Applying for a job gets more competitive every year. People entering the job market for the first time are often so overwhelmed with the whole process that they make common mistakes when writing their ...

When sorting through dozens—or hundreds—of résumés and cover letters, certain patterns start to wear thin fast. Whether it's vague bullet points, inconsistent formatting or overused buzzwords, small ...

A resume summarizes your education, experiences, and qualifications as they relate to your goals. The primary purpose of a resume is to provide the prospective employer with a first impression of you ...

Many Ph.D.s assume the first step in a nonfaculty job search is converting their academic CV into a résumé. Yet the strongest résumés are written from scratch and are carefully crafted to appeal to a ...

If someone told me when I created my first resume at age 22 that I could never, ever, ever change the format, I wouldn’t have used Comic Sans. Of course, you can change the format of a resume—but it ...

Marc Cenedella is the founder of Leet Resumes, a free technical résumé-writing service. The COVID-19 pandemic has left many people with gaps in their employment history. Re-adjusting your résumé will ...