- Think of your Resume as a Marketing Tool
It’s easy to think of your resume as a summary of your work experience but a resume isn’t just about listing your professional history. rather it is a strategic tool for marketing your individual brand.
Consider the perspective of a recruiter. The recruiter is seeking a candidate who fits a job description & can bring value of an organization they don’t have time to delve into your resume & figure out who you are so you need to connect the dots for them.
As you build a resume, think strategically. Consider what you’ve accomplished in the past & what you can offer in the future. Make sure your resume tells a clear story about who you are as a professional.
- Identify accomplishments not just Job descriptions
Hiring managers, especially in technical fields like engineering, seeking candidates that can help them solve a problem or satisfy a need within their company consequently, you can’t be a solution to their problems without stating how you solved similar problems in other companies & situations.
- Focus on what you did in the Job, not what your job was there is a difference.
- Include a one or two top lie job description first then list your accomplishments.
- For each point ask yourself. What was the benefit of having done what I did?
- Accomplishments should be unique to you, not just a list of what someone else did.
- Avoid using the generic descriptions of the jobs you originally applied for held.
- Tailor your Resume to Each new Job.
Along similar lines. You won’t have much lack sending off dozens of the same resume to lost of different employer instead of treating your resumes like a form letter, tailor it to each new role.
“One of the most common resume mistakes.. is creating one single resume & sending it out to every hiring company they can find,” said career expert Jason hill, founder of sound advice, “ I call this the shotgun approach,” do not do this.
Instead, research the company & read the Job description closely figure out exactly what the organization is looking for, then reflect those qualification in your resume.
- Quantify your Accomplishments
What’s the most common resume mistake ?
:- Making too many general claims & using too much industry jargon that does not market the candidate. A resume is a marketing document designed to sell your skills & Strengths rather than just portray a bio of the candidate.
Include & highlight specific achievements that present a comprehensive picture of your marketability
Quantify your achievements to ensure greater confidence in the hiring manager & thereby generate interest percentages, dollars, number of employees, etc.
Work backwards to quantify your accomplishment by asking. If I had not done X, what could have happened.
- Replace your objectives with a career summary
A career summary is designed to give a brief overview of who you are & what you do. Most objectives sound similar, seeking a challenging, interesting position in X where I can use my skills of X,Y & Z to contribute to me bottom line, not telling at all.
Grab a hiring manager’s attention right from the beginning, remembering you
You have only 25 few seconds to make a good impression
Spend time developing a summary that immediately gets their attention & accurately &powerfully describes you as a solution to their problems
- Network, Network, Network
For unemployed candidates, handling out resumes should be a full time job. The majority of mid to senior level positions are filled through networking so contact absolutely everyone you know in addition to recruiters who are in a position to hire you or share insights.
- Resume Keywords
Many recruitment agencies (naukari.com, indeed, Shinejobs) use special software to scan applications for certain words and phrases, which are called keywords. ‘ To maximize your resume’s chance of being found, it’s good idea to make sure your resume contains keywords from the job description or from your role & industry to ensure it passes the first round of checks.
Common keywords examples include project management, business development, customer services, account manager, software development & leadership among many others. Look closely at relevant job listings to see which words are repeated & weave them into your resume & cover letter
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