Hi Joshua, I’ve been working at a high-end boutique in SoHo for about a year now while still trying to apply for corporate jobs.  Should I put this retail sales (fashion) position in my profile at all?  I’ve been told my having a retail job on my résumé might jeopardize my career path. I’m a Communications major (1992) and have
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Guest post by Matthew Levy: I know what you are thinking: mom told me that bragging is a bad thing.  I agree that in many situations bragging is not a trait that you want to be associated with.  In fact, word association may yield terms such as arrogant, audacious and egotistical. However, I’d like to a make the claim that
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This guest letter was written by Mark Hannan Dear Job Seeker, It is rare, extremely rare, to find the “perfect fit” for both the job and the company culture. Please do not tell me you are. You’ve never met any of us, haven’t seen how we operate, on good days or on bad days , so you can’t really make
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Southworth 24-lb. Fine Parchment Paper, Letter, Gold If you had printed your resume on this elegant evolution of papyrus twenty years ago you would have stood out.  That 11 cent investment and a 29 cent Lunar New Year of the Rooster postage stamp would have put your application for employment at the top of the heap. Flash forward to today
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Steven and Gareth were business partners on three ecommerce websites. In 2010, they started their first site, DecalMyWall.com on a platform called Big Commerce. When Big Commerce began posting job openings on Craigslist earlier this year for customer service reps, Steven and Gareth really wanted to work there. There were just a few problems. First, they both lived in San
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One of my favorite things I’ve ever heard Joshua say in the times I’ve had a chat with him is that “your resume is your obituary.” When you consider the fact that your resume is really nothing more than a series of all the things you’ve accomplished in your PAST it really is an obituary. With the rise of social
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Guest Post by Adam Lewis, COO at InnovateCV.com: Facebook is fundamentally on online address book that allows you to gather contacts and see what they’re doing. Unlike LinkedIn, Facebook has a social theme. However, don’t discount the platform as a key element in a broader job search strategy. By using Facebook to promote your personal brand, and developing a smart
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I previously wrote about the death of the verb and the rise of the Noun, so I won’t explain that here. But if you haven’t read that post, I suggest you do so. I’m often asked, “Well, if I need nouns, how do I know what nouns to use?” Here is a simple list of some great places to begin
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Friend and fellow Career Adviser, Heather Huhman, released a new free e-book today called, “9 Steps to Becoming and Expert Marketer & Getting Hired in Today’s Digital World”. You can view it right here! Attention Job Seekers: Your Search is at Stake! 9 Steps to Becoming an Expert Marketer & Getting Hired in Today’s Digital World View more presentations from
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By:  Kat Krull: Whether you like it or not, employers are searching for you online. In fact, according to an infographic from Career Builder, 37 percent of employers are using social networking sites to research job candidates. They frequent Facebook the most (65%), followed by LinkedIn (63%), Twitter (16%), and other sites (17%). You probably realize that your chances of landing the
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