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The Focus Agency is a national employment direct-hire search firm specializing in sales/marketing/engineering/defense and mid to executive level management. The Focus Agency was established in 1984. Our staff consultants, who are state accredited or nationally certified, have over 20 years of combined experience in the staffing industry. We pride ourselves in building quality relationships of trust and confidence with both candidate clients and employer clients. We are recognized for providing premium service, which is the key to our success, and abide by a strict code of ethics whose standards are set by the state and national trade associations. Our mission is to serve our clients, ethically and professionally, through education and consultation to join people and companies in career harmony. Please visit our website at www.focus-agency.com

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Your resume does count for something if not everything in getting in the door!

It’s worth the price to have a professional resume writer write that resume for you.
Excellent qualified candidates are screened out because of grammatical errors, poor formation,
misspelled words (remember you can spell “their” 2 ways and spell-check will not correct you!),
inconsistencies (beware of using present tense verbiage for past jobs and past tense verbiage for the current job)or objectives that are too specific….or too general (either way, probably better not to have one). A resume is a form of advertisement, it is not an affidavit. You do not need to list all your jobs for the last 30 years.You do need to bullet your accomplishments and achievements.
Keep that resume to 2 pages unless a list of projects are requested.And finally, remove “references available on request”. Of course they are!

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