If you’ve ever spent hours perfecting your resume design by picking the perfect color palette, adding icons, maybe even adding a bar graph to show off your “Excel proficiency,” then you may be shocked to find out this is likely …
Resume Advice
The rise of AI is making resume writing quicker and easier than before. A variety of AI tools can help you speed up the process, draw inspiration or find examples, proofread, get feedback on how to improve, and similar.
Let’s …
Two things are true:
Here’s how to use AI tools the right way
Fix your writing
Make your resume shorter and more compact
Get feedback and tips to improve it
Adapted from ‘The truth about AI and resumes’ by Pamela …
Employers considering candidates to fill job openings are looking for evidence that college graduates can—or, with further development, will be able to—do the job. With this in mind, college students from the Class of 2025 entering the job market should …
Whether you’ve spent years working independently or you’ve taken on side projects to grow your skills, freelance experience can be a powerful addition to your resume. It shows you’re self-disciplined, versatile, and experienced. Properly highlighting this type of work can …
“You will get yourself rejected before you have even had the opportunity to get in front of a manager.”
If you’re currently on a job hunt, or have been previously, chances are you’ve found yourself at your wit’s end of …
The resume objective has been a mainstay of resume templates for a long time, but in today’s job market, using one can do more harm than good.
As the name suggests, an objective statement basically tells the reader what your …
Learn how ATS work, what they do to your resume, and how to beat ATS so that your resume gets seen by the decision makers who schedule job interviews.
What do you know about applicant tracking systems?
If you think …
When you need to provide references to a potential employer, the best way to do it is to create a reference list to share with them. You don’t want to include the list on your resume. Create a separate list …
What is the difference between a resume and a CV? The primary differences between a resume and a curriculum vitae (CV) are length, what is included, and what each is used for. While both are used in job applications, a …