Best Words for Your Cover Letter and Resume The best words for your cover letter and resume are words that will get you an interview. A hiring manager or a recruiter spends just seconds reading either one. The cover letter is usually an email. Often, the hiring manager will decide to read your résumé based on the keywords…
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Common Resume Lies
Telling these lies on a resume creates complications for the applicant. A few years ago, a human resources manager told me that a position he had filled had reopened for search. He explained that a job applicant had lied on his application and on his resume. The applicant stated that he had graduated from a…
10 Things to Leave Off Your Resume
Remember that a hiring manager will only spend seconds looking at your resume. Cutting the clutter is critical to your resume getting you an interview. Recognize that you are sending personal information that stays in computer files for months to years. Ask two questions when you are writing your resume. Will this information get you an interview?…
Is Your Job Resume Too Long?
If you are you having trouble keeping your resume to two pages, cut common space wasting things. Are you using puffery? Puffery means that you exaggerating, giving opinions, making unsupported statements, or creating an inflated image of yourself. You are puffing. You are revealing pride and arrogance. Some examples of puffery are the words…
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