Dear Experts, At a career fair, what is the best way to capture attention with a resume? Should you try several versions for several industries? If so, is there a shortcut? Experiences first? Relevant coursework? Is it appropriate to put some extracurricular activities (such as highly selective programs, or outstanding experiences) before the education, to capture attention? CLICK HERE to see how experts answered this question on Twitter. Got a career question you’d like answered?
by Jeffrey Hanger Now, more than ever, job seekers are using all available resources they possibly can to find a job. Thankfully we’re advanced enough today that an online job search is possible on employment websites. There was a time when online job search tools didn’t even exist, and even when they transpired they weren’t very useful. Today, all the resources you need are at the tip of your fingers. With this abundance of employment websites, though, comes oversaturation of qualified c
Does your job fit you like a glove or is it a straitjacket? When I come across the current crop of job sites, I wish we had Web 2.0 in our career planning days; a search engine, a bit of social networking and a host of sites willing to flash your resume to prospective employers. With the Web, information isn’t a problem…information overload is. A few clicks and you find yourself navigating away from the information you wanted. What we all want is a single window giving us career occupation des
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Dear Experts, I am currently rebuilding my resume and have been wondering the benefits to adding any “relevant coursework” in addition to my other educational and corporate experience. In the previous drafts of my resume, I have excluded any mention of the courses I took while receiving my undergraduate education, however I have recently had a change of heart and want to know if it would be wise to add “relevant” coursework to a resume. I received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, but due to
Dear Experts, I was at an interview last week with a company for a sales job, I was doing great in the interview and then they mentioned the occasional need to travel on the weekends. This wasn’t in the job description online when I applied. I said I have a weekend job and it would be tough but I would need advance notice. The interviewer looked at my resume and noticed a current part-time job wasn’t listed, so she asked me what I did. I stammered and said I wasn’t at liberty to say. The truth
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