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May 29th, 2024

Should You Add Hyperlinks to Your Resume?

By Sydney Bonner - May 29th, 2024

May 29th, 2024

Links in your resume are a shortcut for recruiters to get to know your professional experience better. While links can elevate your resume and add a layer of depth to your application, there is a mu...

Should You Add Hyperlinks to Your Resume?

Resume Tips

May 27th, 2024

PDF or Word Doc: Which Resume Format Works Best?

By Sydney Bonner - May 27th, 2024

May 27th, 2024

Formatting your resume for job applications is an important step to getting your resume noticed by recruiters. While it depends on which ATS software companies use, at the end of the day, it’s about i...

PDF or Word Doc: Which Resume Format Works Best?

Resume Tips

May 24th, 2024

How to Set Margins for a Resume

By Sydney Bonner - May 24th, 2024

May 24th, 2024

While resume margins seem like a minor detail, they can be major when it comes to a recruiter reviewing your resume . Since the average recruiter only spends 7 seconds per resume, it doesn’t leave ...

How to Set Margins for a Resume

Resume Tips

May 20th, 2024

How to Show Time Management Skills on Your Resume

By Sydney Bonner - May 20th, 2024

May 20th, 2024

With only so many hours in a work week, time management can be a challenge. Using work hours to your advantage is critical to achieving success. Employers want to know you’re a team player who can kee...

How to Show Time Management Skills on Your Resume

Resume Tips

May 19th, 2024

How to Pass the Resume Screening Process

By Sydney Bonner - May 19th, 2024

May 19th, 2024

Ever wondered why the recruiter didn’t look at your application? The reality is that 75% of job applications aren’t seen by human eyes. For a recruiter to look at your resume, it often must pass thr...

How to Pass the Resume Screening Process

Resume Tips

April 27th, 2024

5 Reasons Cover Letters are Still Important

By John Ternieden - April 27th, 2024

April 27th, 2024

Let’s start by addressing the elephant in the room: The notion that cover letters are outdated and serve little purpose in the modern hiring process. Admittedly, hiring managers can receive doze...

5 Reasons Cover Letters are Still Important

Resume Tips

April 25th, 2024

How Long Should a Cover Letter Be?

By John Ternieden - April 25th, 2024

April 25th, 2024

At times, it seems as if the proper length of a cover letter may rank alongside religion and politics as one of the more heavily debated topics. Every professional magazine and influencer has an...

How Long Should a Cover Letter Be?

Resume Tips

April 22nd, 2024

How to Format a Cover Letter (with Examples)

By John Ternieden - April 22nd, 2024

April 22nd, 2024

Despite what some may say, cover letters remain an important part of the job application process. While resumes may provide a summary of skills and timeline of work experience, the cover letter ...

How to Format a Cover Letter (with Examples)

Resume Tips

April 9th, 2024

How to Highlight Problem Solving Skills on Your Resume (with Examples)

By Sawyer Smith - April 9th, 2024

April 9th, 2024

Instead of coming up with a fake scenario in which your place of work was unexpectedly thrown into chaos and needed someone with good problem solving skills to save the day, why don’t we just use a r...

How to Highlight Problem Solving Skills on Your Resume (with Examples)

Resume Tips

April 5th, 2024

How to List Projects on a Resume (with Examples)

By Sawyer Smith - April 5th, 2024

April 5th, 2024

When it comes to applying for a new job, it might be helpful to think of the process as similar to applying to college. Competitive students have a high school diploma (experience), good grades (techn...

How to List Projects on a Resume (with Examples)

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