Archive for Resume Writing

10 Resume Mistakes

Karen Swim | July 7, 2010 | 0 Comments

You read or heard that your resume must be one or two pages so you expand the margins and use a very small font. There is no “set” length for the resume. A better solution is to be judicious in the information that is captured. If you have a long job history you may want [...]

Is The Ladders a Scam?

Karen Swim | May 30, 2009 | 2 Comments

Written by Karen D. Swim That is the big question posed this week by Jason Alba who bravely wrote a post on The Ladders. Judging from the comments, his post touched a nerve among career industry professionals.   I highly recommend that you read the post and the thoughtful comments that follow.  I receive more [...]

Is Your Resume the Victim of Complacency?

Karen Swim | May 23, 2009 | 0 Comments

I am currently reading  Collapse of Distinction (which is by the way a great book) by Scott McKain.  McKain discusses how a failure to be distinct not only destroys business but a career.  There are many lessons to be drawn from the book, and I definitely recommend it for entrepreneurs and employees but today I [...]