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So … What Did You Actually Do?

Administrator — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:04:13 +0000

When I tell people that I’m a resume writer, some assume that I work with a lot of candidates who need assistance embellishing their resumes. In actuality, this is almost never the case. Many of our clients are highly educated professionals who have so much work experience that they can’t figure out where to start when it comes to writing their resumes. While this is definitely a good problem to have, I see experienced candidates make the same mistake again and again on their resumes. They get so caught up in describing all the facets of their jobs that they forget to explain one very important thing: What do they actually do?

No matter how far your career has progressed, you should be able to succinctly sum up what you do every day for anyone who asks. Furthermore, you should be able to summarize in a sentence or two every position you’ve ever held; and that information should be spelled out on your resume. The bullet points showing your achievements won’t impress anyone until they fundamentally understand the nature of the job you held.

For example, a CFO wouldn’t meet someone at a cocktail party and say, “I structure the overall budget for my company, oversee our compliance with SEC filings, manage the entire internal audit process, and ensure our stock continues to produce a profitable dividend for our shareholders.” He would simply say, “I manage all the financial operations for XYZ company.” Then, if it made sense in the context of the conversation, they would provide more details.

When writing your resume, diving right into the details without offering a summary is equally illogical. Therefore, as you’re outlining your previous history, make sure that you’re offering the reader a very broad summary of the nature and purpose of your position—before you start bombarding them with all your impressive accomplishments!

Jessica has a true passion for the job seeker, evidenced by her desire to share everything she can with everyone she can about resume writing and interviewing.

Article courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap, a content exchange service sponsored by CollegeRecruiter.com, a leading site for college students looking for internships and recent graduates searching for entry level jobs and other career opportunities.

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Great Resume Writing Starts With Identifying Your Unique Executive Value Proposition

Administrator — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:19:06 +0000

By Ron Bates

No one that is any good at making great hiring decisions hires someone because of what a candidate has done or what their Internet presence is. WHAT? That's right. Candidates are hired because of what the hiring authority believes you can do! They develop a belief about what you can do by understanding how you accomplished what you have done. This needs to be addressed upfront in your resume.

Let's start first with the need to hire someone in the first place. Any job that is created exists to produce against a set of business objectives in a way that will have concrete impact on business metrics. Nobody is hired to produce effort. Everyone is hired to produce results.

Back calculating from the set of business objectives a position is chartered to achieve will imply a specific set of executive capabilities, skills and acumen that a candidate must possess to have a chance at successfully executing against the business objectives the position is chartered to achieve.

All what you have done is to an employer is a sanity "check in the box" that confirms you have held the requisite scope & scale of responsibility that confirms the role they are trying to fill isn't to big a step up in scope & scale of responsibility such that you'd be in over your head. For example, given an employment opportunity with $150M P&L responsibility role. Has your previous P&L responsibility maxed out at $15M, $50M, $100M, $250M, etc.? If you're close to the level of responsibility, that's just a check in the box that lets you play in the interview game.

What an employer needs to get to is how you have accomplished what you've done.

Example: "We need to fill a $150M P&L role that is chartered to grow this to $300M over the next 5 years. I see that you have grown a P&L from $75M to $250M. That's great. Can you tell me exactly how you drove that outcome?"

Most executives fall flat on their face when attempting to answer a straight forward question like this by starting their response with, "Um, well, I uh..." not well thought out response follows. It doesn't mean you don't know - how - you drove an outcome. It simply means you're not practiced at concisely articulating - how - you drove an outcome. Unfortunately, this does not leave the best impression with the person interviewing you.

This all too common unfortunate situation should have been addressed all the way back when you were actually writing your resume.

100% of the resumes recruiters see fail at concisely articulating an executive's value proposition. That value proposition is a combination of two inseparable components: The specific quantified impact you have had on business metrics by achieving measurable objectives COMBINED WITH the specific set of executive capabilities, skills and acumen you leveraged to drive that measurable impact. When a resume lacks either of these two inseparable components, it doesn't answer questions about your unique executive value proposition - it creates them. A resume should not create questions; it should answer questions.

By addressing these issues upfront when writing your resume, you will not only be exposed to more and better opportunities, you will be exposed to opportunities over someone that has better career experience than you, but has done a great job of keeping his/her value proposition hidden in his/her resume. In addition, you will be practiced at concisely articulating responses to the interview question: "So tell me how you did that?" As a result, you will leave an infinitely better interview impression.

It all starts with your resume.

An expert in mission critical retained executive search, Ron Bates is a Managing Principal with the retained executive search firm Executive Advantage Group, Inc. (http://www.executive-advantage.com).

Ron has also coached former SAP, E&Y, Oracle, WorldCom, et al. executives responsible for multi-billion dollar business units, and co-founded http://www.CV-Advantage.com, a self-guided executive coaching process and resume development toolset.

As a recognized talent assessment, deployment and development expert, Ron has been an invited speaker at venues such as the Marketing Executive Networking Group, British America Business Council, Expert Connections, Business of Success radio, a regular on Netshare's "Ask the Coach", and most recently Ron's interview was included in Leadership Without Borders: Successful Strategies From World-Class Leaders, by Ed Cohen, © 2007 John Wiley & Sons. With +34,000 direct on-line professional networking platform contacts, Ron has been referred to as "the most connected man on Earth."

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Clerical Resume Samples – Tips & Advice For What To Say On Your Resume!

Administrator — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:20:56 +0000

By Ryan Carlton

If you're working on your resume for a clerical job, but you're struggling with what to say, or simply need some tips and advice to help you improve - then this article was written for you! Specifically, I'm going to give you an outline of an effective resume template which you can use for applying to clerical positions. So let's begin!

First, you will need to list your contact information. Your name, telephone number, address, and email address should all be listed.

Next, you will need to give your "objective statement". This is simply a brief statement which states why you want a job in clerical work, what you have to offer, and possibly what career progression you're aiming for - and how this job fits into that.

After this, you should listen your education and work experience. If you have previous history working in the clerical field, try to focus attention on this - as it can be of great use to you!

You may also like to list any specific skills you have which are relevant to the role. Do you communicate in a positive, professional and friendly manner? Do you have good typing skills? Or taken any courses relating to this? All of these things can be advantageous to include on your resume when you're applying for clerical work!

Finally, you may like to list any activities or hobbies you have which will benefit your application. Focus on hobbies which may have relevant benefits to the job you are applying for.

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Why Use a Professional Resume Writing Service?

Administrator — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:02:53 +0000

by: Partha Sarathy

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Algonquin College and whyhire.me help students build an online resume using social media

Administrator — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:45:46 +0000

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BriteTab – Resumes with Personality

Administrator — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:47:18 +0000

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