Tag: resume
Why You Aren’t Hearing Back (Get Your Job Search on Track)
You’ve applied to what feels like a million jobs and haven’t heard back from any employers (or very few). You are discouraged and feel like you’ll never land a job. Funds are running dry and you aren’t seeing any sign that things are getting better. Baby boomers are working at McDonald’s and 20-somethings have a [...]
Three Top Online Resume-Builders
Paper just isn’t cutting it any more. Your résumé – also known as your CV – is your ticket to your next career – but printed tickets just don’t carry the magic they used to. Everything is online, now – including your next résumé. The great news? Thanks to some great new technology, entering details [...]
5 Signs Your Resume Needs a Makeover
There’s an old saying that “it’s not what you know but who you know” and another that says “you never get a second chance to make a first impression.” Whether or not you agree with either statement, it makes sense to keep your resume up-to-date. In this economy, you’ll never know when you’ll need it. [...]
5 Quick Tips To Make Your Resume Stand Out
Creating and editing resumes can be a boring and laborious task. I personally hate doing it—but it is one of the necessary evils of working in America. Someday, digital platforms like LinkedIn might remove the resume as a mainstay in the job application process, but for now, they are here to stay. To help you [...]
About William Mehserle
William L. Mehserle Jr. is co-founder and lead strategist at Khraze.com, a new media marketing company specializing in custom strategies for businesses. You can connect with him on Twitter at @WilliamMehserle or on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/mehserle
5 Steps to Transforming Your Job Search
Abraham Lincoln once said, “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or we can rejoice because thorn bushes have roses”. These were some of the greatest words ever spoken. How we look at things can completely change our perspective of them. There are so many things that we don’t even realize we do, and [...]
Evolution of the Resume
A resume must be strategically positioned, formatted, and written. It is your marketing tool and it is the most important part of your job search. The requirements of today’s resumes aren’t the same as they’ve always been. Resumes are continually evolving and have significantly changed over the last several years. The traditional resume that most people [...]
Top 10 Resume Mistakes
Writing your own resume can be extremely difficult – it’s hard to be objective. You want to include everything about yourself so the potential employer can get a good sense of who you are. This will be a resume killer, as some information should never be included. Also, there are many common mistakes that job [...]
I’m Working for the Wrong Company!
Our under 30 generation is conditioned to seek instant gratification. This idea is something that our parents and grandparents most likely look at with disdain–or at the very least view quizzically. Generations before us felt an extreme loyalty to their company. Men would spend their entire lives making a living, earning a pension, and providing a [...]
About William Mehserle
William L. Mehserle Jr. is co-founder and lead strategist at Khraze.com, a new media marketing company specializing in custom strategies for businesses. You can connect with him on Twitter at @WilliamMehserle or on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/mehserle
How to Turn Your Resume into A Personal Growth Story
No matter what the content of your resume is, you have a story to tell. There’s a character: you. There’s a plot: the twists and turns along the way to becoming you. And there’s a beginning, middle, and end (or where you are today). In the process of seeking the next opportunity in your career, [...]
Turn College Experience into Real-World Experience
A Resume is not just a static autobiography, but a dynamic story. Young job-seekers are tumbling out of college with little to no work experience. With the job market saturated with talent and eager workers, how can a young graduate stand out from the pack? You need to think creatively. Creativity is an asset that [...]
