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Julia Rubiner

Julia Rubiner is a personal-branding content specialist with Creative Profiles, Inc. A writer of resumes, LinkedIn profiles, executive biographies and career-advancement correspondence, she believes all branding is person-al.
Picture of Julia Rubiner

Julia Rubiner

Julia Rubiner is a personal-branding content specialist with Creative Profiles, Inc. A writer of resumes, LinkedIn profiles, executive biographies and career-advancement correspondence, she believes all branding is person-al.

Before You Launch Your Resume Into Deep Space, Read This

Have you ever gotten a job by uploading your resume to an online application portal? I haven’t and I don’t know anyone who has. You could be the answer to an employer’s prayers, but if you don’t know how to appease the algorithm—by, say, using a sans-serif font like Verdana instead of a serif font like Times New Roman (for years the resume standard)—you’re sunk. As if writing your resume for a human audience weren’t challenging enough, you now have to write it for an audience both human and robot. The designation “black hole” comes up again and again in complaints

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