Engineering Career and Job Hunting Advice for September 2016

Usually, concepts like an infographic formatted resume seem too gimmicky to be used in a serious job search, but if done well, it can demonstrate real creativity and outside-the-box thinking. It could be just the thing you need to defeat the rote processing by HR department drones who are known to run resumes through analyzing software to look for keywords and phrases. Of course your originalism might not be rewarded with special attention, but rather cause your masterpiece to end up in a trash bin (be it e-mail or physical). That, and a few other useful ideas regarding job hunting and job retaining are contained in the following articles that have appeared recently.

• IEEE ResumeLab, IEEE JobSite
• How to Create an Awesome Infographic Resume, by Michael Gilmore, Career Cast
• The Best Possible Pieces of Job Search Advice for 2016, by James Hu, The Savvy Intern
• What to Do When You Fumble an Interview Question, by Vicki Salemi, U.S. News & World Report
• How You Should Answer Those Dreaded Negative Interview Questions, by Elana Gross, Monster.com
• Writing a Cover Letter From a Job Description, by Caileen Kehayas, Career Cast
• Where the Tech Jobs Are in Europe, by Ron Schneiderman, IEEE JobSite
• Should You Be a Job Reference?, by Ray Bixler, U.S. News & World Report

Posted September 14, 2016