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It is important to decline a job properly and thoughtfully. Let's explore some polite and graceful ways to to turn down a job you have applied for.

Your Resume Summary Statement is critical to securing the interview. Hiring Managers typically spend a mere six seconds looking at your resume. This means that your summary must a pack a punch while immediately grabbing and retaining the reader’s attention. Write a statement that separates you from the stack of profiles on the recruiter’s desk.

References play an important part when applying for a new job. One of the best ways for hiring managers to determine this is by asking the people that you have worked with in the past. These references can vouch for your skills and provide enthusiastic recommendations about you.

A good resume needs to be long enough to cover all the necessary information, yet not so long that it will overwhelm the person looking over the document. Figuring out how long your resume really needs to be involves digging deeper into the resume-writing process.

Many people struggle when faced with the task, do I add all my experience to my resume? While there are no hard-and-fast rules concerning your previous employment, the following tips should help you give you a better idea of whether or not it's necessary to list all of your past jobs on your resume.

Writing cover letters come with their own challenges. Oftentimes, employers will request a cover letter in the job listing. Sometimes, however, they do not. So, is it really necessary to write one if it is not required?

you may be wondering which format is best for submitting your resume, a chronological format or a skilled base format? This is important because employers receive hundreds of resumes for each job position that they have opened.

Writing a skills-based resume is a great way to showcase your skills to a potential employer. We've compiled a simple list of the most important steps to writing an effective resume.

You are probably already familiar with the basic format of a chronological resume, but it's always useful to go back and cover some of the basics.

Resume writing is often put off until the last minute because most people consider it to be a difficult task. Consider this; your resume is what can either help you get a job or hinder you from getting a job.