The Debate There is a great debate among career professionals about whether or not a resume should have an objective.  The typical advice is to have a headline, profile, or summary and that objectives are bad, old fashioned, redundant, and/or ineffective.  Many people say the objective states the obvious since the objective of any submitted resume is clearly to obtain

In my “Career Advice Cliches (Part 1)” article, I talked about the career advice cliche I disliked the most.  I hear career advice cliches often and I dislike them because the advice is typically vague, tends to over-simplify things, or it is outdated but people have heard it so much, they continue to perpetuate it.  So, part 2 of my

The Rise of the Infographic Infographics are popular these days.  We see them all the time on everything from the ROI of our mothers (a classic infographic) to the history of computers.  In a previous post, I wrote about the infographic resume and a company known as Vizualize.me that can help job seekers create their very own infographic resume.  However,

If you hadn’t noticed, times have changed.  The job search process is completely different and it is changing rapidly.  In an older post, I talked about the micro resume, a trend started in China.  This time, I want to discuss the Infographic Resume and Vizualize.me. What is It? An infographic is simply a graphic visual representation of information.  When you

Employers spend hours sifting through stacks of candidate resumes only to find a few hidden gems in the pile.  Most resumes submitted to employers are poorly designed, poorly written, and many contain so many “flowery” words, one might think they’re reading a poem rather than a resume. The TMI Age In the TMI (Too Much Information) age, every single one

Interview with Laura Lashua: Expert Recruiter Laura Lashua has 33 years of recruiting experience and 13 of those years have been solely for the game industry.  She is the founder of Vertex Search & Consulting based in Washington, a well-known and often used recruiting firm among the largest game publishers and developers in the world.  With Laura’s experience and reputation,

With criminal background checks, drug screenings, credit checks, resume scanning software, and a series of interviews all standing in the way of a job offer, why would anyone want to create their own self-imposed barrier to employment?  That’s exactly what you do when you don’t proofread the marketing materials you submit to an employer. Don’t Rely on Spell Check Too

5 Things Your Resume Won’t Do For You 1. Get You A Job Too many people think their resume will get them a job. Others mistakenly think that their resume is what got them a job in the past which is why they refuse to revise it. It is very frustrating to coach a client or student and provide critique on

It’s another Man vs. Machine topic – can computer software really help you create the perfect resume?  Here’s a review of two online software tools designed to help you with your resume.  REZSCORE.COM Rezscore.com is an online application that allows a user to upload their resume as a Word document to submit through a sophisticated program that analyzes the content

The number one reason people have poor resumes actually has nothing to do with their key words, their font selection, or any other miscellaneous design aspect.  It has everything to do with their experience.  Most people aren’t able to get the jobs they want because they don’t have the experience for which employers are asking.  I already know the question