Full Disclosure Resume Writing
When writing your resume you may be tempted to hide, bury, mitigate, adjust, or just paint in a positive light what has transpired over the course of your career. And you might just get away with it like some who have before you. But you may also get caught and embarrased or fired or just […]
What Is Your Job Hunting Mascot?
As the number of layoffs continues to climb and the number of job seekers entering the market climbs the tables turn from a job seeker’s market back to an employer’s market. As this market transformation begins job seekers will need to start to think about how they are prosecuting their job search. Jobs that were […]
Is it a risky time to consider changing jobs right now?
Someone recently asked me if it was safe to make a move in the current economic climate. My impulse was to tell them to stay put, but I thought about it some more and had a have a few things to add. In this climate it is a really good idea to get closer to […]
College Graduates Seeing Higher Salary Numbers
According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), salary numbers for recent college graduates are climbing. Their survey suggests that 94 percent of all disciplines had increases to their average starting salary offers and that the average starting salary offer to grads is up 7.6 percent to $49, 224. Computer engineering graduate starting […]
The Staffing Agency Career Shuffle
The line between human with a pulse and excellent match for the job is often blurred when staffing agencies get involved in career decisions. Most people don’t realize that when they are working with a staffing agency that the recruiter/account manager/account executive/whatever their title is gets paid by the company only if someone gets the […]
Resume Writing 101: Know Your Audience
If you’ve ever thought about picking up a resume writing book or hiring a resume writer you may want to read this before you go out and fork over any money for someone else’s ideas on the subject.
Resume writers and guides will tell you how to style your resume in much the same way that […]
Are You Being Paid Enough?
I frequently get requests from people who want to know how much they should be making in their jobs or how much they should be paying their employees. As the person that sits in on the salary discussions for a wide variety of technology companies here in the Washington, DC area this is a […]
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