Comments on: Improving Your Resume http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2009/10/improving-your-resume/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=improving-your-resume Just another Diggings site Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:42:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rica | How to Make a Resume http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2009/10/improving-your-resume/#comment-118952 Rica | How to Make a Resume Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:52:44 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/?p=4049#comment-118952 "People like Bill Vick of Employment Digest who reminded us that networking is at least as important as the resume itself." Kodus to Bill in emphasizing networking at this point in time. In my short experience as a recruiter and years of experience as a job seeker, there are certain facts that are not out in the open. Like the simple fact that a certain percent of job opportunities are not advertised in traditional media. So where do you find them? Through people, conversations, and engagements. If you just talk to the right people and at the right time, you'll be surprised that you'll be ahead of the pack in your job search by playing it smart. “People like Bill Vick of Employment Digest who reminded us that networking is at least as important as the resume itself.”

Kodus to Bill in emphasizing networking at this point in time. In my short experience as a recruiter and years of experience as a job seeker, there are certain facts that are not out in the open. Like the simple fact that a certain percent of job opportunities are not advertised in traditional media.

So where do you find them? Through people, conversations, and engagements. If you just talk to the right people and at the right time, you’ll be surprised that you’ll be ahead of the pack in your job search by playing it smart.

]]> By: Jim Edwards http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2009/10/improving-your-resume/#comment-118941 Jim Edwards Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:50:41 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/?p=4049#comment-118941 Resumes only became customary after World War II, as a means for employers to eliminate unqualified candidates among scores of GIs looking for new jobs. Not much has changed. Nowadays, nearly every individual, starting a job search, begins by developing a resume, but decision makers only spend and average of ten seconds scanning them. A resume cannot do the heavy lifting in a job search. Its purpose is strictly to function, in conjunction with a follow-up call, as a marketing tool to initiate a conversation with the decision maker. Your goal should be to present your background and accomplishments in a visually appealing, reverse chronological order, with dates, succinctly and honestly. Stay away from functional resumes, extensive formatting and leaving dates off to hide age. Resumes only became customary after World War II, as a means for employers to eliminate unqualified candidates among scores of GIs looking for new jobs. Not much has changed. Nowadays, nearly every individual, starting a job search, begins by developing a resume, but decision makers only spend and average of ten seconds scanning them. A resume cannot do the heavy lifting in a job search. Its purpose is strictly to function, in conjunction with a follow-up call, as a marketing tool to initiate a conversation with the decision maker. Your goal should be to present your background and accomplishments in a visually appealing, reverse chronological order, with dates, succinctly and honestly. Stay away from functional resumes, extensive formatting and leaving dates off to hide age.

]]> By: Cindy Kraft http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2009/10/improving-your-resume/#comment-118940 Cindy Kraft Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:55:41 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/?p=4049#comment-118940 Thanks for the mention. The reality is, just like in every profession, there are great resume writers and there are terrible resume writers. While a client comes to us for a resume, the value in working with a professional is that they walk away with the intangible ... a clear understanding of their marketable value proposition (what they have that a company is willing to pay to get) and how to clearly articulate that value. That's a process that is intensive and requires partnering with the client. If there is a disconnect between the resume and who the client is, then enough work hasn't been done to allow the writer to find the client's voice. It should not be my version of the client that appears in the resume, but rather, the authentic voice of the client ... loud and clear. Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach Thanks for the mention. The reality is, just like in every profession, there are great resume writers and there are terrible resume writers. While a client comes to us for a resume, the value in working with a professional is that they walk away with the intangible … a clear understanding of their marketable value proposition (what they have that a company is willing to pay to get) and how to clearly articulate that value. That’s a process that is intensive and requires partnering with the client.

If there is a disconnect between the resume and who the client is, then enough work hasn’t been done to allow the writer to find the client’s voice. It should not be my version of the client that appears in the resume, but rather, the authentic voice of the client … loud and clear.

Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

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