Maybe you just graduated high school or college. Maybe you’re ready to branch out of retail and into the corporate. Maybe you’ve recently moved to a different city and need to find a job, fast. Maybe you’ve simply started to feel stuck in your current job and aren’t...
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8 Skills You’re Not Putting on Your Resume (But Absolutely Need To)
Job searching can be intimidating and time-consuming, especially when it comes to resume writing. Deciding what skills to put on your resume can be tough. It is important to tailor your resume to each position to increase your chances of landing the job, but even...
Ask A Recruiter: What Makes you Pass on an Applicant when Reviewing Resumes?
If you’re job hunting, your resume is the first impression an employer, hiring manager, or recruiter has of you. This single sheet of paper must be carefully and thoughtfully constructed and be aesthetically appealing to the eye, because if it’s not, well, that could...
Does Your Resume Tell a Story? How to Create an Effective Narrative
The beginning of every job search starts with a resume. When read by human eyes, your resume will get the reader’s attention for only 2.5 to 20 seconds. Taking into consideration the length of time that the average reader will spend on your resume at first glance,...
New Job Nerves or Something Else? Is Social Anxiety Sabotaging Your Job Search?
Let’s pretend for a second that this pandemic didn’t happen. If you were beginning a job search in an alternate 2021, you’d probably still feel overwhelmed. The idea of going into a new office, meeting new people, making a good first impression, learning a new...
How to WOW a Hiring Manager in 6 Seconds or Less
When you apply to a job, it’s not uncommon to see a posting where hundreds of applicants have applied—hundreds of applicants that need to be manually reviewed by a recruiter or hiring manager. It’s quite a daunting task. It’s no wonder why the average time spent...
Made a Mistake in an Interview? Here’s How to Recover
Interviews can be extremely stressful. It’s hard to know how to prepare; it’s even harder to know what to say and do. It’s no wonder why so many job seekers feel like they’ve tanked a job interview over a simple mistake. As a recruiter, I can tell you mistakes are...
Asking for Job Flexibility: Get Your Boss to Say Yes with These 5 Easy Steps
So, you want more flexibility at work but you’re avoiding the topic with your boss because you’re afraid they’ll say no. Or maybe you’re not afraid, you know they’ll say no, so why even waste your time? Well, I have news for you: sometimes hearing "yes" is more of how...
Why You’re Dead Wrong About Staffing Agency Recruiters: 5 Myths Busted!
In the employment world, staffing agencies and their recruiters get a bad rap. Partially due to media portrayal and resume farms masquerading as staffing firms, real recruiters who can help you hire and find a job faster get cast aside without second thought. For...
Job Flexibility: Are You as Flexible as You Think?
If we’ve learned anything living through a pandemic it’s how important adaptability and flexibility are, but being flexible is always easier said than done. Hey, humans are creatures of habit. Fortunately (or unfortunately), the pandemic taught us many lessons the...










