Leslie Ayres
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Why Your Resume Didnât Make The Cut
I live a life of rejection. As an executive recruiter, I see dozens of resumes every week, sometimes even hundreds. And most of them, all but a handful, end up in the virtual trash can. I am constantly rejecting people â or perhaps more accurately, digital representations of documents that represent people, a.k.a. resumes â and I hate doing it as much as you hate having it done to you. I know that youâre wondering what happened and why you didnât hear back about that
February 7, 2011
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Whatâs Your Version of a Kick-Ass Life?
Everything I do that is about job-search coaching is really about something much bigger⦠your life. And my goal is to inspire you to have the most kick-ass life possible. Of course, what that looks like for you is going to be entirely different than it is for me. But it occurred to me that it might help to share a bit about how Iâve carved my current life out and the kinds of things on my personal checklist that give me that woo-hoo feeling just about all the time. My kic
February 7, 2011
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A Self-Confessed Resume Freakâs Thoughts about Bad Resumes from Good People
I admit that Iâm a resume freak. Resumes are one of my passions. I think that a great resume is one of the biggest and best weapons in your job search. And Iâve seen a lot of them. A whole lot of them. As an executive recruiter, Iâd say that I read about a hundred resumes in the average week. Add that up over 15+ years as a recruiter and job-search coach, and that is one heck of a lot of resumes. Short, long, fancy, plain, all styles and approaches. Lately, it has occur
February 7, 2011
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