I spoke at a job fair and a woman approached me after the presentation. “I’m an experienced Marketing manager,” she said. “That’s wonderful!” I said. “Can you tell me a little more about yourself?” “Well, I’m steeped in marketing research, marketing communications, marketing strategy, and sales enablement,” she said. “Sales
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Human Voiced Resume
Human-Voiced Resume Example
Here is a before-and-after resume to illustrate the Human-Voiced Resume™ concept. This Ebook includes the “before” resume for the fictional new college graduate, Noah Greenfield, the “after” resume (a Human-Voiced Resume™ ) and Liz’s annotations on both resumes to show what has changed between the two versions, and why. People
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Put a Human Voice in Your Resume
A boring traditional resume full of “results-oriented professional”-type zombie language won’t help you anymore. “Put a Human Voice in Your Resume” is Liz’s best-selling Ebook, laying out a way to rethink your brand and bring more of your power across on the page to hiring managers who don’t know how
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Five New Skills Job Seekers Need
Job seekers have had the same list of critical skills to brush up on or acquire for decades — things like careful follow-up, attention to grammar and punctuation, and great listening abilities. But today’s overcrowded job market and the ever-shrinking attention spans of hiring managers are creating brand-new job search
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Ten Personal Branding Mistakes to Avoid
I never liked the idea of a canned elevator speech for use in networking situations. I want people — including you — to be spontaneous and to respond in the moment when someone asks them “So, what do you do?” But I also understand that people feel better if they
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Q&A: What Is a Human-Voiced Resume™?
Dear Liz, My mom sent me one of your articles and I liked the advice and the humor in it. You mention a Human-Voiced Resume. What is that? Thanks, Jenny Hi Jenny! Thanks for writing. A Human-Voiced Resume™ is a resume that’s written in a conversational tone. It’s written in a way
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Ten Boilerplate Phrases That Kill Resumes
The 2009 job market is very different from job markets of the past. If you haven’t job-hunted in a while, the changes in the landscape can throw you for a loop. One of the biggest changes is the shift in what constitutes a strong resume. Years ago, we could
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