by Barbara Safani | Mar 9, 2011 | resume
This month’s Career Collective topic is Spring Cleaning Your Job Search. Please be sure to check out the advice of my esteemed colleagues at the end of this post. It’s been a rough winter here in New York City. We can’t wait to shed the coats, ditch...
by Barbara Safani | Feb 8, 2011 | career solvers news, resume
I was recently interviewed by Adrienne Mitchell of Market Watch Radio Network about resumes. You can hear my tips for making the most of keywords and writing compelling profiles and accomplishment statements here.
by Barbara Safani | Feb 7, 2011 | on-line identity, resume
I read a lot of resumes that start off with applicants describing themselves as passionate, visionary, out-of-the-box thinkers, dedicated, “roll up their sleeves” professionals, and big picture thinkers. Perhaps they believe these phrases elevate the...
by Barbara Safani | Feb 1, 2011 | resume
This month’s Career Collective topic is Job-Hunting Rules to Break: Outdated Job-Search Beliefs. I come across so many outdated concepts in resume writing that seem to be “passed down from generation to generation” of job seekers, so I thought this...
by Barbara Safani | Dec 30, 2010 | resume
As an older job seeker, writing a resume can bring an additional set of challenges. It can be hard to know what to include and what to leave out of the document when you have had a long work history, and it may have been years since the last time you even needed a...
by Barbara Safani | Dec 1, 2010 | resume
This month’s Career Collective topic is common job search misperceptions. My post is about resume writing misperceptions. You can read the topics by my esteemed colleagues by following the links at the end of this post. It’s probably no surprise to you...