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Finally, it is time to announce the results of the 6 Second Resume Challenge ! With over 9,000 participants and counting, we are ready to put the 6 second resume myth to bed. If you haven’t taken the challenge yet, make sure to click the link above and come back when you’re finished. Scroll down to find out who scored better: the Average Joes or the Professional Recruiters. SEE ALSO >  The 6-Second Resume Challenge Answers: Keep or Trash? Like the Infographic Above? Share It On Your Site Infographic Text Format: Recruiters Can’t actually Judge a Resume in 6 Seconds – and what that means for you The Myth Resume Genius has BUSTED a popular myth claiming that recruiters can judge resumes in 6 seconds. How did we bust it? With an experiment. We pitted average joes against professional recruiters to find out which group can better judge a resume within 6 seconds. The results were amusing. The Experiment We presented average joes and profess...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re aware that election season is well underway. Donald Trump has emerged as the most bombastic candidate the country has ever seen. While we’re all familiar with his proclivity for Twitter attacks and charged rhetoric, we thought voters could use a bit of info on Donald Trump’s background. Considering resumes are what we do, we’ve made this handy little infographic for all your Trump bio needs. The infographic Embed History of Donald Trump’s family The public history of the Trump family begins with Trump’s grandparents. Fredrick Trump came to the US in 1885 (as Fredrich Trumpf) and became a wealthy businessman after setting up a brothel called “The Dairy House” in Seattle. From there Trump became a restauranteur, real estate speculator, brothel owner, and even a politician. He returned to Germany in 1901 and married Elizabeth Christ. They returned to New York the next year. There he purchased more land, as well as changed the fa...

A high school graduate without a college degree is looking at “half the pay with the gap widening, double the unemployment rate, 3.5x the chance to fall below the poverty line, worse prospects for weathering another economic downturn, and greater likelihood of losing their job to automation in the coming years.” This is the first article in our ‘Continuing Education’ series, which will look at the challenges, skills, and opportunities for job seekers looking to finish or upgrade their degrees. You can check out part two here . Finishing your education speaks volumes on your resume that go beyond the program you studied and your grades. It also communicates a few important characteristics about you to potential employers, namely: You finish things you start You believe in continuous learning You’re smart enough to get through post-secondary education Now, those things can be true without a university or college degree, and there was a time when not having one wouldn’t d...

If you’re debating whether returning to school as an adult is really worth it, these solutions to 5 of the most common excuses will have you ready to enroll. If you’ve stumbled upon this page, we’ll hazard a guess you’re debating about returning to school as an adult. Believe us, you’re not the only one to have questioned whether it’s really worth the time, effort, and sacrifices you’ll need to make to get there. And you’re in good company if you have a number of reasons why you haven’t yet made the plunge. But if you’re serious about continuing your education and developing yourself professionally, it’s time to see those so-called reasons for what they really are- excuses. The good news is that with the right approach, you can overcome each and every one of these excuses. When you’re finally done with teetering on the edge of achieving your dreams, employ the following solutions to 6 of the most common excuses about returning to school as an adult. Excuse: School will bur...