Hands-up if you use weasel words in your resume. Weasel words, (thanks to my friend and colleague Karalyn Brown of Interview IQ who coined the term and shares my distaste) are namby-pamby, wishy-washy, nothing words and phrases. Yes, they can be jargonistic terms that...
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Top 3 Resume Essentials
This week, a question from my inbox: “What do you see as the top three resume essentials?” 1. Achievements. Intellectually, most people now know that achievements are important in a resume and that just providing a dry list of job responsibilities...
Resume Strategy: If Your Theory is Wrong, Your Power is Lost
Resume strategy is important. It sets expectations, follows a logical sequence of career growth and ensures the most compelling and persuasive information takes centre stage. Many people don’t think about having a strategy for writing a resume. Usually,...
Writing Your Resume? Think… Weight-Loss Commercial!
A resume should be about achievements. It’s not about what you are supposed to do, or what you are hired to do, but what you have done that shows you go above-and-beyond the call of duty. By describing the “how” part of your achievement, the reader...
It’s “Ask Gayle” Day! Topic: Resumes
Judging by the type of questions I receive daily, resumes are still misunderstood with many job seekers struggling to understand what it is they’re trying to achieve. Mostly, job seekers fail to understand a key concept. The resume is a marketing document....
Your Resume: Boasting versus The Truth
“I hate writing my resume. It’s just not in me to brag or boast.” I read this wildly inaccurate statement not long ago on a job search forum and it was clear to me just how the individual had missed the mark with the whole concept of resume content....