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Top 2 Résumé Mistakes that Prevent Results (and How to Fix Them): Part 2

Top 2 Résumé Mistakes that Prevent Results (and How to Fix Them): Part 2

In Killer Résumé Mistakes: Part 1, I told you about my client, "Emma", who had applied for jobs online for two years without results before she came to me for help.

In this second article, I discuss Emma’s second killer résumé mistake and how to fix it. ...

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How Esther Got the One Job She Wanted

My client “Esther” had her own business, but she needed more money to pay for unexpected bills, but she hadn’t updated her résumé in ten years and had a ten-year gap in her related experience. She didn't know how to create a résumé that would bring the work she wanted. ...

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Top 2 Résumé Mistakes that Prevent Results (and How to Fix Them): Part 1

Top 2 Résumé Mistakes that Prevent Results (and How to Fix Them): Part 1

My client, Emma, had applied for jobs online for two years without results. She had plenty of excellent experience, and someone should have called her for an interview. No one did.

When I looked at her résumé, I knew what the problem was. She, like many people, followed obsolete guidelines for writing résumés. She made ...

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