What NOT to Include on Your Executive Resume

Alison Doyle writes some very insightful and savvy articles about different aspects of job…

View All Posts, Age Factor & Ageism, Executive Resume Writing, Career ManagementLaurie SmithNovember 24, 2015Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Executive Resumes

Cities with the Worst Job Prospects if You’re Over 55

The Atlantic online magazine recently published a list of the ten cities with the highest…

View All Posts, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Job Market Trends, Age Factor & AgeismLaurie SmithOctober 8, 2015Executive Job Search, Job Change, Career Management

Afraid you are “overqualified” for a job? Thinking of “dumbing down” your resume?

There are wildly varying opinions on this topic, but in my opinion in some…

View All Posts, Age Factor & Ageism, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume WritingLaurie SmithMay 14, 2015Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Executive Resumes

Dreaming of a New Job in 2015? Great Place to Work’s Top 25

Have you begun polishing up your executive resume with your sights set…

View All Posts, Age Factor & Ageism, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Job Market TrendsLaurie SmithDecember 18, 2014Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Executive Resumes

Gender Bias and Your Executive Resume

The Australia unit of global recruitment firm Hays recently put to the test the…

View All Posts, Age Factor & Ageism, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume WritingLaurie SmithOctober 10, 2014Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Executive Resumes

Executives Plan to Delay Retirement

According to a Society for Human Resource Management report (no longer…

View All Posts, Career Management, Age Factor & Ageism, Job Market TrendsLaurie SmithOctober 8, 2009Career Advice, Executive Job Search, Career Management

Don’t Date Yourself by Using Two Spaces after a Period in Your Resume!

I received the following question from an executive resume client today:…

View All Posts, Age Factor & Ageism, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume WritingLaurie SmithJuly 8, 2009Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Executive Resumes

Video Resumes Not a Great Idea – Part Deux

When this question was recently asked on LinkedIn, the response was unanimous. Recruiters and HR respondents without exception replied with answers that could be summarized as “no way in Web 2.0 h**ell!”

View All Posts, Age Factor & Ageism, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Interviewing, Job Market TrendsLaurie SmithMay 19, 2009Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Executive Resumes

Are Video Resumes the Next Must-Have for Executives?

Video resumes create a trail of potential discrimination based on how you look. If you’re going job hunting, don’t put yourself on camera.

View All Posts, Age Factor & Ageism, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Job Market TrendsLaurie SmithDecember 16, 2008Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Executive Resumes

Are You Over the Job Market Hill?

Approximately one million people reach age 60 each month and …. with life expectancy now at 77 and many enjoying better health during their increased longevity, many more people are staying in the workforce long past the traditional retirement age of 65.

View All Posts, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Job Market Trends, Age Factor & AgeismLaurie SmithMarch 7, 2008Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search

How to Sabotage Your Job Search with Your Resume

An article entitled “25 Things You Should Never Include on a Resume” published a few days ago over on HR World’s blog made me chuckle. Not because most of the items on the list seemed so unbelievably obvious and stupid for a job candidate to include in a resume, but because of the fact that I have actually seen most of them at one time or another in the thousands of executive resumes I have reviewed over the years.

View All Posts, Age Factor & Ageism, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume WritingLaurie SmithDecember 20, 2007Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Executive Resumes

Is Age Discrimination a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?

I agree with Mr. Challenger, and believe that drastic measures used by some to disguise age in executive resumes is counterproductive. Is age discrimination in executive employment real? To a certain extent, but assuredly not at the level imagined by some executives.

View All Posts, Age Factor & Ageism, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Job Market TrendsLaurie SmithJanuary 11, 2007Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Executive Resumes

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