About this site
For years, starting in college, I was a sort of ad-hoc resume doctor for my friends and acquaintances. I would look over their resumes and cover letters, edit them, and show my friends how they could make the documents better. I didn’t have any special insight or training in writing resumes – I just knew what would sound good, and how much presentation and careful editing mattered.
By and large, amazingly, people who took my advice got the job they were applying for.
Later, when I had an actual job myself, I continued to help people with resumes and cover letters. I started reading books about job hunting and similar topics, and I saw the materials that came in when people were applying for jobs.
I realized, over these years, that job hunting is a game – a game that’s not fun to play, and one where other people are trying to keep you from learning the rules. It involves a set of skills that aren’t taught in school, and most often have nothing to do with the job you’re actually trying to get.
In the last couple of years the news has been full of stories of competent, qualified people who have been tossed out of long-term jobs. They are spending hours and days and months applying for every job they hear about, with little or no success.
So I thought I would use the internet to gather together my niche knowledge about cover letters and resumes, hoping to help people play the game a little better.
So that’s the deal. If you’re interested, stick around a while – and let me know how I’m doing.
-Adam J. Blust
