Painful New Rule for the Federal Resume

‘Back in the day,’ when one applied for a job in the federal government, one was encouraged to load a long resume to cover all the vital data – decades of experience, skill sets, education, training, certifications, publications, and more.  There was no limit to the ...

Tiffany Johnson – Paralegal, Legal and Bookkeeping Administration

Tiffany J. Johnson Hampton, VA  23664 / tiffany.johnson3870@gmail.com OBJECTIVE:  Legal Administration, Bookkeeping, Paralegal, Payroll CAREER SUMMARY 06/24 – present, Volunteer Treasurer Kilgore Gifted Center, Parent Teacher Association (PTA), Hampton, VA 03/21 – 08/25, Legal Department Supervisor, Legalman Chief (E7/LNC) US Navy, USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), Newport ...

Five Vital Resume Elements.

There are five elements often overlooked in writing a professional resume. I am not referring to mandatory hard-core data such as telephone number, email address, education, backwards chronologically listed job descriptions, and a bulleted list of years of general job experience. The five unique writing elements ...

Junior Cust: Data Analyst, IT Help Desk, Systems Administrator

Hampton, VA 23666 / Juniorcust48@gmail.com OBJECTIVE:  Data Analyst, IT Help Desk, Systems Administrator EXPERIENCE SUMMARY TECHNICAL / COMPUTER SKILLS & PROFICIENCIES CAREER PORTFOLIO 12/24 – present, Information Systems Technician, 2nd Class (IT2) Domain Administrator United States Navy, Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Norfolk, VA 12/23 – ...

Job search is a common sense, not a secret, process.

You ask yourself, ‘What do they know that I don’t that I must know to succeed?’ There are no ‘secrets’ to the process of job search. The word ‘secret’ implies something known only to the marketer. These are psychological operations (psyops) marketing words used to coerce ...

Converting the DEI-based ‘red-flag’ resume

Once the new government administration started in January, the flurry of government employee actions and corporations scrambling to exit corporate policies related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives resulted in hundreds of DEI workers ‘out on the street.’  Their core experience, skill sets, and education ...

Past Salary History Request – Legal or Not?

Past Salary History Request – Legal or Not? Occasionally, hiring companies will ask applicants for their salary history and/or pay stubs to prove their past compensation. While there is no legal reason for asking for proof of past salary or compensation from candidates offered employment, a ...

A job search is common sense, not a secret process.

Marketing gurus advertise ‘secrets’ to job search their services to put fear in your mind that you might be missing something and failing in your job search efforts. Ask yourself, ‘What do they know that I don’t that I must know to succeed?’ There are no ...

Four and a half inches and six seconds – Resume

This is the average amount of time a recruiter takes to scan the top of a resume for qualified candidates after the resume gets through the pre-qualifications in the online recruiting software system. Many job seekers are so focused on cramming minutiae into a resume using ...

Geoffrey S. Adeti – Advisor

Geoffrey S. Adeti Severn, MD 21144 / selormadeti@yahoo.com OBJECTIVE:  College Advisor – Higher Education; Advisor – State or Local Government CAREER SUMMARY WORK EXPERIENCE 11/22 – present, Vice President (Board of Directors) Jacobs Forest Homeowners Association, Millersville, MD 05/21 – present, Mortgage Closer Shared Services Solutions, Baltimore, ...