Talent Alley

The British newspaper The Telegraph recently printed an article detailing the unintentionally hilarious results from a CareerBuilder survey soliciting employers for their worst resume experiences. The details were entertaining, including candidates who: listed “God” as a reference (though without any phone number) sent a 24 page resume to detail a five year career included a [...]

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It’s getting tougher and tougher to make your resume stand out on a recruiter’s or hiring manager’s desk. Most resumes adopt similar formats, and virtually all are created in Microsoft Word, using its default fonts, so making your resume stand apart requires some creativity. Since your job search is really just a personal marketing exercise, [...]

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I was reminded today when I read a terrific post on the importance of storytelling in corporate branding at Beg To Differ of the crucial importance of storytelling to job seekers who desperately need to set themselves apart during the job search process. The importance of the personal story was perfectly illustrated to me last [...]

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The single most important document in your job search hasn’t changed in generations – it’s still your resume. But what has changed is the ability for even those unskilled in graphics design to create a resume that stands out visually, incorporates color and separates you from every other job seeker whose resume format simple blends [...]

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No one is above having to write an appealing and intriguing resume to attract attention from a prospective employer. Not even Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci. A copy of a letter da Vinci wrote (full text below. original at right: click to enlarge) to the Duke of Milan seeking a position as an armorer was [...]

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