Have background as recruiter and owner of resume and job search counseling business years before I started this freelance writing business. I create strategically appropriate resumes to accompany a sensible job search. In addition to using my experience as a copywriter and stylist to enhance your profile as a desirable candidate, my resumes are designed strategically to produced results in their format and structure.
What do I mean by this?
The first thing to realize is that if an employer actually looks at your resume, he will probably more scan it than read it intensely. Sometimes a resume will be mechanically scanned to find certain key words identified with a job description before it reaches someone’s desk. So my initial concern is to make sure that certain key words and phrases related to either a generic or specific job description are very clearly in position. I do this by developing a background and skills section, generally placed at the top of the resume. I use the background section to succinctly define all the bold areas of qualification and achievements potentially valuable to the employer. Often, this ‘skills’ section is called a ‘core competancy’ section, which has a slightly broader ramification. In fact, the entire order of the resume is designed to emphasis these desirable characteristics, as much in the beginning as possible and then populated properly through the resume.
My generic resumes are designed to be easily customizable for specific positions according to a specific strategy I communicate to my clients. This strategy is also deployed in a job interview, where the resume is a backend support tool.
I tried to avoid what I call ‘bullethead’ resumes, where everything is bulleted. This style of resume dilutes the value of a ‘bullet’, which is to create emphasis. Job history descriptions, therefore, are divided into two different areas. One, a complete description of the position with the appropriate buzz words. Two, bulleted and often finacially measurable achievements in that description.
Full contact information is given for the candidate and for each job plus, whenever possible, a supervisory or peer associate reference for each position. A reference document with full contact information may accompany the resume with the cover letter. Any specific information based on job descriptions, current trends in a specific industry and “inside” knowledge is used to focus on what the employer actually wants.
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