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Tip #3, Revive Your Resume: A Simple 5-Step System To Dramatically Improve Your Resume Results

March 16, 2011 Resume Writing

Free Mini Audio Workshop – Tip #3: Put Your Best Foot Forward – How To Choose the Best Format & Structure For Your Resume Listen to the audio: Read the transcript: Hi and welcome back! This is Michelle Dumas, founder and executive director of Distinctive Career Services LLC – the Internet’s premiere resume writing and [...]

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Tip #2, Revive Your Resume: A Simple 5-Step System To Dramatically Improve Your Resume Results

March 9, 2011 Resume Writing

Free Mini Audio Workshop – Tip #2: Create Competitive Advantage – The Power of the Value Proposition Listen to the audio: Read the transcript: Hi and welcome back! This is Michelle Dumas, founder and executive director of Distinctive Career Services LLC – the Internet’s premiere resume writing and career marketing specialists. You are listening to [...]

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Tip #1, Revive Your Resume: A Simple 5-Step System To Dramatically Improve Your Resume Results

March 2, 2011 Resume Writing

Free Mini Audio Workshop – Tip #1: Position Yourself for Success – Establish Your Focus Listen to the audio: Read the transcript: Hi, I’m Michelle Dumas, founder and executive director of Distinctive Career Services LLC – the Internet’s premiere resume writing and career marketing specialists. Since 1996, I have helped literally thousands of professionals, managers, [...]

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Resume Help: How-To Write A Resume That Gets Results, Part 4 – Your Resume Summary

February 23, 2011 Resume Writing

These days, a summary section for your resume is almost essential. If you have a resume summary section in your resume, pat yourself on the back. You are definitely on the right track. But how effective is it? When clients come to my firm to have their resume revamped and rewritten, I tend to see [...]

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Resume Help: How-To Write A Resume That Gets Results, Part 3 – Emphasizing Accomplishments

February 10, 2011 Resume Writing

If you have gone in search of tutorials on how to write a resume, you know that there is an overabundance of information on the internet, much of it conflicting and much of it from individuals who have no true true expertise in the field. A Google search on the phrase “how to write a [...]

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How Many Years of Experience to Show On a Resume

February 7, 2011 Resume Writing

One of the most common questions that I am asked in my professional resume writing practice, has to do with how many years of experience a candidate should to show on the resume. Do you go back 10 years? 15 years? 20 years? To the very beginning? Just how far should you go back on [...]

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Resume Help: How-To Write A Resume That Gets Results, Part 2 – The Difference Rewriting Makes

January 28, 2011 Resume Writing

Have you searched the internet looking for resume writing help?  Resume writing can be a daunting task and even copywriters, published authors, and other professional writers often draw a blank when the time comes to put their own qualifications on paper.  Do you know what employers are looking for in candidates for the positions you [...]

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Resume Help: How-To Write A Resume That Gets Results, Part 1 – Transform Your Resume

January 21, 2011 Resume Writing

As an expert in the employment services field, every day I speak to job seekers who are frustrated with the results of their job search and are seeking professional resume help.  Virtually all of these job seekers have written a resume themselves and have been using it in the job market. But when their phone [...]

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How-To Write a Resume That Differentiates You to Land a Job Fast No Matter What The Economy Is Like

January 14, 2011 Resume Writing

When unemployment is high and you find yourself in a competitive job market, it is easy to get discouraged. It is a fact that there are more and more people competing for fewer and fewer jobs. And, there is no doubt about it! In a time when it seems like few are hiring and you [...]

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How-to Rewrite Your Resume For A Career Change

January 6, 2011 Resume Writing

Q. How do I reposition my resume for a career change to do the same type of work but in a different industry? A. How to write a career change resume is a common question these days, as many people are still dealing with employers who are downsizing or closing, and the often related desire [...]

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Act Fast and Save $50 On Your Resume Project

December 21, 2010 Distinctive Documents Company News

New Year 2011 Special Act fast and get $50 off your resume writing project! We want to make 2011 the best year ever for as many job searchers as possible! The first 20 people who book a new resume project with us between December 20, 2010 and January 9, 2011 will receive a $50 discount [...]

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What You Need To Know Before Hiring A Resume Writer

December 15, 2010 Resume Writing

If you have been conducting a job search recently, you know how incredibly competitive the job market is right now. To really stand out from the masses, to win interviews, and to get the job offer, you have to give yourself every available edge possible. For those job searchers truly interested in conducting a fast, [...]

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Tips For Writing a Branded Resume

December 8, 2010 Personal Branding

Q. How are resumes different now than in the past? If you had one piece of advice to bring my resume up to current standards, what would it be? A. There are actually many differences because styles and trends for resumes are changing all the time. However, I would say that the most fundamental difference [...]

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7 Insider Tips For Resume Writing That Captivates Employers And Generates Interviews

December 1, 2010 Resume Writing

Resume writing: it is a task that strikes fear in even the most accomplished professionals. The U.S. unemployment rate has been hovering at about 10% for many, many months. At the same time, the economy has been in the grips of one of the worst recessions in many decades. If you are currently in the [...]

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Are You Making These 10 Fatal Mistakes On Your Resume?

September 27, 2010 Resume Writing

Is your resume generating disappointing results. Have you been sending it for positions that you know you are qualified for, but the phone remains silent? If so, you might want to check it and revise it against these ten common mistakes. Resume Mistake #1. Including an objective statement that tells the reader what you want. [...]

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Is Your Resume a Lie?

September 13, 2010 Career Management

A couple of years ago, there was a high-profile story in the news about the consequences of lying on a resume. Did you see it? Robert Irvine, the host of his own show “Dinner: Impossible” on the Food Network did not have his contract renewed for the following season. The problem, apparently, is that he [...]

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