Due to the proliferation of Applicant Tracking Systems, you should expect that the first time your resume is reviewed by a human, it will be reviewed on a screen … not on paper. Learn how your audience actually reads your resume … on screen.

Recruiters get hundreds or even thousands of applicants for each position they hire. While keyword matching is a part of prescreening, there are many steps that come before screening. Learn how recruiters choose which candidates they submit …

Recruiters ignore most resumes they are sent … except for the resumes that match the intersection of industry, job function, and skills that recruiter specializes in. Learn why carpetbombing recruiters can help your job search campaign …

You’re inventory. At least that’s what you look like to a recruiter. Good news, however … you don’t have to be inventory to a recruiter. Here’s 4 ways to look like a partner to a recruiter, instead of looking like inventory.

A participant in my Resume Revolution webinar asked “Once you connect with a recruiter how many times a week should you check in?” This article gives some ideas of how to get a recruiter to want to work for you.

Job seekers complain that they never get feedback from recruiters. A recruiter gives unvarnished feedback – but are you listening?

In the past, you’ve heard me preach that spamming your resume is never a good idea. Well I was wrong – it turns out that there’s one time that spamming your resume can help a great deal. Usually spamming your resume is a good way to get it ignored, and alienate your network. Learn more [...]

Why don’t interviewers follow up anymore? Learn why fewer employers feel that it pays to be polite …

Way way back in the year 2000, things changed. They changed for the better for employers, but worse for most job seekers. Only the fortunate few who learned how to make these changes were able to make these changes work for them – and it gave them an Unfair Advantage. Sad thing is, this is [...]

The business service, telecommunications, hospitality, banking, health care and retail are the top industries currently hiring based on a survey of active job advertisements from the nation’s leading job boards.