by Arlen Crawford | Jul 14, 2014 | Blog
One of the increasingly important sections of your resume is the Professional Summary. Why is this section becoming so important? I have read various articles on Linked-In and in Forbes magazine that indicate that you have approximately 6 to 20 seconds to catch a...
by Arlen Crawford | Jul 10, 2014 | Blog
There are only two (2) kinds of job seekers looking for employment: those who are unemployed and those who are employed but seeking better employment. Regardless of where you are in your career, but especially if you are just beginning your career, you will want to...
by Arlen Crawford | Jul 9, 2014 | Blog
One of the many issues that interviewers have when interviewing candidates is people trying to be someone else or something that they are not. There is even a philosophy out there called “fake it until you make it.” Candidates usually get in over their heads when...
by Arlen Crawford | Jul 8, 2014 | Blog
One of my weaknesses was getting asked this question in an interview. Early in my career I did not know how to answer it. I might have just as well answered it with “kryptonite” for all I knew about it. But the years have enabled me to give a better response,...
by Arlen Crawford | Jul 7, 2014 | Blog
Whenever you send your resume to a company for employment consideration, the recruiter or hiring authority who opens it hopes that you will match their requirements for the position with your skill sets. In theory, if you do match their requirements, you will...
by Arlen Crawford | Jul 3, 2014 | Blog
The Declaration of Independence was written on July 4th, 1776, thereby making our nation 238 years old tomorrow. We have many problems in our country, of which high unemployment is one, albeit getting better than it was in 2008 when The Great Recession began. Our...