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Resume Analysis: Customer Support Hired by Apple

Naturally, landing a job at a tech giant like Apple, Google or Facebook requires you to send in a killer application. But that shouldn't put you off — but en...

Resume Examples5 min read

Resume vs Non-Disclosure Agreement? How to Talk About Your Past Projects

Most of us have already signed one but only few of us have bothered to read it. Yes, we're talking about the infamous NDA — a formidable document that preve...

Resume Writing7 min read

Summer Job Internship Student Resume Samples

These 7 Student Resume Samples Can Help You Get a Better Summer Job

Landing a good job right after college can often turn into a real struggle. You've got zero skills and no relevant experience to talk about. But that's exact...

Resume Examples9 min read

7 Green Job Resume Samples by People Who Work to Save the Planet

Are you dreaming of a sustainable future with reusable grocery bags and eco-friendly cosmetic products? Good news for you! Green careers are on the rise ...

Resume Examples7 min read

Cover Letter Analysis: Junior Product Manager Hired by IBM

Resumes are pretty straightforward. You know which sections to include, what type of power words to use and what kind of information to emphasize. The cover ...

Cover Letters6 min read

System Administrator Resume Example Analysis

Resume Analysis: System Administrator Hired by Amazon

Welcome to our series where analyze resumes that helped people score jobs at the world's top companies! This time we're going to examine a resume example tha...

Resume Examples6 min read

Resume Analysis: Account Executive Hired by Google

Google receives more than a million resumes every year. Unfortunately, it only hires about four to six thousand candidates. With competition so fierce, it mi...

Resume Examples8 min read

10 Cover Letter Samples by People Who Got Hired at Volvo, T-Mobile or HubSpot

'It's better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times.' We totally agree. Which is why we're back with a bunch of cover letter samples th...

Cover Letters11 min read

He scored a job at Disney. We analyzed his resume to see how

Hey! We think there's one real resume example that's definitely worth your attention. Why? First, it’s Disney. The world of its own that gave rise to countle...

Resume Examples7 min read

10 Great Healthcare Resume Samples: Get a Job That Robots Won’t Steal

Robots are out to get us! Okay, maybe not just yet. For now, it seems, they'll content themselves with taking our jobs. Scared? Maybe you don't have to be. T...

Resume Examples11 min read

10 Coolest Resume Samples by People Who Got Hired in 2018

2018 will be remembered as the year when people started eating Tide Pods. And they didn't even taste good. But not everything was terrible. For instance, you...

Resume Examples8 min read

5 Most Effective Ways to Start a Cover Letter [with 20+ Examples]

Plato once said that the beginning is the most important part of the work. He didn't say that in the midst of a job search, but he was right. Speaking of you...

Cover Letters17 min read

Resume Format: How to Pick the Best and Get Hired in 2019

There’s not much you can do in less than 6 seconds. But it’s still enough time for more than 200k posts to be created on Facebook, 21 babies to be born around t...

Resume Guides13 min read

How to Write the Perfect “No Experience” Resume?

You need a job to get experience, but also you need experience to get a job. What a conundrum! The situation is not easy and you can feel a bit frustrated, b...

Resume Guides15 min read

Should You Write Your Resume in 1st or 3rd Person?

There are voices in your head, competing for your attention all the time. They're trying to sneak onto your resume. So which one should you listen to? Should...

Resume Guides7 min read

How to Tailor Your Resume to a Specific Job Description (+Resume Examples)

You're done with your first ever job. Yes, you're ready for a change. Desperate, you open your resume, update the date and send it to the first recruiter you fi...

Resume Guides15 min read

How to Write a Professional Resume in 2018 (A Step-by-step Video Guide)

This is a video resume guide. It will teach you how to write an awesome resume. A resume that will get you invited to any job interview. This is wh...

Resume Writing1 min read

These 10 Resume Fonts Will Make You Look Creative in an Instant

The typefaces that you select for your creative resume are just as important as the content that you deliver in the CV. When a recruiter or an employer looks...

Resume Writing10 min read

Career After the Military? Get Hired Fast With This Veteran Resume Guide

If you’re a military veteran, looking for a civilian job can feel like traveling to a very different world. You're just about to enter the private sector. And t...

Resume Guides13 min read

Did You Make a Mistake on Your Resume? Here’s How to Handle It Like a Pro

Remember ASOS’s misprinting of 17,000 plastic bags, Emma Watson’s apostrophe-less “Times up” tattoo, or Trump’s State of the “Uniom” address invitations? As ...

Resume Writing6 min read