by Barbara Safani | Aug 25, 2009 | career solvers news, resume
Each year, Career Directors International hosts the resume writing industry’s most prestigious Toast of the Resume Industry (TORI) resume writing competition. Career Solvers is pleased to announce nominations in 4 categories: Best Technical Resume Best Creative...
by Barbara Safani | Aug 18, 2009 | resume
Almost every job seeker I meet has some sort of “special circumstance” that they feel needs to be addressed in their resume. For some, it’s accounting for the dotcom they worked for that went bust after 9 months or the year they took off from work to...
by Barbara Safani | Jul 23, 2009 | career management, career research, resume
I was recently approached for an interview with Kristen Bellstrom, a journalist for Smart Money Magazine for an article on the resume writing/career coaching industry. I had surmised going into this that Smart Money would make a concerted effort to show readers how...
by Barbara Safani | Jul 15, 2009 | resume
Lately I’ve seen numerous blog posts and mainstream media articles about the resume writing industry, the value of the credentials resume writers hold, and the lack of regulation of the industry. Most of the comments are very tongue and cheek and skeptical of...
by Barbara Safani | Jul 6, 2009 | networking, resume
Over the past year it seems like companies that offer resume templates for job seekers keep popping up and I can understand why. Writing a resume is not an easy undertaking and there is certainly a market for inexpensive tools that appear to make the process a little...
by Barbara Safani | Jun 5, 2009 | Happy About My Resume, resume
Earlier this week I presented a workshop on creating compelling resumes to members of NSHMBA and during the presentation I spoke about what I call resume “bling”. Most resumes I read are as flat as the piece of paper they were written on. Many are created...
