Depending on where you look or who you ask, resume objective statements are either useful to include on your resume or outdated and should be avoided. According to the naysayers, the rare instance ...

The career objective describes the work you want to pursue and where you want to do it. Your résumé supports your objective, and persuades potential employers of your ability to do the kind of work ...

Your resume is a summary of your past career. And your resume summary statement is a summary of that summary. Are you confused? I certainly am. But that’s okay. We live in confusing times. A resume ...

When preparing your resume, one of the most common questions that job seekers ask is, “Does a resume need an objective?” With job markets becoming more competitive and job seekers striving to stand ...

Dear Sam: Should I open my resume with a qualifications summary or an objective statement? Does it depend on the position? I feel a qualifications summary is not specific enough and doesn’t say what ...

DALE: Hiring managers read your Objective — or they don’t. If they don’t, then it’s a waste of space. If they do, it’s easy to be put off by the overblown language commonly put there. I just reviewed ...