Making a resume sounds easy enough. You put your relevant work experience, education, and skills all down on paper to show potential employers. So why is building a resume much harder than it sounds?

January is often considered an excellent time to apply for jobs, as many companies have fresh budgets and headcounts approved at the start of the year. Hiring managers are also back from vacations and ...

Is your resume helping you or holding you back? Venture to the past with me real quick. Think of a time when you had a great experience meeting someone for the first time. Consider their appearance, ...

If you’ve noticed your job applications are getting rejected faster than ever, you’re not alone. Recent data reveals 75 percent of resumes are rejected by applicant tracking system (ATS) software ...

The hiring landscape is shaped by applicant tracking systems (ATS), AI-powered tools, and in-demand skills that are always ...

You have very little time to impress a recruiter with your resume. So the last thing you want to do is to make an easily avoidable mistake. To find out the worst resume mistakes that are way too ...

Dear Sam: Can you break down the different resume formatting options? I've been using the standard timeline format since graduating college 11 years ago, but I'm wondering if a different format would ...

"The Top Ten Common Pitfalls" was the most popular article that I wrote for FedSmith, and the list is still applicable and worth a peek. For this year, I am bringing it back again, but I have added a ...

If you’re aiming to please a hiring manager in your job search (and who isn’t?), then format your resume chronologically. In a recent Accountemps survey, 75% of hiring managers prefer a chronological ...

Dear Sam: Can you break down the different resume formatting options? I've been using the standard timeline format since graduating college 11 years ago, but I'm wondering if a different format would ...