Tag: value

Never Undersell Yourself… Ever

Never undersell yourself.  I know it is difficult sometimes because many job seekers are constantly having to shift their tactics to try and align their backgrounds as closely as possible to position openings. Oftentimes, they find that they might seem overqualified to the prospective employer, and therefore, for the lack of a better description, “dumb… Read more »

Show ACTION in your resume!

When I teach classes on writing resumes, sometimes, to get a laugh out of the audience, I adopt a ‘Ben Stein’ tone (ala “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) to provide a dramatic example of how boring people’s resumes can be: “I did this, and I did that, and that’s that.” Yuck! No one wants to read… Read more »