Goofy stunts don't generally help you get hired. Hiring a skywriter, sending a cake with your resume written in frosting or singing at your interview are all shortcuts to the discard pile, not a job ...

Unless you're a real rock star in your chosen field, it can be hard to make your resume stand out from the crowd. Certainly, it can help to take some of our excellent resume-writing advice, but at the ...

Every year it seems like there are new strategies for creating a resume that will help you stand out in a crowded job market. The latest thing I've been hearing about are visual and living resumes. In ...

A résumé has a difficult job: Make a job candidate stand out amongst a sea of other candidates. One way to make its job easier is by adding some visual elements to its look. A recent development, the ...

According to a University of Minnesota study, presenters who use visual aids are 43 percent more effective in persuading audience members to take a desired course of action. This study is part of a ...

In today's competitive job market — where hiring managers can spend as little as seven seconds looking at a resume — jobseekers may be tempted to add a little creative flair to their applications to ...

September 20, 2010 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Some employers really do want only a simple page of education and work credentials. Most, though, would ...

Like any cohesive story, résumés need a beginning, middle, end and takeaway. You need to explain who you are, how you have succeeded, a scope of why that's important and what you will do for your ...

The professional resume is said to go back to five centuries ago, as yet another innovation by Leonardo da Vinci. During our own lifetimes, it’s been a staple of the Age of Bureaucracy, designed to be ...