Ask a Recruiter: Should Your Resume Be Written in 1st or 3rd Person?

Ask a Recruiter

  Every third Thursday of the month, we answer questions submitted to us from Kansas City area job seekers and employers. This week, we answer a question from job seeker James Cross.   Should your resume be written in 1st or 3rd person?   Great question, James. You’re certainly not the first person to ask… Read More »

Majority of Employers Say Something on Social Media Caused Them to Not Hire a Candidate

Apple iPhone 7 on blue wooden table with social media icons

  Would you want potential employers to see everything you’ve ever posted on social media? If the answer is no, you better start cleaning up your online profiles fast — especially if you’re looking for a new job. According to a recent survey by CareerBuilder, a whopping 70 percent of employers use social media to… Read More »

What Happens to Your Resume After You Apply for a Job?

Resume applications on the desk ready to be reviewed

  You spend hours seeking out job leads, crafting the perfect resume, and proofreading it again and again. Then you submit it…only to wait, wait and wait some more. What gives – and what exactly happens to your resume after you hit the “send” button? Your resume is screened. As experienced Kansas City recruiters, Morgan… Read More »