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5 reasons your resume sucks (and how to make it better)

Posted by Natalie MacLellan on Monday, February 8, 2010, In : Products and Services 
Guest post by Sarah Semark, Triggers and Sparks

When I put out a hiring notice a little while ago, I was flooded with resumes. Now, like any business owner, I’m both hardworking and lazy, so I quickly developed a shorthand to help me sift through all the applicants. In short: if I could find a good reason to throw your resume out, it was gone.

In this charming economic climate, if you’re looking for a new job, it may be time to take a good hard look at your own resume, and ensure that youâ...
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Beware the "free" resumé service

Posted by Natalie Joan on Wednesday, March 11, 2009, In : Products and Services 
Consumerist.com (the same people who made the news reporting on Facebook's new Terms of Service a few weeks ago) have written a scathing review of the free resumé critique available from the CareerBuilder website.

Not only did Career Builder provide the same generic advice to several different, fake resumés , but they also used the email addresses provided to spam the users with unsolicited email.

The moral: sometimes you get what you pay for. Read the fill article here.

Now, I know wha...
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Natalie Joan I am a writer, editor and adult education professional living in Halifax NS. I write and edit resumés, and offer workshops on resumé writing, job hunting, and interviewing. This blog is a place for me to post my favourite resumé tips, answer common questions, and occasionally rant about my pet peeves.

  

   
 
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