Resumes and Cover Letters

Sorry, I probably won’t read your cover letter

Like many recruiters, I rarely read cover letters.  Most of us zoom right into the resume for a quick scan of the candidate and avoid the cover letter whenever possible.  Why should we read two different documents that are basically trying to say the same thing?  When we have 100 resumes to read, why read […]

January 27, 2010 67 comments READ MORE →

If you’ve got it, flaunt it

Welcome to my post about resume length.  If you came in from a search engine expecting pictures of busty women, well, I’m sorry to disappoint.  You can leave now if you wish, but stick around and you might learn a thing or two.  Oh, and if you actually are new to COTJ, please click here […]

January 7, 2010 125 comments READ MORE →

Why Do Long Interview Processes Fail? (win a professional resume edit, contest details at bottom)

Want to win an absolutely FREE Professional Resume Edit complete by Vertical Media Solutions (www.vmsolu.com)?  Read contest details at the bottom! All participants win! Top talent moves fast, so why do companies insist on interview/hiring processes that take forever?  Most of us have been part of an incredibly awful interview process before, or at least […]

November 1, 2009 29 comments READ MORE →

Poll Of The Week #6: Which resume writing/interview preparation service would help you most?

Thanks to those for voting in this weeks poll!  Here are the results: First Place:  60% – Resume Editing (using existing resume) Second Place: 13% –  Cover Letter Creation AND Interview Preparation Third Place: 7% – Full Resume Writing (from scratch) AND Accomplishment Creation Fourth Place: 0% – Reference Verification Resumes are important, don’t let […]

September 21, 2009 READ MORE →

Poll Of The Week #5: Do you send a cover letter with your resume? 7 Cover Letter Writing Tips!

Thanks to those for voting in this weeks poll!  Here are the results: First Place:  71% YesSecond Place: 29%  No Not sure how smart it is, but I’ve known hiring managers who make hiring decisions based on cover letters.  I also know hiring managers/recruiters who when tremendously busy will pass on reading the cover letter […]

August 31, 2009 6 comments READ MORE →

3 ways that job descriptions help build an effective resume

Job descriptions are an extremely powerful tool when it comes to resume writing.  Unfortunately, once securing a job, employees will most likely never see their positions exact job description again.  Tragic.  Along with saving descriptions for previous positions held, I suggest saving/printing any descriptions for the jobs you’d like to obtain. Here are 3 ways […]

August 25, 2009 2 comments READ MORE →

Resume length – does it matter?

The most frequently asked question about resumes that I receive is, “how long should it be?”  If you put in some time to research the topic, you’ll easily stumble on certain suggested guidelines on resume length.  For years everyone was told to keep their resumes to one page – no more!  Makes you shriek doesn’t […]

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July 13, 2009 3 comments READ MORE →
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