I've blogged on this topic before - but I think that it's important - do to the amount of misinformation you'll find on the web.
It's a rare week that I don't see a career "expert" suggesting customizing IT Resumes for every job you apply for.
IT Resumes - the #1 Issue that Can Keep You From Getting Where You're Going
IT Resumes Writers see a number of critical patterns that can be easily missed - both by IT professionals seeking a new opportunity, and by hiring authorities primarily focused on filling critical positions.
Given the highly specialized nature of my work - and the large number of often unsatisfactory IT resumes that cross my desk, I'm in a unique position to notice those patterns. And it's my responsibility to my clients to make them aware of the bad news that may be keeping the phone from ringing
3 Pieces of Bad IT Resume Advice you'll See Everywhere
As a professional IT Resume Writer, I follow IT hiring trends very carefully - to ensure that I craft the best possible IT resume for my clients.
And there's some bad advice out there - advice that I see consistently. So I'd like to take a moment to discuss some of the things that you'll see - from the early stages of your due diligence finding a professional IT resume writer through the later stages of the job search.
5 Important Reasons to Hire a Professional IT Resume Writer
Top 5 Reasons That IT Professionals Contact a Professional IT Resume Writer
How Much Technology Does Your IT Resume Really Need? Find That Critical Balance!
You're Strategic IN Your Career. But Are You Strategic ABOUT Your Career?
What Have You Done Lately? Why Your IT Resume Needs to be an Inverted Pyramid
As a professional resume writer, there are some issues that I see over and over again in the initial client IT resumes that cross my desk.
One of the most common is to see every job described in an almost identical number of words, the same number of bullets, the same visual space on the page - whether that job is current, or was a decade and a half ago.
Does Your Legacy IT Resume Need a Serious Refresh?
How Much Will Staying in Your Current Job REALLY Cost You?
Are You Doing the Work of 3 People? And Only Getting Paid for 1?
People come to IT Resume Writers because they have a problem.
My clients don't call me because they're completely, utterly thrilled and in love with their current jobs.They call because they need a change, need to take the next step, need to get into a job that offers greater challenges, greater rewards, and greater respect
Bad News on the IT Hiring Front - 3 Tips on Making the Best of a Bad Situation
As one of the leading IT Resume Writers in the careers industry, I make it my business to follow all aspects of IT news.
My clients expect me to know every major trend - both in IT generally, in the IT job market. So when I came on this article, I felt it critical to pass the information along to the readers of my blog, and my twitter and LinkedIn followers.
3 Reasons Why BYOR (Build Your Own Resume) is a Really Dangerous Career Strategy
I held off on buying an iPad.
I couldn't see the point - it seemed like a big iPhone that wasn't a phone.
But I broke down and got one early this year. I'm studying Chinese, and there's an incredible app - Skritter - for learning Chinese characters. And using Skritter on the iPhone was killing my eyes
CIO Resumes - 3 Strategies to Leverage Your Early IT Career Achievements
General Practitioner or Surgeon? Does your Career Need an IT Resume Specialist?
IT Resume Writers are a rare breed in the resume writing industry.
Most resume writers are generalists; they write a very wide range of projects, from entry level to executive, and from sales or marketing to administrative. Many of those resume writers are very skilled, and produce strong resumes, cover letters. Many of the those resume writers, quite frankly, are less skillful, and tend to produce look alike, read alike documents.
3 Reasons that You Don't Want to Write Your Own IT Resume
When prospective clients call me, they're often frustrated - frustrated in their current job and frustrated with the challenges of the job search.
After all, if a prospective client loved their current job, they wouldn't email me. That's why, in my initial conversation with a prospective client, I always want to get a strong feel for what's going on in their current job - what prompted them to pick up the phone - and what their concerns are about the job search.
Are you Willing to Gamble with your Career?
I've been tempted to ask that question when prospective clients tell me that they're going to write their own resumes - or that they are going to go to a low end resume service that promises great results for $199, or with a generalist resume writer who may do a technical project a few times a year.
Is your Technical Resume Easy to Find?
Needless to say, in my technical resume writing service, I see a LOT of resumes - as I did when I was recruiting. I've discussed a number of major issues to help build powerful, targeted technical resumes in previous blogs, and I'll continue to in the future. But today, I'm going to mention something that may seem minor - but can make a significant difference in ensuring that your resume is easily found by a hiring authority.
Technical Resume Length
Technical Resumes - When Less IS More
In my previous post, I discussed reasons to include enough information in your technology resume to demonstrate what you can do to solve the hiring authority's problem. The challenge, of course, is knowing what "enough" is. While some technical professionals err too much on the side of brevity to provide a clear picture of who they are or what they can do in their technical resume, others go to the opposite extreme.