Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that the user provides. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.  Some of you probably already know where I’m going with this but for those who are still scratching your head, let me explain. The Importance of Online Search More than ever,

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advice cliches often and I dislike them because the advice is typically vague, tends to over-simplify things, or it is outdated but people have heard it so much, they continue to perpetuate it.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 are a Career Coach, you’ll likely agree that there are many clichés out there when it comes to career advice – just as cliché as the image I purposely decided to use for this post (I’m going with a theme here).  It is frustrating when you try to work with clients or students who have been given cliché

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

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

Your resume is not a summary of your past, a list of your skills, or a history of your past experiences – it is a print advertisement.  Advertisements are designed to persuade a target audience to do something.  In the case of the resume, you need to persuade the employer to schedule an interview with you.  People who describe resumes