What a great resume!

“What a great resume!” – Music to your ears, right? What’s the secret to success with your resume? Start with the Summary: 1 paragraph, supported by a couple bullets, that tells a concise story about you, contains your top 5 keywords and has 2 or 3 supporting bullets....

Happy New Year & Successful 2020

Thanks to you all for the most successful year I’ve had to date!  With your kind recommendations, we’ve added almost 100 new friends and clients and YOU ALL are the reason I’m successful.  Keep the notes coming – I’m so excited when I...

Sr. Exec Resume Trends for 2020

As part of my service to you, I do extensive research on the latest in resume trends and separating the legit info from the fads. Here’s the latest in emerging trends for Sr. Execs: Show your IT strengths. The non-IT exec can no longer be non-techy. Marketing execs...

Mid-year Resume Tune Up 2019

A better way to say it… The thought leaders, pundits, commentators, and other experts in my world are putting forth a theory that rock star, guru and ninja are getting worn out and tired, becoming passé, old fashioned and can date you. Might be true, and I think...

Do You Only Do Technical Resumes?

I’ve been asked this question a lot. Do you only do technical resumes? The answer is yes and no.  I started out thinking I would be working mostly with engineers and PMs in the technology space where I’d spent most of my recruiting career. Hence, the name...

Interviewing: Tell Me About Yourself

This is a reprint from a recent article on LinkedIn. This is exactly the same conversation I have with whoever I’m working with, about interviewing and what a hiring manager is looking for. I couldn’t have said it better myself. ~jan Published on Published...

A Short & Easy Initial LinkedIn marketing plan

A Short & Easy Initial LinkedIn Marketing plan Wanted to share the initial LinkedIn Marketing Plan that I’ve developed. It’s a series of timed messages, articles, notes and your comments on things you see in LinkedIn. It’s easy to do, and easy to maintain. The...