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    Home resumes & cover letters

    resumes & cover letters

    What are Credentials? How to Add Them to Your Resume
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    What are Credentials? How to Add Them to Your Resume
    Amanda Nunez 
    Jul 01, 2022
    Do you know what credentials are? You may have heard the term before, but might not be sure of exactly what it means. In general, adding your credenti...
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    10 Character Traits to Include On Your Resume in 2022
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    10 Character Traits to Include On Your Resume in 2022
    Guest Contributor 
    Jun 20, 2022
    In 2022, the workforce will be looking for a new set of character traits in employees. If you are looking to build your resume and want to make sure t...
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    Don’t want an unpaid internship? Here are 5 ways to build your resume
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    Don’t want an unpaid internship? Here are 5 ways to build your resume
    Kate Lopaze 
    May 05, 2022
    Internships are generally shorthand for “newbie getting experience, for no pay.” And they can be a beneficial career step when you’re a student, recen...
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    Need the perfect cover letter? Follow these 6 rules
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    Need the perfect cover letter? Follow these 6 rules
    Kate Lopaze 
    Dec 31, 2021
    Cover letters may feel like a throwback to the now largely gone days of printing out your resume on fancy paper and sending it, but they’re still hold...
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    Follow these rules to write a better cover letter
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    Follow these rules to write a better cover letter
    Kate Lopaze 
    Jul 16, 2021
    If you ask several people about whether you need to write a cover letter these days, you’re likely to get a variety of responses, ranging from “don’t ...
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    How to upgrade an outdated resume
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    How to upgrade an outdated resume
    Kate Lopaze 
    May 03, 2021
    Maybe it’s been a while since you’ve been in the job market. Maybe you’ve been sending out the same resume for years, relying on Old Faithful when a n...
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    Are cover letters necessary in 2021?
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    Are cover letters necessary in 2021?
    Kate Lopaze 
    Jan 15, 2021
    Let’s be honest: cover letters are nobody’s favorite part of the job hunt. There’s a lot of pressure to be smart, clever, and informative in just a fe...
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    Getting your resume ready for your next career move
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    Getting your resume ready for your next career move
    Kate Lopaze 
    Oct 22, 2020
    These days, it can feel like a lot is in the air—especially with your job and overall career. Many of you areconcerned about job stability or are work...
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    5 HR skills everyone should have on their resume
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    5 HR skills everyone should have on their resume
    Kate Lopaze 
    Sep 29, 2020
    As a human resources professional (or an aspiring one!), you can probably give all sorts of sage advice about what kinds of skills employers look for ...
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    3 steps to writing a cover letter that will get you hired
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    3 steps to writing a cover letter that will get you hired
    Eric Titner 
    Mar 30, 2020
    The challenge of getting a new job is greater today than ever before, due to a number of factors—including the recent events disrupting the global eco...
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    4 cover letter styles for every type of jobseeker in 2020
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    4 cover letter styles for every type of jobseeker in 2020
    Kate Lopaze 
    Mar 02, 2020
    In 2020, the cover letter may seem like a quaint concept. After all, more often than not you’re submitting your resume electronically and putting it i...
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    200 action verbs that will make your resume more dynamic
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    200 action verbs that will make your resume more dynamic
    Kate Lopaze 
    Feb 12, 2020
    Take a look at your resume. When you read it, do you notice a lot of vague or passive words and phrases like “responsible for,” “tasked with,” or “wor...
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    What your resume should look like in 2020
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    What your resume should look like in 2020
    Kate Lopaze 
    Jan 16, 2020
    2020 may not feel like the crazy future we were taught to expect by pop culture (Flying cars! Robot servants and/or overlords! Food in pill form!), bu...
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    How to age-proof your resume
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    How to age-proof your resume
    Kate Lopaze 
    Dec 10, 2019
    In an ideal world, age would have no bearing on how you’re perceived as a potential employee. Skills and experience should count for, well, everything...
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    Writing a strong cover letter when changing careers
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    Writing a strong cover letter when changing careers
    Kate Lopaze 
    Nov 11, 2019
    Changing careers can be seriously challenging. Once you’ve made the already tough decision to go for something new, you will likely then have new real...
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    4 signs it’s time to take something off your resume
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    4 signs it’s time to take something off your resume
    Michael Hoon 
    Oct 07, 2019
    Your resume is a timeline of all your valuable work and educational experience, as well as your most marketable skills. However, sometimes all those d...
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    Are cover letters a thing of the past?
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    Are cover letters a thing of the past?
    Kate Lopaze 
    May 14, 2019
    In the job hunt, some things have quietly started going away, like resumes on expensive paper or a “references available upon request” line. But what ...
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    It’s okay to break these resume rules
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    It’s okay to break these resume rules
    Eric Titner 
    Feb 05, 2019
    Those of us who have spent any amount of time in the job market have undoubtedly devoted a great deal of blood, sweat, and tears to getting our resume...
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    How to write a great two-page resume
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    How to write a great two-page resume
    Kate Lopaze 
    Jan 08, 2019
    For decades, there were some hard-and-fast rules about how you should write a resume: good-quality stationery, a rigid reverse-chronological format, o...
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    How to solve your biggest resume problems
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    How to solve your biggest resume problems
    Eric Titner 
    Aug 14, 2018
    Do you think that creating your resume is a “one and done” process? If so, then think again. The truth is, you should think of your resume as a consta...
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    David W. Leaskey
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    David W. Leaskey SALAMANCA --- David W. Leaskey, 72, of Salamanca, NY, died Monday, June 9, 2025 at Olean General Hospital following a short illness. ...
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