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, ...

Writing the dreaded cover letter

While the requirements of supplying cover letters are waning in the digital world of employment tasking for most hiring companies, about 5%-8% of potential employers may still ask for this communication. The recruiter wants an example of the job seeker’s ability to write a succinct and ...

Bad Resume Advice: 16 ‘don’ts’ for Resume Writing

What is some of the worst resume advice you’ve ever gotten? Did you naively use suggestions from someone you thought knew best (or worse, you paid for the advice)? Some resumes I’ve reviewed recently make me shake my head. Where on earth did the resume owners ...

How Do You Love Your Work?

Convincing Future Employers to Allow Work From Home (WFH)

A recent Statistics’ Time Use report by the US Bureau of Labor showed a whopping ~35% of all employed persons in the US spent the average work day WFH — up from the previous year (2022) after a slight peak of ~38% (2021). Statistics show ~16% more employees ...

Matthew Matson – Quality Assurance Analyst; Aviation Structural Mechanic

Matthew P. Matson Virginia Beach, VA 23453 / (815) 830-7887 / matson1982@gmail.com Career Objective: Quality Assurance Analyst; Aviation Structural Mechanic Supervisor CAREER SUMMARY EXPERIENCE PORTFOLIO 12/22 – present, Airframes / Shift Lead, Leading Petty Officer (E6/AM1), United States Navy, USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75), Naval ...