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- Resume Lies: How They'll Catch Up With You
- Last week, I discussed some recent coverage Lisa Vaas has done for TheLadders on precisely how fibbing on resumes and in interviews can catch up with job seekers. The line between self-promotion and outright deception can sometimes get cloudy, especially when you're hungry for employment. But remember that HR departments...
- Blog posts 2009-07-20
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- How Far Can Your Resume Stretch the Truth?
- In a BNET1 post, Jessica Stillman reviews five lies the Huffington Post's Nicole Williams judges acceptable in the workplace and the job search, including your worth, experience and health. But exercise caution, especially when committing yourself in a written resume during a senior-level job search. As Lisa...
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- Three Ways to Secure Your Job Search from Identity Theft
- No two ways about it: You've got to put yourself out there to get a job. But in this era of electronic data breaches and identity theft, how secure is the information you're providing potential employers on your resume and other documents? In an article for TheLadders...
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- Resume Technique: Four Rules for Listing Short-Term Jobs
- If you've been in the modern workforce a while, chances are good you've changed companies a few times in your career. Furthermore, some of those stints may have been short ones, for a variety of reasons: You found a better opportunity, the fit wasn't right or your new employer suffered...
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
- Eight Phrases to Avoid in Resumes
- "Just Do It." "Think Different." "So easy, a caveman can do it." Powerful advertising slogans choose the right words to differentiate their brands; the message is the product. A job seeker's resume is a flagship advertisement in his personal-branding campaign, and weak, hackneyed terms can sink it...
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Seven Inappropriate Interview Questions
- Employment discrimination is a wily and elusive challenge for employers and job seekers alike. As long as people judge others based on their age, gender, ethnicity or other factors, job candidates are at risk of encountering discrimination. And as long as job interviews involve actual human contact,...
- Blog posts 2009-09-18
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