Pro resume works

Starting with the Don’t: Typos, past tense for a present job, personal pronouns: It’s really hard to edit your own work. Do: Always have...

Where do you work best? Office or home or both? Travel, some, or none? Can you work outside a 9-5 parameter? Fluorescent lights, no...

You don’t want to leave your job search to chance. Determine how much time a week you want to spend on your job search and then commit to...

Follow this advice when choosing an email address for your job search: Your email address should not be suggestive, flirtatious, generic, silly, or funny. It should be professional and easy to remember and create awareness. It should include your name, preferably first name and last name. It should be a personal email address, not one shared with a spouse or family. Try not to use numbers or underscores.

If you're an older worker trying to find a job, you may face age discrimination. Among the ways to proactively counter any issues about...

Continue following up with hiring managers. Your work is not done once the interview is complete or the thank-you note sent. Following up...

Write Thank-You notes after interviews to all interviewers. A quick note (by email is fine) of thanks that emphasizes your interest and...

Before you get called for your first interview, develop responses for common interview questions, and then practice them — ideally using...

When you’re actively looking for a job, you need help. When you’re thinking about getting a new job, you need contacts. Make networking...

For the vast majority of jobseekers, a large and strong network of contacts — people who know you and want to help you uncover job leads...