Personal Finance Minute: Sharpen Your Resume

Job hunters, take note: As U.S. companies gear up to hire employees, your resume is your calling card. Follow MarketWatch's Andrea Coombes as she walks you through the five most important tips to sharpening your resume.More

huxleyboyce submitted from Canada, AB about 4 months 16 days ago

10 Phrases That Can Sink Your Resume

If you're job-hunting today, you know that employers are looking for sharp, self-motivated people. Paradoxically, just about the worst way to convey your alent and motivation is to say in your resume or cover letter, "I'm self-motivated." Anyone...More

staskltd submitted from Belarus, MI about 4 months 24 days ago

Is Your Resume Costing You a Dream Job?

Contrary to Legally Blonde, dyeing your resume pink and bathing it in Chanel No. 5 will not get you into Harvard, nor will it get you a job. In case you take career advice from Elle Woods, below you will find the worst resume mistakes in the...More

huxleyboyce submitted from Canada, AB about 7 months 10 days ago

Career Tools > Career Articles > Why Your Resume Gets Tossed

The average recruiter sees 5,000 resumes a year. Any legitimate reason she finds to make one disappear makes her life that much easier -- and yours that much harder. Here, top-level recruiters reveal how candidates blow their chances to get a foot...More

huxleyboyce submitted from Canada, AB about 9 months 29 days ago

10 Boilerplate Phrases That Kill Resumes

The 2009 job market is very different from job markets of the past. If you haven't job-hunted in a while, the changes in the landscape can throw you for a loop.
One of the biggest changes is the shift in what constitutes a strong resume....More

huxleyboyce submitted from Canada, AB about 1 year 1 months ago

The New Resume: Dumb and Dumber

Kristin Konopka sent out nearly 100 copies of her r?sum? in January in search of receptionist work, but got only one callback. That's when Ms. Konopka, a 29-year-old New York actress and yoga teacher, took her master's degree and academic teaching...More

huxleyboyce submitted from Canada, AB about 1 year 3 months ago

Did Ex-Dawson's Creek Show Runner Just Trash Katie Holmes?

Did Ex-Dawson's Creek Show Runner Just Trash Katie Holmes? By Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna Wed Jun 3, 4:55 PM PDT No, it isn't 1998. It's just that former Dawson's Creek show runner Tom Kapinos spoke at a Los Angeles Times Envelope Screening...More

huxleyboyce submitted from Canada, AB about 1 year 3 months ago

How to Get a Job : Writing Cover Letters for Resumes

A cover letter should have specific job position details in it, as well as specify why the applicant is a better fit for the job. Write a cover letter specific to a particular job application by using these tips from a career adviser in this free video on job guidance.

Betsy about 1 year 6 months ago