IT Career Growth

If You Don't Know Where You're Goin', Any Road'll Take You There

My musical tastes are pretty broad - as my twitter followers know from the changes in my profile there. But one constant in my musical life is George Harrison - I've been listening to his post-Beatles work since I was a kid.

How Much Technology Does Your IT Resume Really Need? Find That Critical Balance!

Balance is a critical component in strong, successful IT Resumes - and one of the most essential areas for that balance between the amount of technical detail in the IT Resume and the broader business issues that you've solved.

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.

How Do You Uncover the Career Strengths That Make You Stand Out from the Thundering Herd?

One of the great things about my job is that I'm always focusing on the positive, what my clients have accomplished that are unique, powerful, compelling.

Sure, my clients need me to solve pressing career problems - whether that's moving up the ladder, or finding a new opportunity after a layoff.

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.

Does your CIO Resume Make You Look Like a Grey Middle Manager? 5 Do's and Don't's for a Strong CIO Resume

As a Professional IT Executive Resume Writer, I see a lot resumes that don't even begin to do my clients - or their careers - justice.

Too often, the CIO resumes that I see look like an IT manager resume that's been slightly repurposed for a higher level position.