Guide to an Excellent Resume

Résumés have changed dramatically over recent years.  In today’s competitive job market, you can’t afford to have a lack-luster document.  Follow the fundamentals of a modern résumé to maximize the results of your job search campaign. The fundamentals include things such as an appropriate résumé structure, compelling content, sophisticated style, and accuracy.  Here are just a few tips to help...

Do You Know What the Cloud Is?

There is a popular movie trailer in which the lead actor says, “Nobody understands the Cloud!” Well, it seems this is a common issue.  Webfusion surveyed 1,000 consumers and only 33.8% percent responded that they understood the term. Talk of the cloud is bandied around the Internet, TV, and a wide range of business communications.  Yet, most of us are clueless when it comes to the cloud....

Add Some Bacon to Your Resume

I was watching a CNBC interview with Wendy’s CEO yesterday.  The topic was Wendy’s success in putting bacon on multiple burgers and salads.  The message essentially was to give the people what they want, and apparently, they want bacon!  Bacon sells. 

How about putting some bacon on your resume? Seriously, bacon to the burger is analogous to packing your resume with results-ba...

Take the LinkedIn Photo Quiz:  How Do You Score?

While checking out the latest posts on LinkedIn, I saw an astounding photo of a man in a costume. Well, I can only hope this was some sort of 1850s type costume and not his version of business attire.  Then I started to review a series of photos.   Of the bad photos, I saw a woman in a bikini top with a margarita, a cute cat cartoon, a man with an angry expression, and anot...