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Qualification Summaries

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AUTHOR: Darlene Z.
POSTED: August 28, 2007 at 8:35 am

by Darlene Zambruski, ResumeEdge.com Managing Editor, CPRW The Professional Touch – Qualifications Summaries A Qualifications Summary is your first and best chance to make a favorable impression on a hiring manager. It is a marketing tool that sells your unique skills to the targeted company. To be effective, a Qualifications Summary must 1. Provide a... » Read Full Article

Don’t Look for a Job

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AUTHOR: Darlene Z.
POSTED: August 21, 2007 at 9:02 am

by Jeri Hird Dutcher, ResumeEdge.com Editor, CPRW You have your bright, shiny new ResumeEdge resume. What are you going to do with it? If your answer is, “look for a job,” consider this: You need to be looking for a company. When you look for a job, you’re taking a chance that it’s with a... » Read Full Article

KSAs / PTQs / TQs / MQs / Selective Factors – Essay Questions

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AUTHOR: Darlene Z.
POSTED: August 14, 2007 at 9:19 am

by Robin Schlinger, ResumeEdge.com Editor and CFRW Federal resumes applications are very different than for most companies. Not only do you need to submit a resume – you may need to answer questions about your experience which matches the skills required to be successful on the job. Application to Federal Positions Requires More than a... » Read Full Article

How to Work a Resume

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AUTHOR: Darlene Z.
POSTED: August 7, 2007 at 8:09 am

by Jeri Hird Dutcher, ResumeEdge.com Editor, CPRW You have your new resume, and it’s hot. You know who you want to work for. Now, you need to get an interview. Don’t worry about whether there’s a job opening. Even if there is, just sending your resume to the name in an ad won’t necessarily make... » Read Full Article

Resumes for New Lawyers

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AUTHOR: Darlene Z.
POSTED: July 31, 2007 at 8:44 am

by Lynne Rhys, JD, ResumeEdge.com Editor, CPRW If you’re a second- or third-year law student, you may already be applying for clerkships or permanent jobs following law school. Graduation from law school is no small feat – it takes dedication and stamina (and maybe slight masochistic tendencies) to withstand the brutal rigors of this three-year... » Read Full Article

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