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Here's a resume formatting tip designed to help you make a strong impact. It's not the most ideal solution for every resume, but it's pretty handy when you want to emphasize a certain stand-out feature about yourself, highlight your personal brand or show multiple functional titles or areas you're going after. I call it the headliner format. Some experts call it the title format... Read the rest of this entry »

For some Friday fun, I thought I would share some amusing and true answers that people have given in response to typical interview questions. These, in particular, are taken from an article I saw awhile back on CareerBuilder.com, "43 Things Actually Said in Job Interviews"... Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday, I attended a networking luncheon for the Career Development Network. Executive coach, Dan Morman of Praxis Innovation spoke to us of “Creating Mindshifts in Job Seekers.” Dan gave us several good ideas and tools to use with clients. I thought one concept in particular would be great to share with you here on the Daily Career Blog... Read the rest of this entry »

When you get into the interview process, you need to be able to answer the question, “Why should I hire you over the other guy?” Your answer needs to be stronger than providing a list of past tasks and experience. Yesterday, Jay talked about behavioral-based questions. He called them annoying... Read the rest of this entry »

There are 2 certain facts of life that you have to face while job hunting. #1 is that you will need to network. And because of #1, you will need to do #2 – you will need to introduce yourself. Yesterday I talked about the 7 Steps to Developing Your Job Search Plan. Step #2 is “Assemble/Create Tools & Support,” and your introduction statement is another tool to... Read the rest of this entry »