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How to List Skills Gained Outside of Work on Your Resume

Eat Your Career

Past work experience is, of course, the most important part of your resume. It’s meant to show a prospective employer that you have all the skills required to do the job for which you are applying, and that you’ve used those skills before in a professional capacity. Can you include those skills on a resume, and if so, how?

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Considering Working with a Resume Writer? Read This First

Eat Your Career

For many years, as a career coach, I offered resume writing services. And I don’t mind telling you that I was a darned fine resume writer. But I no longer offer these services—and I want to take a few minutes to explain why and to help those of you who might be considering working with a resume writer in the future.

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From Layoff To Liftoff: 5 Steps To Rebuild Your Career

Allwork

Prioritize saving your contacts, and forward any emails that would help your resume and, if applicable, your portfolio. This includes: New details to cite in your resume or cover letter. Material that can be used in your professional portfolio that demonstrates your skills and talents. Update your resume.

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The September Surge Is Here: How Job Seekers Can Prepare to Land the Role

Success

You’ve optimized your resume. Have your resume ready to go. How to prepare for the September Surge to land that job You think your resume is ready? Pay attention to the top Just as you skim and scan news stories, briefs and other documents, so do employers. You’ve jazzed up your LinkedIn profile. Give it one more look.

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How to Use ChatGPT: Working With Generative AI

Success

Helping with professional documents: Ideate and write resume drafts , cover letters and other documents. The most important thing is that you approach it less like a technical skill and more like meeting a whimsical, yet highly intelligent, new friend.

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How to Become an Innovative Leader

On The Job

Anyone hoping to move up the leadership ranks better put "innovative" at the top of their resume. Then, identify, document and plan for risks, dissecting the risk for every decision. What other education or training do you need to expand your current knowledge and skills? How can they be implemented in your organization?

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Resume Proofreading Tips

Job Advice Blog

Oftentimes, you review the document so many times it starts to blur and you can miss something glaring. The following is some guidelines to make sure you are delivering a error free document: - Use a dictionary / thesaurus when you write. All punctuation should be consistent throughout the document. CONSISTENCY IS KING.

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