resume tips – Melissa Llarena

Writing a Résumé Should Hurt

By Melissa Llarena | May 10, 2012 |

A résumé enables you to put your best foot forward so be painfully thoughtful about its content. It must showcase only your MOST impressive accomplishments and selecting those requires four things: 1) discipline, 2) a delete button, 3) a job description, and 4) my secret sauce when the stakes are highest.

R.A.T.S. is How Employers Prioritize the S.T.A.R. Method

By Melissa Llarena | April 24, 2012 |

The S.T.A.R. method is used when responding to behavioral style interview questions such as, “tell me a time when you worked on a cross-functional team or when you demonstrated leadership qualities…etc.”