This blog post is provided courtesy of Connie Dorigan, President, of Dorigan & Associates, an Oregon-based recruitment services firm specializing in the software and emerging technology industries. __________________ Remember the days when, if you felt dissatisfied with your job, all you had to do was tell a friend or two, spruce up your resume and… Read more »
Single Most Important Career Question To Ask Yourself
Most people are absolutely unaware of some of seemingly subtle points in their résumé that positively screams out certain things to employers. What may seem vague and somewhat insignificant to you usually is one of the first things that an employer looks for when evaluating candidates. Employers are evaluating résumés and looking to see what… Read more »
The Truth About How Résumés Really Stack Up
Earlier in my career when I was looking for jobs, I truly thought that everyone else’s résumé was TONs better than mine. I’d spent hours perfecting this document for each and every job application, fearing that someone else’s résumé constituted pure perfection, and that truly was what I was up against. Want to hear a… Read more »
What You Absolutely Need to Know About Applicant /Keyword Tracking Systems
As a résumé writer, I encounter people from all walks of life in virtually all levels of employment from entry level to CEO. It’s continuously amazing to me to see how many people aren’t tuned into what’s going on in terms of the human resource side of the hiring process. And what you don’t know… Read more »