Here’s a career question I get every day: I’m a creative person and I have had creative jobs but I’m not a trained designer--can my resume be graphic? When it comes to resumes, I am decidedly old ...

Dear Sam: I think my resume is boring! The page just looks like a long list of bullet points. If I don't want to read my resume, I'm sure a hiring manager won't either. How can I be creative when ...

My agency recently went through a massive review of web designer resumes—more than 300 of them, in fact. After seeing what works (and what doesn’t), I want to share some tips for anyone applying for a ...

A résumé or CV (the longer of the two) is a summary of all your work, gathered together onto a single sheet of paper, PDF or site. It’s a traditionally mind-numbing requirement for every job ...

Templates that keep formatting simple may help resumes stay readable. Standard fonts, normal headings, and layouts that avoid text inside shapes generally give software less trouble. It doesn’t ...

There’s virtually nothing pleasant about the job hunting process—an unfortunate fact of life. Between interviews, worrying, scourings listings, and worrying some more, anything you can do make the ...

If you’re job hunting right now, then you know how important your resume is. But preparing a winning abstract isn’t as easy as it may seem. So, if you want to make sure you stand out from the crowd, ...