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Category Archives: Resumes

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  Veterans Don’t Dilute Your Resume, Distill It

  Flowery, fluffy, fantastic words and phrases. It may be writing to the awards board to make sure a subordinate’s "diligent effort to single handedly ensure the command passed the inspection with unprecedented results" gets them an award. Or writing to the promotion board about … more

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  Before You Hit Apply for This Job

  In federal contracting, there is a term called “Req Recruiting.” A recruiter receives a requisition to place a potential person in a position in a particular program. Said recruiter, if indeed a sourcing sorcerer, employs many magical methods to find and vet the perfect perso… more

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  5 Data Points for the Top of Your Resume

  Job seekers and recruiters can both be frustrated with the job search process. At times we blame technology, but often it's the data we provide the technology that can be a big part of the problem. The old adage of “garbage in, garbage out” applies to job search just as it d… more

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  3 Tips to Improve Your Resume Now

  What were the top three take-aways from the resume reviews at recent ClearedJobs.Net Cleared Job Fairs? Tip 1: Get Critical Info Right Up Top The top third of the first page is ‘ golden’  space to sell yourself so a hiring manager or recruiter will look at your resume … more

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  Five Little Resume Mistakes that Tell Employers You’re a Risk

  To the best of your knowledge, your resume is perfect. You ran it through the spell checker three times just to make sure it didn’t miss anything the first two times. You even had your uncle Dave look it over because he hired a guy once and he knows a thing or two about resumes… more