That’s why Jeff Lipshultz’s blog post on How Much Is Your Resume Worth is so timely, and important.  What’s better is that some real experts have commented on his post with relevant and insightful comments…a must-read for people who need to improve their own resume.

People like Bill Vick of Employment Digest who reminded us that networking is at least as important as the resume itself.  And JobAwfulTruth showed us their own series on the resume. Then Dorothy Beach hit an important point, that job seekers need to be able to validate proof of ability. Miriam of Keppie Careers adds that job seekers need a muli-facted approach these days. (A point we try to make daily with our own job search engine Linkup, which should be one site of many to check for jobs. LinkUp only shows jobs from company websites.  Cindy Kraft exposes one of the issues confronting job seekers who try to find someone to help them with their resume…almost anyone can SAY they can help, like being an AVON rep.  Susan Joyce made the concise point that a one sized resume has not worked for years.  Good point as well from Robert Dagnall, the resume guru, who says that a cheaply done resume can, in fact, be costly in terms of lost opportunities.  Dave Opton, the CEO of Execunet, compares the resume to a good piece of sales collateral, an important piece but used in conjunction with other techniques. Organizations hire people, not paper, Dave says.  Going further, Dawn Bugni of The Write Solution justifies the actual cost of having a professional help with your resume.

Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter says a real pro offers ‘career introspection’ as well as simple resume crafting skills. There are dozens of great comments that add wisdom to this poll and discussion.

I hope you can jump over to Jeff’s blog and read all the comments. Excellent.

But seriously, the most recent three book reviews at this site were Snowball, Alice Schroeder’s brilliant biography of Warren Buffet, Andrew Zuckerman’s classy portrait book Wisdom (with Clint Eastwood on the cover), and hilarious Men With Balls book by a Deadspin editor. I am in good company.

A trip to Hef’s Mansion is out of the question. I asked, but they said no.

More praise by:

From Barbara Safoni at Career Management Alliance

From Dave Opton, founder and CEO of ExecuNet

From Mike Street at greasyguide.com

Deborah Brown at SurpassYourDreams

Heather Hulman at Examiner.com

Dan Schwabel at Personal Branding

Anita Bruzzese at USATODAY and GANNETT

Alexandra Levit over at her awesome blog, Water Cooler Wisdom.

Naomi Moneypenny at ManyWorlds.

Nick Reddin of Manpower, BOOK OF THE YEAR. wow, Nick, thanks.

Nick Corcodilos of AskTheHeadhunter fame, one of this industry’s most reliable voices said this about DIG YOUR JOB. Read Nick.

From Chris Russell, Secrets of the Job Hunt

From Paul Epps, one of the first bloggers that made me laugh, at EppsNet.

Lewis at Seattle Interview coach wrote a nice post on his blog about the book, too.

From the report:

84% say work-life balance considerations are critical in their decision to join or remain with an employer.

65% of executives find a flexible daily work schedule to be the most valuable aspect of a work-life balance program.

54% say work hours have increased during the past 5 years.

51% are less willing to take a job that involves heavy business travel as compared to 5 years ago.

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