yahoo recently announced they would fire their CEO four months into his tenure after it was revealed that his resume had some “inconsistencies” with his academic credentials. If you haven’t read the stories, his bio at Yahoo lists his undergrad degrees as Accounting and Computer Science, but he only has an Accounting degree. There are a [...]
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It is not uncommon to feel a degree of burnout on the job. After awhile, it’s difficult to go in to work day in and day out. Additionally, you might find yourself feeling sluggish, and unmotivated. Feeling burned out happens to all of us sometimes. I work from home, and there are times that I [...]
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Most of us dream of a time when we no longer have to work. It’s the ideal dream: No work responsibilities. However, a life without work might not be your ideal life after all. Working, whether you work from home, or whether you drive into work, your job might actually be benefitting you. The benefits [...]
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I recently published a long resume writing guide and received an interesting e-mail response from a hiring manager at a large multi-national company. He sent me a few notes about how he screens resumes to find job applicants for his short list of interview candidates. I then followed up with an e-mail interview which follows [...]
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The job market is improving, but it is still extremely competitive. If you are unemployed the best thing to do is stay busy doing all you can to make yourself stand out above the rest. If you are putting 100% of your energy into your job search, it will seem as though looking for a [...]
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Editor’s note: At over 4,700 words, this may be difficult to read on a phone or tablet. For best results, bookmark it for later reading. One of the most difficult things to do when creating a resume is condensing a career’s worth of experience down to one or two pages. This becomes increasingly difficult the [...]
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Everyone is going digital, and you should too. If you are searching for a job, or even thinking about testing the waters to see what is available, then you should have at least one or more online resumes or portfolios in your name. There are a few reasons for this, but the primary reason is [...]
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