Prepare your graduate school resume (some call it a graduate school CV) once you've decided to expand your knowledge and skills by earning a Master's Degree or PhD. This is a key part of the grad school application process. This is not the conventional job application resume that you might use to target a specific job opportunity. The graduate school wants to make sure that you can handle the advanced lessons and courses....

The calls often begin with an apologetic "never needed a programmer resume" admission: "I've never had to get a professional resume before." Or, "I never dreamed of hiring a professional resume writer. I've always been able to land a programming job." Or, "I never even had to look for jobs. They found me."Software wizards have seldom needed help from resume wizards. Programmers have a desired set of skills and it has often...

Netflix alienated customers and investors in 2014 with decisions to increase prices. As the increase rolls out to customers who were grandfathered into the previous prices, it is estimated that almost 500,000 customers could cancel their service. CEO Reed Hastings has tried to calm the anger of customers who have been abandoning the service. But could trouble have been avoided? What if some of Netflix employees had stood up...

As a marketplace paradigm, the bazaar has never met with much enthusiasm in the United States. Few people relish the prospect of a protracted negotiation, a distaste that may help explain our aversion to car dealers’ showrooms. Negotiating a salary is a prime example of an activity that makes many of us uneasy. It’s almost as unpleasant as creating the perfect executive resume for your career. It is not just a negotiation;...

The technology sector has been battered for the past few years. On a national scale, the American technology sector lost 245,600 jobs in 2009, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Losses have hit each segment of the industry, but a closer look at the numbers reveals a great deal of localized inconsistency. For example, some states, including Massachusetts, Washington, Texas and California, did well even in mid-...

The provision of outplacement services can make a big difference to a company's bottom line. The truth of that statement may not be obvious at first, but it follows logically from the proposition that one hallmark of a successful company is its highly engaged workforce.Study after study has confirmed that employee engagement is critical to profitability, and providing quality outplacement services is a proven way to signifi...

Among management consultants, McKinsey & Company has earned a reputation for its rigorous hiring process. Let’s look at what a McKinsey resume looks like and how to create it. McKinsey can certainly afford to be rigorous. It attracts a remarkable pool of applicants, including Rhodes and Marshall Scholars, from the best schools. These exceptional candidates compete for positions at McKinsey because a job there is guaranteed...

Fashion Resume Tips to Shape Your Future Starting a fashion industry job search? Among your earliest tasks is to understand some basics in preparing a fashion industry resume, a daunting task even for seasoned professionals. If you are looking for an entry level fashion job you also need a professional fashion resume. Fashion industry job search tips have to include preparing an excellent resume, whether the target is fas...

We’re all different. We think differently, we feel differently and we respond to the world differently. Yet there are some things almost all of us agree on. Almost all of us agree that the job market is a stressful place, and most of us think “stressful” is a bit of an understatement. Success at carrying out the best job search depends in part on how you respond. It’s not the same for everyone, of course. We bring our own i...

We’ve seen what “The Wolf of Wall Street” said about the job interview when the interviewer stops asking questions and presses the interviewee to actually do something."Sell me this pen," says the criminally unscrupulous character played by Leonardo DiCaprio.In the film, recruits had to sell the interviewer a pen he had just pulled out of his pocket.According to Hollywood, the correct approach is to ask the pen-giver to sig...