I am a mid-career senior manager/executive in the supply chain field, with 22 years of experience in varied and progressive roles. I am struggling with my job...
Having someone else write one's resume is usually not the answer, as you are seeing. I strongly suggest you either buy The Elements of Resume Style (under $10)...
I bought your book and loved it! Great read and at times funny because you are so honest and right on. I revised my entire resume just like you suggested in...
Hi E, Thank you; I'm always SO happy to hear when someone finds the book useful. I commend you for your willingness to examine what is going on and how to...
Dear Scott, I really enjoy reading (and re-reading) your book. It covers so much using so little and with humor too. I am faced with a problem and would really...
Hi Robby, Thanks for your kind comments on the book. Congratulations on 2 replies out of 30 sent; that is an impressive response rate! However, I hear your...
Hi, I have read you book cover to cover and repeatedly revised my resume based upon its principles. However, I still feel I need another pair of eyes to look...
Hi Anna, I do not review resumes, and I strongly recommend that you review item #8 on page xvii in the book. Find at least two people (a) who routinely hire...
I recently purchased your book and realized that my resume which I thought was so wonderful wasn't when I applied your rules/guidelines. I have since majorly...
Congratulations on getting an interview! If by offering an updated resume, you are correcting factual errors, then the updated resume (1) prevents potential...
I am just getting started seriously on a job hunt looking toward early next year. At this point I will be staying within the same overall field but will be...
Hi, I'm glad to hear the book is helping. Review pp. 5-6 of the book. If a position adds to your pitch, include it. Review pp. 21-55, too: keep each position...
Okay I understand the concept of "keep if it adds to your pitch" but what do you do when you want to leave a job out and then there is a gap? Sorry to belabor...
Hi, first of all, I really wanted to thank you for all the great advice in your book. I am currently looking for a position in sales or marketing and it wasn't...
... Hi, I'm so glad you found the book helpful! It is quite unusual for an employer e-mail message to ever specify a reason a candidate is not a fit, so I am a...
I was surprised to find words such as "schlep" and "dazzle" in Figure 5 ... what possible place do words like this have on a professional résumé? Even...
Hello! Thanks for reading the book so thoroughly! As far as these 4 words are concerned, I'll put you down as undecided. Movers schlep, performers dazzle,...
Hi Scott, You stress in the book not to embellish or exaggerate the facts, but you also allow for adjustments that make understanding easy for the reader, such...
I appreciated your advice in Chapter 1 about a targeted job search. This lines up with my instincts quite well, but some people have suggested it's a luxury...
I am trying to see your point, but "schlep" and "schmooze" still seem a bit too casual (almost slang-y) for my taste. And "dazzle" seems like another of those...
My pleasure. Keep in mind: what's important is not the writer's taste, but the reader's. If I'm hiring a performer, dazzle is relevant, especially when...
I worked in one position for a year as a temp, then was hired on in that same position and worked another year or so. I'm trying to cut space and was...
Yes, it is another example of dangerous territory. I take it that the first year you were paid by an agency, not the placement site, and the second year you...
Yes, you read the situation accurately. Great advice and thank you. You covered so many things in the book; hope you're collecting a few of these oddball...
I used to work at an organization called CONNECT - yes, in all capitals. The organization was consistently listed that way in every official document they put...
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