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Why your PDF resume might be killing you

My allergies are absolutely killing me. The battle of my body versus my environment has now reached an annoying three weeks. What’s worse is that this is the first year I’ve ever experienced an allergic catastrophe like I’m dealing with now. Seriously, it just came out of no where. But enough about me, time to [...]

August 18, 2011 38 comments READ MORE →

15 Basic Resume Tips

Writing a resume sucks. It does. The process is never fun, and most people have trouble knowing how to start, where to begin, and what information should be included. Whether you’re getting ready to start your first resume, or you’re about to make some edits to an existing document, the following 15 resume tips should [...]

August 4, 2011 17 comments READ MORE →

5 Wacky Ways To Make Sure Your Resume is Noticed

If I were to ask 10 job seekers what frustrates them the most about their search, my guess is that at least 9 of them would say not hearing back after submitting a resume. Am I wrong? Am I? I’m not. I’m very right. During our little recession, recruiters and HR professionals were tossed from [...]

May 24, 2011 12 comments READ MORE →

When Bullet Points Attack: A story about a girl who really loves hearts

A Corn on the Job reader sent over a little gem of an email today. She had found something that she thought I could possibly use on COTJ. She was right. Jackpot! Please remember, I’m not making fun of this job seeker. I don’t know who they are, and if I did, I’d offer them [...]

May 12, 2011 27 comments READ MORE →

Why I Won’t Read Your Cover Letter (Guest post from Jodi Glickman)

Jodi Glickman is a former Peace Corps Volunteer (Chile) turned investment banker (Goldman Sachs’) turned communication expert. She is the founder of communication training firm Great on the Job, a regular contributer to the Harvard Business Review Blog and the author of the upcoming book: Great on the Job: What to Say, How to Say [...]