March 7, 2013 | 1 Comment
The core of your preparation for the job interview: Learn what they do. Learn how they do what they do. Figure out exactly what skills, experience and background you have that will help them do what they do faster and … Continue reading
August 22, 2012 | 1 Comment
This morning I gave a presentation titled Resumes & Interviews From the Hiring Manager’s Perspective at the Career TOOLS Conference in Milwaukee, WI. Big lesson learned: Even when the conference says they’re providing the laptops already set up, bring your … Continue reading
April 20, 2012 | 0 comments
If news stories were written like the resumes I see every day, a news story about a fire might look like this: “There was a fire on Tuesday in a building. Traffic was backed up some distance for some period … Continue reading
February 24, 2012 | 1 Comment
Every few days in the /r/jobs subreddit, someone will ask “It’s been N days since my interview, and I haven’t heard back. When can I follow up? How long does it usually take?” Two big lessons here: 1) there is … Continue reading
January 9, 2012 | 1 Comment
I came across a website that offers a service to host your resume in a snazzy web 2.0 format. It offers a custom URL that you can send employers to, and it lets you host a video resume. The site … Continue reading
November 29, 2011 | 2 Comments
All the time I hear people asking “How do I make my resume stand out?” It’s a great question to ask, because your resume is one of dozens or hundreds of others. The problem isn’t that you want your resume … Continue reading
November 14, 2011 | 1 Comment
Let’s say that you’re Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler and you’ve got to submit a resume to the next team you want to play for. If he wrote a resume like most resumes I see, he’d write something like this: … Continue reading
November 9, 2011 | 1 Comment
A reader wrote me yesterday: I just finished your great book Land the Tech Job You Love. I wish I’d had this to refer to when I was job searching over the years. This afternoon I’m going to give my … Continue reading
September 8, 2011 | 2 Comments
I spent an hour last night reading freelance writer Julieanne Smolinski‘s Twitter feed. She’s funny in a Jack Handey kind of way, and I retweeted this Tweet: I know you’re not supposed to lie on a resume, so I suppose … Continue reading
August 24, 2011 | 6 Comments
Gina Trapani started a Google+ thread about using Github as a portfolio of your work to show potential employers. This in turn was prompted by a blog post by PyDanny titled “Github is my resume.” It’s a great idea, but … Continue reading