If you are writing a resume, here are 5 words you should never use, plus some resume excerpts to show you how to put these tips into practice.

Writing a compelling resume can make a big difference when you are trying to land a job. These tips and examples will turn your bland resume compelling.

Are you happy with your job? Are you happy with your life? The end of the year is a natural time to take stock of the past year and plan for the year ahead, but because this planner is undated, you can start using it at any time. This Career Planner is designed to guide

In September 2016, LinkedIn announced a redesign of its desktop (non-app) user interface. The announcement noted, “This is the largest redesign since LinkedIn’s inception.” The design update is expected to bring the desktop experience closer to what users of the LinkedIn mobile app are used to seeing. More important than how LinkedIn will look once

Use this checklist of 21 questions to help you improve your resume with accomplishments and quantified results.

It's Wednesday morning. Most of your friends are well into their workday, slugging down their fourth 'get-me-through-another-meeting' coffee, laughing at the boss' latest lame attempt at a joke. But not you. Not today. Today, you're headed to an interview. If you are like most people, you're thinking of 50 ways to shade the interaction to

Time management...it seems like it should be simple, but for so many it is one of the greatest challenges. It's every job hunter's hidden secret. While you might claim you're spending every minute reading job postings and tweaking your resume, it's not actually true. Don't worry -- even the most hard-pressed job seekers can't physically

People change jobs often throughout life. The average person born in the latter years of the baby boom (1957-1964) held 11.7 jobs from age 18 to age 48, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. While there are different methods used when attempting to find a job, gaining new employment when you are already employed may

Have you ever struggled with writing a resume? Is this you? You’ve decided to look for a new job. You scour the job boards – Monster, Indeed, Simply Hired - and find several jobs you’re confident about. You get to work writing a resume and then send it, and possibly cover letters, to the top five.

An upcoming networking event can cause anxiety for even the most outgoing job hunter. “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” While this old saying (seriously old - it was used in a New York Tribune article in 1918) is usually thrown about negatively when someone's complaining about not getting that job or

Unless your current job is also the only job you've ever held, you've probably conducted a job search at more than once in your life. You may even be in the midst of one right now. Either way, you know how much work a job search can be. Even more to the point, you have had

Trying to land a new job can be difficult, even during the best of times. If you have recently owned a business and are now trying to reenter the work force, you know what we mean. Writing a resume when you have owned your own company can be even more difficult, but resume tips from an

Problematic situations. That is why most of our clients come looking for resume help. You are not alone! There are plenty of good reasons you may have left your career... Your spouse took a great job in a new city, and since you weren’t really ready to be single, you quit your job and went

It’s been said the most stressful endeavors in life are getting a divorce, buying a house, and having a baby. Anyone currently in the job market would add “looking for a job” to that list, and would probably put it at the top. The job search requires you to get confident and put yourself out

So you've finally been called to interview for that job you're dying to get. Or maybe you have an informational interview lined up or will be attending a networking event next week. You've researched the industry, the company, confirmed that your references will provide glowing recommendations, and prepared a list of questions you'll ask when given the