While we can’t control the job market, we can control how prepared we are for whatever comes next. That’s the idea behind “career cushioning,” the practice of proactively readying your career tools, like your resume and LinkedIn profile, even if you’re not actively job hunting.

By enhancing specific sections of your LinkedIn profile, you can passively attract the attention of recruiters, hiring managers, and potential employers by increasing the likelihood of appearing in search results.

Your professional summary introduces your career profile and who you are as an employee, covering your most relevant and impressive qualifications, skills, and experience. To get potential employers to read further into your document, your professional summary must be written in an informative and intriguing way to inspire them to look further into the document for more information.

Being introverted doesn’t mean you can’t meet your job search goals. As a self-proclaimed heavy introvert, I understand the unique challenges introverts face and am here to offer tailored strategies to help you succeed.

As a certified resume strategist with expertise in professional resume writing and a previous in-house recruiter, I’ve honed my skills to provide valuable insights for enhancing your resume and boosting your job search. One service I offer is a free resume review, where I provide feedback on your current resume. While knowing what to do is helpful, it’s equally important to be aware of the pitfalls to avoid.

Imposter syndrome can be a formidable obstacle, but with the right resume writing strategies, it is possible to overcome it and confidently step into the job market armed with a powerful resume that reflects the remarkable professional you truly are!

If you’ve ever screened resumes before, you know that length does matter. What’s the magic balance between too short and too long?

There are an awful lot of misconceptions when it comes to the technology employers use to keep track of candidates’ resumes. Contrary to popular belief, an ATS is not the job seeker’s worst enemy.

Unfortunately, bias and discrimination can often work themselves into the hiring decision, even unconsciously. The good news is that as a job seeker, you can proactively address the possibility of discrimination in your resume and your pre-employment interviews.

Resumes use a unique type of language that breaks all sorts of grammar rules. That being said, resumes do have a few unique guiding principles that are nearly exclusively used in the context of a resume.

Although there are no hard and fast rules that apply to every individual resume or job seeker, one piece of advice rings true in modern resumes: the more targeted your resume is, the better.

Transferrable skills are the skills that you take with you and apply to any position with any company. Employers find specific transferrable skills especially desirable right now, regardless of industry or technical skills required.

Gone are the days of full mailing addresses, objective statements, and stating the obvious “References Available Upon Request!” Instead, we now have LinkedIn URLs, professional summaries, and more attractive formatting options.

Make sure you include the following foundational information and sections when you are writing or updating your 2022 resume.