When hiring, a resume is typically the first thing you see dropped off on your desk or popped up in your inbox. It's the candidate's first chance to stick out and make a good (or bad) impression.

This year’s college graduates are entering the hottest job market in a decade – and by some measures, a generation. But even as jobs are abundant, competition for the best positions is still fierce.

Do you have a flawed resume? I don’t mean one with avoidable grammatical errors and misspelled words. I’m talking about a resume with red flags like huge employment gaps, lack of relevant experience, ...

In my 14 years of hiring sales people for Metal Mafia, I have seen a lot of resumes–some good, some bad, some downright ridiculous. And I have learned that the best salespeople have resumes with ...

NEW YORK -- A resume is not an ad for the personals section of the newspaper. "Makes a strong and commanding presence -- tall (6-feet-4, 235 pounds), athletic, sophisticated and mature," he wrote.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jaylyn Jones, a 32-year-old recruiter based in Pittsburgh. It's been edited for length and clarity. One of the biggest job-seeking myths I've ...

Landing a job isn’t just about a great resume, it’s about getting past the first hurdle: an Applicant Tracking System or ATS. According to recent studies, 99 percent of all Fortune 500 companies use ...

Ok, now I might have opened up pandora's here but this is a HUGE wave however there can be both good and bad to using this video resume technology Ok, now I might have opened up pandora's here but ...

Do you have a flawed résumé? I don’t mean one with avoidable grammatical errors and misspelled words. I’m talking about a résumé with red flags, like huge employment gaps, lack of relevant experience, ...