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Professional License is this weeks Top Resume Lie

By |November 29th, 2010|

Becky Nadine Hunter worked as a registered nurse in Alaska from 1998 to 2004, working first as a school nurse with the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, then for the U.S. Department of Labor. After an investigation by the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service, and the U.S. Postal Service, Hunter was arrested, convicted […]

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This Weeks Top Resume Lie – Criminal History

By |November 23rd, 2010|

Getting a good job with a criminal record can be nearly impossible, especially if that record contains serious crimes.
Applicants know that they are up against a lot of qualified applicants, most of whom have clean records. So, to even the playing field, many individuals with criminal records, selectively omit condemning information from their resumes […]

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One of the Top Seven Resume Lies – Inflated Salary

By |November 15th, 2010|

The strongest salary negotiation tool a job applicant has is his or her prior salary history. Even if it strains the budget, a potential employer may be loathe to extend an offer to the ideal candidate that pays less than that individual earned previously. Job applicants are aware of this fact, and less […]

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Top Seven Resume Lies – Job Rank/Title

By |November 2nd, 2010|

What’s the difference between an Administrative Assistant and a Personal Secretary? Not a lot. Because of the fine line between many job titles, job applicants may feel justified by creatively changing their past job titles to better mesh with a prospective employer’s needs. After all, they had the same job responsibilities, right?
Not exactly.

There […]

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