Asking For Job Feedback The Right Way

Here’s a really interesting take on the whole “getting people to help with your resume/cover letter/whatever” thing by a professional resume writer.

Dawn Bugni writes that asking for opinions in a broad, general sense can actually be hurtful.

I worked with a laid-off salesman a while back. He LOVED his resume; was excited to launch the search. He felt on top of the world. Then he showed it to 10 people. Guess what? Ten people had twenty different opinions….What

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