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Don’t Play Resume Roulette

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Resumes. The ever-green hot topic. Essential, boring, played out. Today? No more.

We here at Polaris Talent and The Audacious Resume invite you to join us for a few minutes in a far-off land of resumes, job searching, big tops, and carnival barkers…

*Cue dream-sequence flashback music…*

Step right up ladies and gentlemen and let’s play Resume Roulette!  Try your hand at fate with your University or Tech School resume template! Or worse, an automated Google or Word template…

Oh wait! It sucks…

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Top Tips: Phone Interviews

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So you’ve finally landed a phone interview for a job you’re super excited about. How should you prepare?

Upon Confirmation:

  • As soon as the call is confirmed, write down the call time in at least two places, and be sure that you have an alarm or online calendar system to remind you before the call. Treat this as something you cannot miss, such as a Doctors’ Appointment. 
  • Make sure that your interviewer has your phone number.
  • Be sure that on the day and time of the call you are somewhere qui…

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