Posted in Careers, Resume Writing on Jul 7th, 2009
I want to get down to pure basics in today’s blog item and talk about the resume.If you are new in the job market or are going to be in one pretty soon, you’ll need to know what is a resume and what you should put into it. Here are some useful pointers: For starters, [...]
Posted in Careers, Resume Writing on Apr 18th, 2009
This came from an article in The Star today: AP Search Management Recruitment Sdn Bhd director KH Teoh believes that with the present shrinking job market, there is a greater need for job seekers to write their resumes and present themselves well during interviews. Employers will be looking for key items, depending on the applicants’ [...]
Posted in Careers, Resume Writing on Mar 20th, 2009
It’s quite common that many job seekers are now creating their resumes on online job sites. However, this does not mean that nobody is writing the traditional, old-fashioned resume any more. Far from it, many people are still doing this because there are occasions when a written resume can be more appropriate than an online [...]
Posted in Careers, Resume Writing on Mar 6th, 2009
I received an interesting email today. Someone asked me whether it was all right to pad his resume. In case you don’t know what this means, it means making a lie in your resume. Adding qualifications or experience or skills which you do not have. At one time or another, some people may have felt [...]
Posted in Careers, Resume Writing on Feb 16th, 2009
I wouldn’t recommend you to do this but in Florida, a man had himself videotaped jumping off a causeway bridge. No, it wasn’t any attempt to escape from the gloomy economy crisis in the United States but just to get himself a little more attention for his resume. Police there said that the man, Christopher [...]
Posted in Careers, Resume Writing on Sep 27th, 2006
Job seekers are often faced with a dilemma when they write their resumes. Should they or shouldn’t they list their references in their resumes? I’ve been asked this so many times in my talks around the campuses in Malaysia. There are two schools of thought. One says that it is quite all right to name [...]
Posted in Careers, Resume Writing on Aug 3rd, 2006
I’ve often been asked by people: how long should their resumes be? Would employers be impressed if they write a long resume? Before I answer this answer, I have to say that in the course of my work in JobStreet.com, I have seen resumes that go as long as 19 printed pages as well as [...]
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