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When it comes to resumes, many job seekers hang onto outdated ideas and practices, such as including a street address, featuring an “Objective,” or assuming the document should be only one page. In this post I’ll address the question, “How long should a resume be in 2025?”
[continue reading...]How far back should your resume go? A resume with far more years of experience than needed can invite age discrimination or make a job seeker look overqualified.
Simplistic, one-size-fits-all answers like “go back 5 years” or “10 years” aren’t helpful, because your resume and job search aren’t like anyone else’s.
[continue reading...]Does the job you’re looking for require attention to detail or any kind of accuracy? Then you need an error-free resume. And do you really know how to proofread your resume so well that zero errors remain?
[continue reading...]Are LinkedIn recommendations important? My answer is a resounding Yes! In this conversation, fellow job search coach Marc Miller and I explain exactly how these comments from your contacts can power your job search in many ways, by… …providing clear evidence of hard-to-prove skills, …improving your LinkedIn search rankings, …presenting you as someone who maintains [continue reading…]
You’ve sent your resume out for a dozen jobs this month, but it seems like it’s disappearing into another dimension because you aren’t getting calls. Sound familiar?
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