Career Cloud Radio - Job Search Advice & Tactics

This show is all about practical and tactical job search advice and today we’ll talking with the authors of Modernize Your Resume: Get noticed...Get Hired Joining me via skype are Master Resume Writers Wendy Enelow and Louise Kursmark. We'll talk about the resume business and discuss: What distinguishes a “modern” resume from one that’s outdated? Why have resumes changed so much in recent years? In the book you mention that there’s been a big change in how people read. Why is that? What’s your favorite technique for writing “tight, lean, and clean”? The resumes in your book have a lot of design elements. How do you reconcile that with the need for resumes to pass through automated scanning systems? In the book you share 18 Principles—6 each for Modern Resume Content, Format, and Design. If you had to pick just one, what’s your favorite? We’ve talked a lot about how resumes have changed. How have they NOT changed? There are a lot of perceptions and “rules” and advice about resumes floating aroun