Smith Hanley Associates‘ Recruiters offer their resume advice for your job search. They also take this chance to honor their close relatives who served in the military. Happy Memorial Day! Eda Zullo, Principal, Pharmaceutical Commercial Analytics Practice Lead, ezullo@smithhanley.com Father, Donald Rederscheid, Private 1st Class, U.S. Army Resume Advice: If you work for a… Read more »
Smith Hanley Associates‘ Recruiters offer their resume tips for your job search. They also take this chance to honor their close relatives who served in the military. Happy Memorial Day! Eda Zullo, Executive Recruiter, Pharmaceutical Analytics Father, Donald Rederscheid, Private 1st Class, U.S. Army Resume Tips: If you work for a very large company… Read more »
You’ve worked hard. Your education, your experience, your skills are right in line with the job you are applying for. You’ve created a clear and concise resume that accurately reflects this, but something’s missing. How do you make your resume stand out from the 500 other applicants? You are thinking about turning your resume into… Read more »
I’m not going to tell you not to seek out resume advice. People feel very exposed when asking someone to critique their personal resume. Naturally they turn to people who love them to give the advice. Unless the people who love you work in the same line of work as you, they CANNOT comment on the… Read more »
The eight seconds of attention you have from an employer means your resume has to capture their interest quickly. A terrific summary statement can do that. A bad one means they won’t even read the rest of your resume. Here are eight no-no’s for writing your summary statement. 1. Assume an objective is as good… Read more »
Two minutes. Twenty seconds. Six seconds. Research quoted times for how long someone will look at your resume. DO NOT clutter your resume with these 18 unnecessary items. 18 Resume No-Nos! from Smith Hanley Associates 1. Your full legal name Put the name you go by at the top of the resume. This… Read more »
1. Use the name you go by on a day-to-day basis. This is not a legal document and does not require your legal name. DO NOT start an employment conversation by having to explain why the name on your resume is different from the name you want them to call you. 2. DO NOT put… Read more »
It’s sad but true: job seekers are still making the same, easily avoidable mistakes on their resumes that they’ve been making for years—the types of mistakes that get their resumes deleted immediately. Yes, you need to avoid spelling errors, which spell-check won’t always catch, but most of all you have to streamline your resume and… Read more »