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Career Tips, Insights and Career Advice by Paul Freiberger

The Reverse Chronological Resume Format

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“Order is heaven’s first law,” said Alexander Pope. A resume provides order to our career. The reverse chronological resume is the most common resume format in use today. It is the one most favored by recruiters and employers. It is a common form of executive resume writer samples or ...

Essential LinkedIn Tips for Job Seekers

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LinkedIn can be astoundingly useful. However, it is not enough to create a profile and sit back and watch the contacts come pouring in. LinkedIn is not a passive activity. To get the most out it, make sure you take the following steps:1) Have a 100 percent complete active ...

Why Your LinkedIn Profile Matters

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Of all the venues that make up the online social network, LinkedIn stands out as the site most dedicated to career issues. Other sites, including Facebook, have some career utility, but those destinations mix business with pleasure in a way that has never been part of LinkedIn’s identity. One ...

How to Write a Lively, Professional Cover Letter

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Second only to the resume in importance, the cover letter can be a valuable part of a job applicant’s standard documentation. It is a fundamental part of the applicant’s image in an employer’s eyes and, while the typical cover letter can leave a neutral impression, it can ...

How to Write a McKinsey Resume

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Among management consultants, McKinsey & Company has earned a reputation for its rigorous hiring process. Let’s look at what a McKinsey resume looks like and how to write a McKinsey resume. McKinsey can certainly afford to be rigorous. It attracts a remarkable pool of applicants, including Rhodes and Marshall ...

Fired? How to Get Back to Work

How to handle being fired from a Bay Area career counselor

Getting fired is generally not a career highlight, and there’s no sense in trying to soften the blow by spinning it as a positive event that opens you to magnificent new opportunities. The plain truth is that it hurts to be fired. It’s a blow to your ego ...

The Happy Ending Job Interview Tip

Answers to situational questions during job interviews do not have to be divorced from reality. In fact, some of the best use actual events. Start by addressing the hypothetical situation, but shift gears if you can think of a true story that parallels the fictional one. For example, if you ...

How to Start Writing Your Resume: Ask the Right Questions

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Most people think about goals casually, turning them over in the mind. That's not enough. Do this analysis in writing. Do it before you write your resume, or do it while you are working with a professional resume writer.You may use a resume writing service to develop your resume ...

What if Seinfeld had been a show about job search?

Here's a hypothetical plot. The Upstart Kramer wouldn’t make much headway in a buttoned-down corporate workplace, but he’s gotten word of a startup, a freewheeling place with plans to disrupt some existing field. Kramer knows this isn’t a traditional firm and that the rules are quite ...

Tips for the Best Sales Resume

Sales and marketing professionals may be able to sell ice to an eskimo, but sometimes they forget the importance of selling themselves with carefully developed and optimized resumes and LinkedIn profiles.  It seems easier to sell a product than to sell ourselves.  Some of the keys to developing a resume ...

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