Archive for June, 2006

Thin line between fib and fake

Posted on 05. Jun, 2006 by Bill.

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Thin line between fib and fake
Despite the risk, résumés are full of sins of omission – and commission In recent years, high-profile executives have crashed and burned for falsifying their résumés.
Earlier this year RadioShack chief executive David Edmondson stepped down after the company said it was investigating claims in his résumé that he had earned [...]

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Coming out of retirement won’t be that easy to do

Posted on 04. Jun, 2006 by Bill.

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Coming out of retirement won’t be that easy to do
We hear a lot about how unprepared American workers are for retirement, but their bosses may be just as flat-footed.
Questioning about 1,000 U.S. companies and 5,111 adults this year, Harris Interactive found a gap between what employers think older workers want and what they actually do [...]

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How to write a truthful resume that stands out

Posted on 01. Jun, 2006 by Bill.

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How to write a truthful resume that stands out
According to Richard Bayer, COO of the Five O’Clock Club, the country’s leading career coaching/outplacement counseling company, lying on resumes has reached an all-time peak from little fibs about job titles to exaggerations regarding responsibilities to fictitious claims of advanced degrees. And, with resume padding getting press [...]

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Preparation key to successful job interview

Posted on 01. Jun, 2006 by Bill.

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Preparation key to successful job interview
Interviews can be nerve-wracking, but there are ways to calm those nerves.
"The No. 1 mistake in an interview situation is lack of pre-interview preparation," said John Montemayor, the Career Center coordinator for the College of Arts and Science at USC Upstate.
"A lot of students don’t do research on the company [...]

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