Best Practices: Cover Letters

Why should I even include a cover letter? Several reasons. While your resume should include all the facts about your training and experience, the cover letter is where you can let your personality shine through. The cover letter is also where you can include things that should not be included in your resume like a…

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Best Practices: Resumes

We’re introducing a new series here at LandaJob called Best Practices. We’ll start today with resumes; future blogs will look at cover letters, portfolios and LinkedIn practices. If you have something else you’d like us to take a look at in this series, please let us know! So…resumes. The things that make a resume effective…

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Is the resume dead?

Type that question into your Google search bar, and you’re going to see a mixed response. With the ever-changing digital landscape that now includes job interviews being offered on Twitter, it might seem easy to answer ‘yes’.  As recruiters, we would have to disagree and say ‘no’. The resume is not dead, but it is…

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Biggest Mistake on a Resume is…

not proofreading or getting somebody else to proofread your resume. Many, many times a resume will be thrown directly into the trash if there is even one tiny typo. IABC Members: Get your résumé proofread for free: Exclusive offer for IABC members from ProofreadNOW.com. Expires 30 May 2009. Here are some links that can help:…

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First Post! What took us so long?

Hot JobArt DirectorWe are currently seeking a Senior Art Director for a perm position. Our client is an ad agency in Kansas City. Ideal candidates will have a minimum of 5 years of agency experience, will collaborate with account planning and creative teams to develop concepts and execute work that meets objectives and strategies. Having…

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