In Pictures: Get your resume past the robots - How to beat HR's mechanical gatekeepers
You have two options when it comes to beating the automated systems that filter resumes: you can go through them, or you can go around them.
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In Pictures: Get your resume past the robots - How to beat HR's mechanical gatekeepers
You have two options when it comes to beating the automated systems that filter resumes: you can go through them, or you can go around them.
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Greythorn gives free iProfile to IT job seekers
IT recruitment firm Greythorn will providing its candidates with a free iProfile online resume.
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IT résumés: Think twice about the advice you've been given
Recruiters, professional résumé writers and other career experts give out tons of advice on how best to write a résumé that will stand out from the competition. Their intentions are noble - they want to help people land jobs - but the problem with their advice is that it doesn't always apply to IT professionals and the nature of the work they do, says Shana Westerman, a recruiting manager with IT staffing firm Sapphire Technologies.
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Recruiter flags IT opportunities amid downturn
New research by recruitment firm Randstad indicates that while the economy is in a downturn more than half of employers believe there remains a skills shortage that will lead to job opportunities.
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LinkedIn Quick Tip: How to Reorder Profile Sections
Instead of adhering to LinkedIn's templated format, you can now arrange the pieces of your profile - like your summary, experience and recommendations - however you see fit.
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Q&A: Résumés that stand out from the crowd shine in both style and substance
David F. Noble, the author of 'Gallery of Best Resumes', talks about what it takes for an IT professional's résumé to stand out from the crowd.
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Technology resume gaffes to avoid
The US Department of Labor recently reported an astonishingly high unemployment rate of 6.1 percent. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 1.5 million people filed for unemployment claims from January through September 2008, the highest number since 2002. The technology sector has been no exception to this downward spiral, and it almost seems as though every other person we know is looking for work or at least "keeping their options open."