By Ken Moore
Are you putting appropriate attention, importance, and resources
on your most important career tool - your resume? What happens if your
resume falls flat against your competition? Where will your career be if
your resume always finishes behind the leaders?
Aren't you a leader?
Is
it your professional decision to allow yourself as a leader to have a
resume that paints you up as something less than what you are? Would you
do this with a business document?
Picture yourself as a leading
brand coming out on the market, but there is similar competition in the
marketplace. How are you going to present your achievements and what
words are you going to use in your resume to gain an advantage?
The
success of your resume at getting you interviews is the difference
between having a GPS system in your car and stopping at multiple places
to ask for directions. You might eventually get to where you want to go,
but those with a GPS (a solid resume) will already be there sipping
drinks on the beach, and there will be no more openings on the beach for
you.
Words and presentation counts
Concise. Succinct. To the point. Summarized and highly informative. Don't bury the lead.
Using
this strategy is the only way to beat your professional job search
competition. Let's face it, this is what's going to get employers
enthusiastic about interviewing you because it brings them the
excitement of how well you can communicate.
When you can push
those excitement and engagement buttons, it not only spurs interviews,
but it also positions you as the professional leader you really are. It
separates you from the others and gives you your own opening on that
crowded beach.
What do you want?
A key
benefit of having one of the best resumes is the abundance of interviews
it will create for you, giving you more ways and opportunities to get
in front of employers instead of watching the backsides of your
competition.
You can spend a lot of time trying to write your own
resume, but at the core of it all, you have to ask yourself if that is
really a good professional decision. Is trying to be a professional resume writer the best use of your time and energy?
As
a leader, would you choose an IT technical person to lead the launch of
a new marketing and sales campaign? Of course not! Then why would you
choose yourself to lead a professional resume writing project to launch
your personal career marketing and sales campaign? That's simply a
conflict of beliefs, and leaders don't think or perform like that.
What should you do?
Listen
to your gut. Job search competition is brutal - it's like a crowded
highway with everyone trying to merge into a single exit lane. We've all
been there, it kind of ticks you off when someone flies up on the side
and cuts in front of you.
Don't let others fly by you on the job
search or interview exit ramp, and cut in front of you. Make the
professional decision to supercharge your resume so you can make it to
the exit lane before your competition.
Don't waste any more job search time. Contact Ken Moore today. He
is an internationally Certified IT Resume Specialist (CRS-IT) and
Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW). He is a former technical
recruiter and is nationally published. Visit his website,
[http://www.TheResumeBridge.com].