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Did you know: One in five new graduates majored in business. America produces a 2:1 ratio of business majors to CS majors. The ten most popular majors today are business, computer science, economics, history, psychology, accounting, political science, finance, communications, and English. Src: 2012 study of RezScore users

(Cross-posted at Mashable) Brangelina, TomKat…. Twesume? Just like it sounds, “Twesume” unifies Twitter (your favorite micro-blogging platform) and your resume (yep, the one sitting on your hard drive). In essence, a Twesume is a short bio or resume condensed into 140 characters or less. Paired with the #twesume hashtag, the Twesume can be tweeted, messaged [...]

Are you smarter than a high school junior?  If you’re looking for a job, it may not actually matter.  RezScore recently conducted a study of resumes, and we found that the ideal resume is actually written at an 11th grade level. Going left to right, you see stacks of resumes broken down by the equivalent [...]

RezScore: We’re Total Resume Dorics Columns are great if you’re Paul Krugman or the Parthenon, but not so much if you’re writing your resume. Let me tell you the story of why you shouldn’t use multiple columns in your resume, with some help from our good friend and RezScore user Dave Farinelli:   Dave  has [...]

In 2011, RezScore served millions of job advertisements collected from thousands of job boards, a new record. As the inventors’ of the world’s first algorithm to grade job posts, we felt we had a special obligation to provide quality along with quantity. After many hours spent analyzing job postings, we found that all job boards are simply not [...]

Two months ago, I shared RezScore’s latest infographic with you, the loyal RezScorians. After combing through tons of data (with the help of our new Skills Explorer), analyzing what we found, and smashing it all together into an informative and attractive infographic we came up with several conclusions about the top ten job markets, in-demand [...]

As you probably know, we love our RezScorians. We’re 100,000 (and growing!) strong, and we think that’s just dandy. Because we love our RezScorians, I’d like to introduce a new regular feature to the RezScore blog, Meet an A+ RezScorian! We will be profiling job seekers who have submitted the very best resumes through our [...]

One of the biggest hurdles we had to leap in building the world’s first, best, and only resume grader was industry targeting.   On the surface, it sounds like it should be easy to distinguish the resume of a rocket scientist from the resume of a rococo guitarist.  We were surprised to learn that this is [...]

Last month, I shared RezScore’s latest infographic with you, the loyal RezScorians. After combing through tons of data (with the help of our new Skills Explorer), analyzing what we found, and smashing it all together into an informative and attractive infographic we came up with several conclusions about the top ten job markets, in-demand job skills, and the [...]

Smartphones are extremely helpful. With a smartphone, you can be more productive and distracted at the same time. That said, it’s not surprising that smartphones are also very handy in the job search. Check out three new ways your smartphone can help you in your job search… Read the rest at Business Insider!

While many job seekers see the skills section as a somewhat forgettable list, you can get a leg up on the competition by making your skills section better than ever. Check out these 3 ways you can strengthen your resume’s skills section… Read the rest at Business Insider!

Thanks to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and a slew of other social media platforms, job seekers are closer than ever to the decision-makers at their target companies. While social media is wonderful as a stand-alone tool in any job seeker’s toolbox, you should know that it’s even better when combined with other “old-fashioned” standbys — such as your resume. The [...]

In the careers industry, you hear about online resumes constantly. It makes sense. In this internet-driven job market, it’s not surprising to find that many job seekers are making themselves even more available online for prospective employers. However, not everyone knows that your print resume and online resume are different creatures. While they have many [...]

Last month, I shared RezScore’s latest infographic with you, the loyal RezScorians. After combing through tons of data (with the help of our new Skills Explorer), analyzing what we found, and smashing it all together into an informative and attractive infographic we came up with several conclusions about the top ten job markets, in-demand job [...]