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Signs That It Is Time to Update Your Resume

Here is a checklist of ten signs that it may be time to update your resume and look for new opportunities:

Salary Progression: Your co-workers, and colleguesare getting job offers with substantial increases while your raises have been small or non-existant.

Layoff Rumors: Rumors of company layoffs are circulating (but of course your boss says there is nothing to worry about).

New Career Path: Your old resume still lists your previous jobs as a waiter and personal bar tender, even though you now have seven years experience as an accountant.

Out of Date: Your most recent resume does not include the last two years of work and accomplishments at your present firm.

New Priorities: Your resume lists more college sports awards than job accomplishments.

Length: Including your present job makes your resume is three or more pages long.

New Technology: Your resume does not list any of the computer software you've learned to use in the last two years.

Opportunity of a Life-time: You just saw an ad for a great job, and the deadline for responses is by the end of the week. Do you know where to find the current version of your resume on your hard drive?

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