As a Recruiter and Career Tips Blogger, I am often asked to give advice about resumes and cover letters.  A reader recently asked me if cover letters are still needed.  She explained to me that a recruiter she was working with told her that cover letters were not important and not to include it during the resume submittable process. Let me say this, Cover letters are still VERY important.  When I emailed...

Linkedin is a great tool for job seekers and it is getting even better.  Last year I wrote a post about using Linkedin to get a job and I offered some basic tools to set up your account to get noticed.  Fast forward a year later and Linkedin is just getting bigger and better.  In fact, they made a series of major changes recently that will have a positive impact on job seekers as well as recruiters.  The...