Your Resume the Key to new Opportunities!!
Your resume, think of it as the key to opening doors to new possibilities and opportunities. So given it is the key, you should probably learn how to write a great resume. First there are 3 main styles of resumes: Chronological Resume: A chronological resume starts by listing your work history, with the most recent position listed first. Employers typically prefer this type of resume because it's easy to see what jobs you have held and when you have worked at them. Functional Resume: A functional resume focuses on your skills and experience, rather than on your chronological work history. It is used most often by people who are changing careers or who have gaps in their employment history. Combination Resume: A combination resume lists your skills and experience first. Your employment history is listed next. With this type of resume you can highlight the skills you have that are relevant to the job you are applying for, and also provide the chronological work history that employers prefer. So which do you choose? For me I prefer the Combination, or as I call it “the best of both worlds”. The first resume you write should be what I call your “uber resume” (also known as "Resume Journaling"). This means you write a resume that includes everything you ever did, even if it is an additional job, or duty. This resume will be way more than the recommended 1-2 pages long (if you have only been in the workforce for a short time it might be shorter). This resume will be updated constantly to capture everything you have ever done. To do this you will need to gather every piece of information you can. Things to gather:
When writing you resume make sure to utilize clear measurable achievements. For example do not just say “increased hiring”, instead say “increased hiring 50%”. This not only states what you did, but gives a clear, measured, and quantifiable number that potential employees can wrap their arms around. Also remember when writing it in allot of cases it will end up in an “applicant tracking system” were it will be searched on. When it is searched for it will be searched for based on the buzz words that are appropriate for the job, so be sure you include them in your resume. This includes software, skills, attributes, and industry buzz words. Also when writing your resume you need to use action words, when possible. Below are a few, not all, but a few action words you can use. General Skills Achieved Arranged Built Collected Contributed Delivered Designed Dispatched Examined Improved Increased Informed Maintained Organized Performed Purchased Prepared Scheduled Supervised Trained Technical Skills Assembled Balanced Built Calculated Cut Designed Detected Developed Formed Generated Inspected Installed Maintained Molded Operated Packaged Processed Remodeled Sales Skills Accomplished Arbitrated Budgeted Computed Consulted Demonstrated Dissuaded Exceeded Forecasted Generated Increased Influenced Marketed Ordered Persuaded Produced Projected Promoted Realized Saved Sold Communication Skills Addressed Authored Clarified Created Demonstrated Drafted Presented Persuaded Proofread Reported Clerical Skills Assigned Balanced Catalogued Charted Compiled Composed Distributed Edited Followed up Identified Ordered Planned Prepared Recorded Helping Skills Assisted Attended Comforted Consoled Encouraged Facilitated Guided Helped Nursed Reassured Served Supported Tutored So now you have this big, long “uber resume”. So what’s next? Next you start applying to jobs, and you copy out of your “uber resume” the parts that are specific to the job you are applying for. For example, if you are applying for a recruiting job, you copy out the recruiting specific portions of your “uber resume” thus creating a “recruiting resume”. Now you have a recruiting specific resume that can be used for applying to recruiting jobs and it was all quick and easy as cut and paste. Remember to try to keep it to no more than 2 pages. The key is "try", if you have enough experience and it goes longer, so be it. Besides a resume you will need, a cover letter and thank you notes. A cover letter is a letter that introduces you more formally, announces you candidacy, and should provide some information that is not in your resume about how you qualify for the position. Suggested cover letter layout:
Your handwritten signature (if being mailed or handed in person) Type your name Ok you know how to write a resume, and a cover letter. Now for the final piece, the thank you note for after interviews of any kind. The thank you note should be short, concise, and above all appreciate of their time. General guideline:
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6/26/2016 12:54:28 am
So which do you choose? For me I prefer the Combination, or as I call it “the best of both worlds”.
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