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Resume Sections: How to Organize Your Resume? [+Examples]

Not sure which resume sections are necessary and which ones are optional? Struggling with how to organize the sections of your resume? Sometimes y...

Resume Guides26 min read

How to List Language Skills on Resume (w/ Proficiency Levels & Examples)

Mastering a foreign language is one of the best things that can happen to you in life. That is, until you have to list these language skills on your resume. Bec...

Resume Guides11 min read

Should You Include GPA on Your Resume? (Tips & Examples)

To include your GPA on resume or not to include it — that is the question. When you're in school, your GPA seems like the single most important estimate of y...

Resume Writing12 min read

Resume Paper: Why You Still Need It and How to Pick the Best

Resume paper is a special type of paper to print a physical copy of your resume on. Do resume papers still matter in our digitalised world? Short answe...

Resume Writing16 min read

Cover Letter vs Resume: 7 Key Differences and the Art of Writing Them (+Examples)

Here's an idea: the resume vs cover letter is a lot like salt vs pepper. Let me explain. Your resume is like salt — it's a key ingredient required to prepare a...

Cover LettersResume Writing15 min read

These Resume Mistakes Are Sabotaging Your Job Search — How to Avoid Them?

As they say, to err is human. But do the employers tolerate resume mistakes? Long story short — no, they don’t. Short story long — most of them are pretty me...

Resume GuidesResume Writing9 min read

7 Quick Tips to Prepare Your Resume for World with Coronavirus [Infographic]

Have you ever heard of the butterfly effect? That’s what they call it when a guy in China eats a bat and suddenly you have no job and need to improve your resum...

Resume Writing2 min read

How to Prepare Your Resume for Job Search During the Coronavirus Outbreak

Looking for a new job in the middle of a raging pandemic? That's no easy task. Unfortunately, hundreds of thousands of people will soon have to experience such ...

Resume GuidesResume Writing16 min read

100 Hottest Skills to Include on Your Resume in 2021 (Examples by Industry)

Listing your skills on a resume is no rocket science. However, there are still many people who simply throw in every word that comes to their mind. Or people...

Resume Writing4 min read

The Only Cover Letter Guide You’ll Need in 2021 [+Examples]

Oh, the dreaded cover letter. Nobody seems to agree on what’s it good for. Or if anyone even reads cover letters anymore. Yet, there’s something everybody admit...

Cover Letters22 min read

Resume Format: How to Pick the Best and Get Hired in 2021

You can't do much in less than 6 seconds. On the other hand, it's enough time for people to create more than 200k posts on Facebook, 21 babies are born around t...

Resume Guides7 min read

The Ultimate Resume Guide: How to Find Happiness and Get Hired in 2021

Hi! This guide is going to be exhaustive. We want it to be the only source of information you’re ever going to need to write an excellent resume and get hired f...

Resume GuidesResume Writing22 min read

Hard vs Soft Skills: How to Use Them Effectively on Your Resume?

There are two types of skills. Hard skills and soft skills. Now, you may be asking: What’s the difference? And how can I use that knowledge to my advantage?...

Resume Writing9 min read

How to Write a Resume If You’re Changing Careers in 2021 [+Example]

What to do when your chosen career path leads to a dead end? Start looking for a new one, of course! At first, the prospect of starting from scratch all over...

Resume Examples9 min read

Minimalistic vs Creative Resume Design: Which One to Use?

Sure, creative resume designs are appealing. They're full of colors, icons and other visual elements. After all, visually appealing career documents have a s...

Resume Writing7 min read

How to Create an Automotive Resume That Wins the Job Race [+Resume Examples]

Auto industry offers a wide range of exciting, high-quality and good-paying jobs. Furthermore, they often come with the possibility to advance into managem...

Resume Examples16 min read

CV vs Resume: Is There Even a Difference? [+Examples]

Although these two career documents are both used as part of job applications, they're not interchangeable. Differences between a resume and a CV are many. And ...

Resume Writing9 min read

Think Your Resume Is Bad? Check These 10 Worst Resumes Ever

Most resumes are normal or mediocre. Only a tiny fraction of them is really brilliant. And then, there are the worst resumes. Bad resumes are characterised b...

Resume Examples10 min read

How to Write a Powerful Resume Objective [10+Resume Examples]

The resume objective is a statement of your career goals. It sits at the top of your resume and, in its one to two sentences, it can persuade your future employ...

Resume Writing9 min read

How Do I Make My Banking Resume Stand Out? [+Real Resume Examples]

Pursuing a career in banking is not for the lazy. It's a fast-paced, demanding and ever-evolving industry that requires you to have the ability to embrace chang...

Resume ExamplesResume Guides22 min read