[Back to Resume Writing Tips] How Far Should You Go – Every Situation Differs How far back should you go? In the industry, we use the 10-year rule, which means we cover about 10 years of work history when writing resumes. However, there’s a more important rule: recency and relevancy. You satisfy this rule in part by […]

[Back to Resume Writing Tips] From Inbox to Interview: The Power of a Professional Email Address A conversation we must have with clients (at times) is about how unprofessional their email address is. Job seekers can be oblivious to such things. The email address could be too long, unprofessional, unbranded, and/or contain irrelevant added words […]

[Back to Resume Writing Tips] Leveraging Unique Verbs & Descriptors As resume writers, we embrace verbs we’re too familiar with, such as support, manage, oversee, direct, and so on. Yet, if we want clients (and prospects, too) to appreciate our writing skills, we need to elevate our word usage and grow as writers. One way […]

[Back to Resume Writing Tips] 4 Go-To Tools to Refine Your Content If you’re like us, you’re not a grammar or punctuation expert. Truth be told, many resume writers rely on tools to elevate the quality of their writing. Do you want to know the most popular tools that resume writers use? These 4 are […]

[Back to Resume Writing Tips] The Art of Focused Communication: Avoiding Topic Overload We all tend to get into a resume-writing zone at times, which can cause us to mash up unrelated job responsibilities and other bits. This means we put two or more subjects into a sentence that have nothing to do with each […]

[Back to Resume Writing Tips] Intro to Resume Branding Statements Creating a brand (aka professional persona) is hot—very hot! Once associated with top business professionals, movie stars, musicians, etc., personal branding strategies get applied to job seekers, too. Let’s start by understanding what creating and shaping a career brand looks like. A career brand is […]

[Back to Resume Writing Tips] Get Familiar With “Bridge” Resumes This may be a new term for you. Though a bridge resume simply describes a resume that links an individual from where they are to where they want to go/be in their careers. Bridge resumes are ideal for those wanting to change careers but also […]

[Back to Resume Writing Tips] Don’t Let Clients Get Away With This Bad Practice in Their Resumes As resume writers, we do more than write. For example, we advise clients on best practices that increase their odds for a streamlined and expeditious job search. Part of how we achieve this is by advising clients NOT […]

[Back to Resume Writing Tips] Start With The End in Mind  Before writing any resume, take the time to ponder what kind of job(s) your clients will target now and in the future. For example, what job titles, functional roles, specialty project requirements, and industries are of interest to them? Are there any specific companies […]

[Back to Resume Writing Tips] Introduce Design Into Your Resumes When we finish writing resumes, we aren’t at the finish line … yet. We know how to string and perfect the words we write. Yet, beyond the content, we take it one step further and add visual flair to those resumes, too. In this post, we’ve […]