Anatomy of a Resume: The Summary Statement

Resume experts advocate abandoning the objective statement in favor of the summary statement. The summary statement sits at the top of your resume below your contact information and serves a very different purpose.

The objective statement of yesteryear is vague and centered on what you’re looking for. Use that valuable resume real estate for […]

By |2020-04-29T22:38:33-04:00April 29th, 2020|Elevator Pitch|

What’s a Resume for Anyway?

The role of the resume is in flux. Today, we must contend with online job postings and applications and electronic applicant tracking systems that screen and our resumes before a human lays an eye on them. This has led some HR professionals to assert that the traditional resume is dead, but there is no consensus. […]

By |2020-04-27T13:22:18-04:00April 16th, 2020|Elevator Pitch|
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