The conclusion of our guidance how to create accomplishments for your resume, and ten examples.

We have several casts on resumes, and the Resume Workbook, but we still get questions on the forums about how to create accomplishments.

In this cast, after a quick reminder on how to create your accomplishments, we're going to give you ten examples of great accomplishments.

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Our guidance how to create accomplishments for your resume, and ten examples.

We have several casts on resumes, and the Resume Workbook, but we still get questions on the forums about how to create accomplishments.

In this cast, after a quick reminder on how to create your accomplishments, we're going to give you ten examples of great accomplishments.

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This cast concludes our updated resume guidance for 2011.

Every year since our original resume guidance we have issued an update – giving more information about market conditions and changes we’re seeing in resumes. The basics – resumes need to be one page, tell the reader what you did and how well you did it – will never change. However, there are plenty of places other than Career Tools talking about changes in the ‘fashions’ of resumes, and in this cast, we’ll address some of those.

This cast is by turns the most fun and the most frustrating cast we write all year. Wendii and Mark spend the year emailing each other the BAD, BAD, TERRIBLE guidance they find and are sent, and the WORSE-THAN-YOU-CAN-IMAGINE resumes they are sent. You know when something is so bad, it’s funny – that’s the fun bit. Then we realize that people, smart people, people who have something to contribute are reading that guidance and producing those resumes, and we get incredibly frustrated we can’t reach more people more quickly.

Our list of bad guidance we’ve seen is longer than ever this year – partly because the web encourages volume. Since we can’t spend the rest of the year debunking resume guidance, this cast contains our top 4. Avoid these mistakes, and you’ll be doing better than 80% your competition.

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This cast updates our resume guidance for 2011.

Every year since our original resume guidance we have issued an update – giving more information about market conditions and changes we’re seeing in resumes. The basics – resumes need to be one page, tell the reader what you did and how well you did it – will never change. However, there are plenty of places other than Career Tools talking about changes in the ‘fashions’ of resumes, and in this cast, we’ll address some of those.

This cast is by turns the most fun and the most frustrating cast we write all year. Wendii and Mark spend the year emailing each other the BAD, BAD, TERRIBLE guidance they find and are sent, and the WORSE-THAN-YOU-CAN-IMAGINE resumes they are sent. You know when something is so bad, it’s funny – that’s the fun bit. Then we realize that people, smart people, people who have something to contribute are reading that guidance and producing those resumes, and we get incredibly frustrated we can’t reach more people more quickly.

Our list of bad guidance we’ve seen is longer than ever this year – partly because the web encourages volume. Since we can’t spend the rest of the year debunking resume guidance, this cast contains our top 4. Avoid these mistakes, and you’ll be doing better than 80% your competition.

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This cast helps recent graduates develop an effective resume.

This cast is another in the series of resumes for particular professions and stages in your career. New graduates can find creating resumes particularly difficult. There is lots conflicting advice aimed at them, including from their schools. The lack of work experience makes it difficult. The lack of perceived accomplishments makes it difficult. With this cast, we hope to make it easier.

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This cast tells consultants and project managers how to create a resume.

This cast is the first in a series which we'll put out over time about the way to apply our resume advice to particular careers, job titles, or times in your career. We've noticed from the resumes we see as part of the resume review service, that there are particular areas where it seems to be more difficult to apply the advice, and we want to give extra guidance for those areas.

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This cast concludes our updates to our resume advice for 2010.

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This cast updates our resume advice for 2010.

In each of the last two years we have produced a cast updating our resume advice. Resume and hiring trends are always moving (though the focus on what you did and how well you did it never changes) and we want you to both be aware of the trends, what they mean, and how to adapt your resume to keep up with them.

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The conclusion of our discussion on getting started with LinkedIn.

1. Career Tools Recommends LinkedIn
2. First, Complete Your Profile
   1. This Is Not Your Resume
   2. Employment History
   3. Education
   4. Other Sections
3. Photos Aren't Necessary – And Must Be Done Right
4. Connect With People You Know
   1. Contact Settings
5. Ok, So I'm On, What Now?
   1. Recommendations
   2. Groups
   3. Questions and Answers
   4. Job Board

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LinkedIn is an essential career tool. We're going to explain the first steps you must take to create your profile, and ways of using LinkedIn to support your career. If you've created a profile and you're not sure what to do next, or you've got a network but you're not using LinkedIn regularly, we think there are some gems in here which will help. If you're already a super user – we'd encourage you to post your suggestions in the forums.

1. Career Tools Recommends LinkedIn
2. First, Complete Your Profile
   1. This Is Not Your Resume
   2. Employment History
   3. Education
   4. Other Sections
3. Photos Aren't Necessary – And Must Be Done Right
4. Connect With People You Know
   1. Contact Settings
5. Ok, So I'm On, What Now?
   1. Recommendations
   2. Groups
   3. Questions and Answers
   4. Job Board

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