How many times have you heard these six little words from a prospective employer: "We'll keep your résumé on file." Do they really mean it, or is that the equivalent of "the cheque's in the mail?" ...

Deciding what type of file format to submit your resume in is a decision usually made at the last minute — or not at all. But recruiters agree it's more important than job seekers think. Submitting ...

Your first goal when applying to jobs is always to save your resume from getting lost in employers’ big databases, but this is inevitably going to happen. Many recruiters and employers use some form ...

Word.docs look terrible as plain-text files if you just change the extension. Follow these steps to ensure your formatting meets best practices no matter what version you’re using. If you’ve spent ...

A resume is a short and precious thing: one page of text for six seconds of review. As the hummingbird attention span suggests, the recruiter glancing at your resume will trash it at the slightest ...

Getting your resume through the robots is tough enough as it is. While getting the right keywords in is important, The Wall Street Journal also suggests you don't forget to make the file name of your ...