Creating your resume is the most important thing you must do to prepare for one of life's great transitions: applying to college, applying for job, applying to join a volunteer organization. Before we begin this process, let’s look at what a resume is, who it is written for, and…
Need a Resume Pro's Three Rules for Writing a Resume: 1. Companies do not hire resumes, they hire people. 2. Be clear, be concise, be correct. 3. Positive actions pay.…
Use a chronological resume if you have have been with more than two companies and only have one or two specialties. Use a functional resume if you have diverse experiences in different roles.…
Now that you have selected a resume format, we need to talk about the content of your resume. We call it the Targeting and Tailoring Process™ for resume writing. With this method, you target your audience, and then tailor the content of the resume to fit the audience. While you…
List out all the things that interest you, all the individual skills you have, and any special abilities you possess. Do it as a brainstorm. Do not stop to assess if these are really the best things to highlight yet; just start listing. To develop the list you can think…
Once you have a list of your interests, skills, and abilities, look and see which of these things you most enjoy. Find a combination of them that you could do for work. For instance, you may love sports, know how to speak Spanish, and find it easy to talk to…
Once you have taken an inventory of your life and taken note of your preferences. It is time to start searching for them. Go to an Internet search engine and type in the key preferences, knowledge and skills you want to use in your next job. For example, one person…
Once you have found some jobs you want to pursue, research the companies that are advertising vacancies. Check out their websites, search through news articles about them, and get a feel for the language they use. Do they talk about customers or clients? Do they call their employees associates, workers,…