Job-seekers are used to hearing the same advice, on repeat: Always send a thank-you. Don't lie on your resume. Oh, and that resume -- make sure it's no longer than one page. Except … that last one ...
The one-page résumé has long been considered the optimal approach for selling yourself in the modern job market. It’s normally enough to provide recruiters with sufficient information to prove your ...
Keeping your resume to one page is the general rule and for many candidates, this advice is good; however, there are absolutely reasons to have a resume that continues onto a second page in spite of ...
One corporate and business counsel updates his resume with help from a certified professional resume writer. David Pearl’s one-page resume was deceptively stark. Pearl, 56, was a successful lawyer; he ...
Resume length is one of those issues that vexes job seekers. So we asked a panel of experts to weigh in on the matter: "Should you have a one- or a two-page resume?" Here's what they said. "Ideally, ...
Jason Seiden recently posted a strong argument about why resumes should be limited to one page, unless you're a technical candidate or a senior exec. In a nutshell, his arguments were: It's ...
You’ve been there. You’re up late one night trolling job boards and in between travel ads the perfect job opportunity appears. You hear the heavenly hosts cheering you on and rush to update your ...
An awful lot of people have internalized the old rule that your resume should be only one page and go through incredible contortions to keep their resumes down to that, even when they have years of ...
No. There seem to be so many “rules” about resumes that take lawyers sideways and compromise their ability to create an effective document. The one-page rule is one of them. I frequently see resumes ...
A common mistake many people make is that they think a resume and a CV are the same. No, they are not interchangeable. Both need to capture attention quickly with impressive content and easy-to-read ...
From spelling and grammatical errors to flowery language and absent keywords, there’s certainly no shortage of resume mistakes you could make. But there is one surefire kiss of death for most job ...