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MS Word tips for a great-looking resume

No matter how impressive your education and career have been so far, if you can't find a polished way to put it all down on paper no one will give you a second look. Put it this way: according to TheLadders, recruiters only spend six seconds…

Recruiters look for these 8 skills in every resume

The specific skills you need to excel in the working world will vary depending on your field. But there are 8 general skills all recruiters hope to see, whether listed or implied, on your resume. Not only will these skills help you get your…

Avoid these 8 words and phrases in your cover letter if you want to impress

You’ve created a killer resume and now it’s time to write a cover letter and send off your whole package. Your main goal is to make sure it’s polished, professional, and a perfect summary of why you're the best candidate for the job.…

These 5 Microsoft Word tweaks that will make your resume shine

A good resume is your foot in the door at the best companies. Even if you have a solid background filled with relevant jobs that make you an ideal candidate, you still need your resume's formatting to sing. Your number one goal is to make it…

7 key resume tips from hiring managers

Putting together a strong resume can be tricky. No one knows this better than hiring managers, who see job candidates make a lot of the same mistakes on their resumes over and over again. So who better to let you know what errors to avoid when…

How to Use Google to Create a Winning Resume

So you found the perfect job posting and think you really want to make the plunge this time and apply. But what's stopped you in the past is likely what's making you take pause now—you (of course) need to provide a resume, and the thought…

Optimize Your Resume for an 8-Second Skim

You’ve put all this time and effort into your resume. It reads like a perfectly crafted, grammatically perfect dream from the header to the footer. Trouble is, most recruiters and hiring managers will spend approximately 8 seconds perusing…