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Reader FAQ: The one-page resume rule, applying overseas, and why our phone number is unlisted

Management Consulted

We offer our time to paying clients for assistance with resume reviews (Power Half Hour), personalized networking advice (1-hour sessions), and Case Interview Prep (Prep Packages). Q: As a client of your editing service, you said I needed to keep my resume to 1 page because of my graduation date. Good to hear you’re a U.S.

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Improve Your Resume by Turning Bullet Points into Stories

Harvard Business

Updating your LinkedIn profile and resume. So how can you make your resume, profile, and interview more effective? Let’s look at how to do this by analyzing the resume and LinkedIn profile of a startup marketing executive. VP, Marketing, Communication, and Strategy 2011 – present.

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Research: How Subtle Class Cues Can Backfire on Your Resume

Harvard Business

Specifically, we used a technique — known as the resume audit method — that is widely seen as the gold standard for measuring employment discrimination. All in all, we sent fictitious resumes to 316 offices of 147 top law firms in 14 cities, from candidates who were supposedly trying to land a summer internship position.

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7 Reasons Why Your Clients Aren't "Getting It" When you Talk and Write About What You Do

Consulting Matters

They try to sit down and write copy for their website or marketing or a simple blog post and they face writer's block so intense that it's a miracle that more computers of consultants and coaches aren't flung against the wall. As former leaders, we are trained to speak corporate. Which is NEVER engaging. Because it's a brand new skill!

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Upskilling your Organization to Increase Engagement and Retention with Expert Instructional Designers

Clarity Consultants

Managers must keep these employees engaged and challenged within the company, or it will not be long before they update their resumes and look outside the company for professional fulfillment. . An employee can become a domain expert in a critical area through upskilling, become eligible for promotion, and increase their marketability.

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A Note to University Seniors

Tom Spencer

You probably need a baseline of training and experience before you become a net positive contributor to a project team. Because the market is flooded with high achieving students, it’s difficult to stand out. Despite any internship/co-op experience you might have, it’s unlikely that you can add significant value to an employer, yet.

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How I used cold emailing to land an internship in Mongolia

Tom Spencer

I then sent this email along with my resume to the 30 people on my list, with minor customized changes for each one. Some may argue you may appear too keen to attach your resume in the first email but I think this depends on the situation. There are usually things that don’t take much skill and nobody wants to do but need to get done.

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