So…What Do You Do?
Focus Your Job Search This article is Part 1 in a three-part series about focusing your job search. Stay tuned for our next installment, coming next month! Part 1: So…what do you do? Don’t you hate that question? You get…
Applicant Tracking Systems
Be One with the Bots Modern-day recruiters are flooded with resumes from candidates applying for their jobs. Additionally, recruiters have access to countless resumes online through places like Monster and Indeed. For this reason, similar to how you use Google…
6 Tips for Resume Writing
Your resume gets you the interview . . . you get the job! Resume writing can be a long process with lots of conflicting advice. As a recruiter for Peak, I’d like to share some of our recommendations and then…
Starting a resume from scratch
Whether you're newly to the workforce, newly seeking a job, or simply unhappy with the results you're getting with your existing resume, have you thought about starting your resume from scratch? It may seem intimidating, but the good news is that…
References upon request
References available upon request. To write or not to write this line? I have a better question: how much space is this taking up? At least two lines. One line of spacing, and one line of text. But what does this…
Resume header: Your professional email address
One of the most common resume “uh-oh”s I see is with email addresses. Is it overly picky to care about someone's email address? Here's the point: this is just one of the many elements that can contribute to a professional…
Resume header: What’s in a name?
As my favorite leading lady Julie Andrews once sung on screen, “Let's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start." In this series, however, we're not going to learn how to sing (at least that's not the…