May 30, 2019
Resume Tips: Keep it Clean, Clear & Simple When writing your resume, keep it clean, clear and simple. Your prospective employer shouldn’t have to riffle through pages or try to decipher your meaning. One clear page is better than several with unnecessary...
Jul 13, 2018
My Resume is Too Long! What Can I Do? Everyone knows the cardinal rule of resumes: keep it to one page. Even recent grads with little or no professional experience can find this to be a challenge. Hopefully, there’s a lot you want to add to show what...
Jun 18, 2018
Resume Basics: What NOT To Do Any recruiter looks at dozens of resumes on a daily basis. That being said, there are always some that stand out, and not always for the right reasons. Your resume is a piece of paper that, quite literally, tells the story of you as an...
Apr 13, 2018
How to Market Transferable Skills At Contemporaries, we know that transferable skills are how candidates can move from one job to the next, especially if the new job isn’t exactly aligned with the previous one. However, it’s not enough to simply have the...
Nov 17, 2017
It’s no secret that having a tip-top resume is critical in the job search. But what should and shouldn’t be included on it? The answer may vary depending on who you ask… Typically it’s best to purge your resume of the unnecessary things to make...