There are all these articles out there on the Internet, or even worse as actual books you have to BUY, telling you about “secret” things that apparently resume-reviewers want to see on resumes and cover letters. There are “secret” things you must remember to say, or then again, not say in interviews. Let’s not forget
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June 12, 2013
- By: Margaret
- job searching advice, Margaret Says, resume formatting
August 27, 2012
- By: Margaret
- Margaret Says, resume advice, resume formatting
To proof or not to proof…
You’d think it was a given, wouldn’t you, that you should carefully proof your resume? But a depressing number of resumes that end up in front of me have mistakes in them. Some minor, some pretty horrendous. Two of my favorite examples: a) Two proofreaders who managed to misspell the word proofreading on their resumes.
July 9, 2012
- By: Margaret
- Margaret Says, resume advice, resume formatting
Lay-out of a resume
One page? Two pages? European-style 6-pager with a photo? One or two pages is fine. The days of the one v two page arguments are long gone. US resumes are never more than 2 pages. Well, occasional exceptions. Academic resumes are a special case, too). European-type c.v.s are just not the norm here, and tend