Received another example of a cringeworthy D-I-Y resume today and so like Peter Finch in the movie “Network” I have decided to make a stand. Yes, right here I’m going to open the windows and scream “‘Responsible for’ is a dead phrase and I’m not going to take it any more!” Okay, perhaps that was [...]

“Fred” wrote to me the other day. An out-of-work COBOL Programmer, he had watched the industry change and knew that he needed to learn something different. He did; he completed his MCAD (Microsoft Certified Application Developer) certification and was now ready with new skills in ASP.NET and VB.Net to hit the market. His applications were [...]

Local Career Professional Featured in New Book for Baby Boomers Melbourne, Victoria, November 11 2006. Gayle Howard, owner of Top Margin Resumes, has been selected from among hundreds of professional resume writers across the globe to contribute samples of her work to Expert Resumes for Baby Boomers, a new book by professional resume writers Wendy [...]