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Why You Shouldn’t Use Your Professionally Written Resume to Apply for a Job
You’ve paid good money for a professionally written resume. It’s modern, clean, readable, and accomplishments-driven. It’s perfectly error-free, and it represents your unique professional brand. You’re ready to shoot that resume to the next good-fit job opening you...
How to Build a Federal Resume
There are about 3 million jobs within the federal government, from entry-level to advanced, in all functional areas. These jobs offer generous benefits, solid pay, and job security. Unfortunately, applying for a federal job is a...
4 Steps to Make Your LinkedIn Summary Stand Out
The Summary section of your LinkedIn profile is highly keyword-optimized, which means it’s super influential in getting your profile in front of recruiters or other folks searching for people like you. And because it sits at the top of your profile page, it occupies...
How to Take a Great LinkedIn Profile Pic
It’s a basic minimum requirement for most any professional to have a LinkedIn profile with a decent profile picture. LinkedIn research estimates that simply adding a picture makes your profile 14 times more likely to be viewed. Of course, allowing viewers to attach a...
The Mental Hack Proven to Boost Your Professional and Personal Success
Each July, I share with you powerful mental hacks and mindset shifts that can power successful career development. We’ve explored how the happiness advantage can drive your career success, how to identify your personal brand, and how to be a better motivator by...
How to Use LinkedIn to Connect with a Real Person When Applying for a Job
Most people know how to find jobs online and apply for the jobs they find. But one of the biggest frustrations I hear from job seekers is the difficulty of making sure your application reaches a real, live human being—and that that person will actually give your...
Think Twice: 3 Ways Your First Idea May Be Undermining Your Career
Sometimes our first thought isn’t the brightest idea. As I work with professionals in every industry, at every career level, here are 3 pesky mistakes I see crop up again and again, strategies that at first glance seem like a smart move but that in reality can have...
Why (and How) to Tweak Your Resume (It’s not as hard as you might think!)
Have you heard the advice that you should customize your resume each and every time you send it out? This is great advice in theory. But in the real world, spending hours re-constructing your resume for each job application isn’t practical. And what exactly should you...
Turning the Tables: 5 Questions to Ask at Your Next Job Interview
One of the biggest, most influential mindset shifts about a successful job search is that it's not about you. A successful job seeker or interviewee understands that their job isn't just to communicate about themselves. It's to communicate how they can serve the...
A Mindset for Success
A lot of success comes from good old-fashioned hard work. Gaining the skills, putting in the hours, fixing problems, following up on details, getting the job done. But more and more research shows that success isn’t just about what we do, it’s about the underlying...
Come In, We’re Open! How to Use the LinkedIn Career Interests Page
Here’s a helpful new tool from LinkedIn to let recruiters know you’re open to new job opportunities. Angela from RedRocketResume walks you through how to set your LinkedIn account to “open.”
Resumes for Law School / Business School Applications
MBA/business school or law school can be a great career investment. Such applications generally call for a resume, along with a personal statement, recommendation letters, and other documentation. But the professional resume you already have probably will not fit the...
Open Sesame! How to Use Keywords to Get Your Resume Past ATS
One of the resume questions I get most often is regarding keywords. People hear stories about a mysterious computer system that screens resumes and discards those that don’t have the magic words! The stories are true. Many companies, particularly large companies doing...
“Enough about Me, Let’s Talk about You!” Why Your Resume Isn’t Really about You.
“Enough about Me, Let’s Talk about You!” Angela from RedRocketResume explains why a truly effective resume isn’t really about you at all.
Feel Good, Do Good: The Happiest Way to Increase Your Career Success
Here’s some solid career development advice that’s perfect for summertime. Studies show that a huge predictor of your career success is… your happiness. That’s right, there’s reams of data-driven evidence that our personal happiness and the positivity of the culture...
Manners for the Job Interview
Folks, you’d be surprised how many people fail to follow basic principles of etiquette, protocol, and good common sense in a job interview. I hear this consistently from recruiters and hiring managers. And I’ve fielded my share...
What a Cover Letter Can Do That a Resume Can’t
Most professionals know the importance of a well-written resume. But don't stop there. Angela from RedRocketResume explains why a cover letter can help you get the attention you deserve. One of the most common--and most damaging--mistakes job seekers make is...
The Surprising Reasons You Should Have a Good LinkedIn Profile
I recently held a career development workshop at a local company. When the topic of LinkedIn came up, I heard a wide range of responses. Everything from “Yeah, of course! I love LinkedIn. I found my last job on LinkedIn” … to … “No, way. Scary. I have no time for...
The Secret to an Above-and-Beyond Job Application
You know the importance of a well-written resume. But don’t stop there. Get your resume the attention it deserves by adding a follow-up letter to your application package. Angela from RedRocketResume shows you how. So you’ve found a great job opening and sent out your...
The Hit Parade: Five Minutes to a Better Career
I’ve been planning this in my head for years, and I’m thrilled to announce that the Hit Parade has arrived! Let me explain. As a resume writer, my job is to help people advance their careers by putting their accomplishments into resumes and LinkedIn profiles. So of...
Forget Naughty or Nice. This Christmas, give “Radical Candor” a Try
This Christmas season, don’t settle for Santa’s “Nice” list. This former Google exec says the real gift we should give is “radical candor.” Ever gotten some painful, maybe embarrassing, but (sadly!) accurate feedback? Not fun. Executive coach and former Google exec...
