Sander Marcus, Ph.D., is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Certified Professional Resume Writer in Chicago with the Center for Research & Service at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He has over three decades of experience in providing career counseling, aptitude testing, job search coaching, and resume writing to tens of thousands of individuals. He is the co-author of two books on academic underachievement, various tests, and numerous articles.

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	What’s Wrong with Most Resumes? 7 Key Resume Flaws and What to do about Them by Sander Marcus, Ph.D. - Jun, 2007 Having written, edited, and critiqued literally thousands of resumes in all fields for over 30 years, I have come to the inescapable conclusion that most resumes fail to capture the attention of potential employers for 7 predictable (and curable) reasons. These are: Lack of focus. Most ...
	Will the New Job or New Career Choice I Like Be the Right Career for Me? by Sander Marcus, Ph.D. - May, 2007 As a psychologist and career counselor, I have worked with thousands of people over the years who are choosing or changing careers, and who are wondering whether they would really like to be in a particular career. Based on this experience, I believe that most people who want to go into a ...
	3 Keys to Identifying a Sales Achiever in a Hiring Interview by Sander Marcus, Ph.D. - May, 2007 How can you identify the great salesperson in a job interview? Well, it’s not easy. First of all, true sales virtuosos are scarce, even though there are many good salespeople and sales is one of the most common and necessary types of jobs. Also, research shows that the job interview is...
	7 Common Résumé Clichés To Avoid by Sander Marcus, Ph.D. - May, 2007 Writing a résumé isn’t easy. To your reader this one piece of paper is you, and he or she is going to give it about 20 seconds of attention (often less). Unfortunately, there are résumé traditions that seem to make sense but that ought to be questioned in today’s tough job search world. On...
	7 Easy Ways to Instantly Improve Your Public Speaking by Sander Marcus, Ph.D. - May, 2007 I'm a professional psychologist, a member of Rotary, a book author (on achievement motivation), a resume writer and career coach, and someone who has heard an endless number of professional and non-professional speakers for over 30 years. I've seen how it's the little things that make a bi...
	7 Keys to Avoid Inaction after Losing Your Job by Sander Marcus, Ph.D. - May, 2007 Losing one's job is often one of the most traumatic events in any person's life, and can have an immediate and devastating impact on one's social, emotional, financial, and family life. Worst of all, it can make a person feel incompetent, angry, confused, and discouraged. These feelings us...
	7 Steps to Reduce Your Biggest Worry Today by Sander Marcus, Ph.D. - May, 2007 There is not a human being who has no worries. Some of our worries are small, and some are big. But every day, there is usually one worry that bothers us through the day. The problem is that we often do nothing about it. Yet if we were to do something (even taking a minor action), it would...
	A Dozen Tips for Staying Motivated in Your Job Search by Sander Marcus, Ph.D. - May, 2007 1. Recognize your motivational enemies in a job search. They are: constant rejection, constant failure, and lack of control. Don’t let them make you inactive and lacking in confidence. 2. Look forward, not backward: Every minute you spend thinking about your past job is a minute robbed ...
	Changing Careers? Avoid These 5 Classic Mistakes by Sander Marcus, Ph.D. - May, 2007 Most of the experts say that the average person can expect to change careers (not just jobs) 3 to 5 times in their working life. The reasons? Many people are burnt-out, underpaid, stressed out, bored, unsatisfied, or at a career dead end. For some, their careers have changed on them --than...
	The 10 Commandments for Avoiding a Public Relations Disaster by Sander Marcus, Ph.D. - May, 2007 Unless you've been living alone on a desert island with no communication, you know that we've experienced recently a spate of public figures who have virtually lost their careers because of inappropriate statements that became public knowledge. If only they had received divine guidance in ...
	The 9 Circles of Résumé Purgatory by Sander Marcus, Ph.D. - May, 2007 Dante, in his famous “Inferno,” described the 9 circles of the netherworld in great detail. But there were no résumés in Dante’s time. Had there been, he undoubtedly would have reserved a special version of Hades, as follows: Like Dante’s Inferno, Résumé Purgatory is a funnel-shaped st...
	Top 5 Follow-up Strategies When Interviewing Salespeople by Sander Marcus, Ph.D. - May, 2007 If you’re hiring salespeople, you know that how you interview them is crucial. If you’re like most interviewers, your major concern is what questions to ask. But after you’ve asked a great question, how do you follow-up? Increasingly, in today’s world, more and more importance is being ...
	Top 7 Keys to Persuasive Writing by Sander Marcus, Ph.D. - May, 2007 One major reason we write anything is not only to inform, to entertain, to share, to express, to sell, to lead, to teach, to communicate - but also TO PERSUADE. Here are 7 tips based on what I have noticed over the years in what I believe is persuasive writing. 1. Start by identifying t...
	Top 7 Reasons Why a Potential Employer Won't Read Your Resume, and What to Do About It by Sander Marcus, Ph.D. - May, 2007 When you write your resume (with or without advice and professional help), who is your target audience? Who are you trying to satisfy? First of all, you’re not writing your resume to satisfy yourself. For that matter, you’re not writing it to satisfy any “expert” – the author of the res...
	Top 7 Resume Sample Words and Phrases to Instantly Improve Your Resume by Sander Marcus, Ph.D. - May, 2007 Make no mistake about it, writing an effective resume has to be a highly individualized matter, since no two people are alike. Nevertheless, it is such a constricted and standardized format, that we resume writers find ourselves adopting certain phrases or words that each of us tends to pr...
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