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In HRchat episode 651, we talk about ways to develop and enhance career websites. My guest this time is Jim Taylor, Managing Director of HappyDance, a Ph.Creative company. HappyDance is an enterprise careers site platform with a mission to elevate your employer brand at every turn! Jim is a digital innovator specializing in careers sites. […]
In today’s competitive job market, standing out is the key to success. As traditional resumes have been the norm for decades, a new trend has emerged – the modern visual resume format. This innovative approach to presenting your skills and experience combines design with content to create an impactful first impression. So, when considering how […]
Timeless Tips to Make Your CV Stand Out to Recruiters The way resumes (aka CVs) are written has changed tremendously over the past decade—you can no longer have an uninteresting profile that runs into several pages and yet fails to grab a potential recruiter’s attention. While you’ll find a hundred different opinions online on how […]
The Art of Creating a Killer Resume Finding a job can be challenging. Even though the market has been improving over the past few years, it can still be tough to land employment in your sector. Unemployment rates in the U.S. are at almost 4%, which means that as a job seeker, you’re likely to face […]
CVs are gradually killing recruiting. The reason being the high complexity of the contemporary employment landscape, which is much different from the era, when the CV became popular. The solution: Recruiting must kill CVs first.
According to Career Builder, job postings will attract 250 resumes on average. If it’s your task to sort through these resumes to find the perfect candidate, you may find yourself feeling a little daunted and your “flight” reflex may be kicking in. Fortunately, there are ways to quickly evaluate a stack of resumes. Faced with […]
Résumés may tell you how well a person performed a previous or current job. But unless you’re looking for someone to do the exact same job he or she had in the past, a résumé won’t give you insight into how the person will perform in the future.
Is the CV perfect? Definitely not. However, we should consider not only what the viable alternatives are, but whether we have really optimised the value that a CV can bring.
Successful executives are often described as having critical thinking. Most people tend to agree with that observation, and consequently, critical thinking is included in both job descriptions and resumés in the hope that it will ensure a positive outcome. Improvements in critical thinking headline the objectives of many executive training programs.