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How well do you know your resume? Try th

corporatehrguy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:51:49 +0000

How well do you know your resume?
Try this: picture your dream job.
Got it?
Now, write down 5 essential qualities for it. When you have them take 10 seconds (yeah, 10 seconds) and find those qualities in your resume.
Could you do it? When I first tried this I couldn’t. I can do it now, but that’s not because I memorized my resume. But more on that in a moment.
The purpose of this exercise is that the people you’re sending your resume to don’t have any more time to spend with it than you just took.
“Sure, but they do it every day. They’ve gotten better at it through practice.”
Well, practice can only take you so far. There’s a variety of formats out there ranging from the easily read to the impenetrable. Even with a document that’s easy to read definitions of things like what’s a skill and what certain terms mean vary from industry to industry, company to company or even person to person.
That’s one big ugly mess. But it’s not the hiring manager’s mess to fix, it’s the applicant’s. The hiring manager has to fill a slot. She’s got plenty of options to choose from. If she doesn’t immediately see that a person is qualified, she goes on to the next.
The applicant, on the other hand, needs to prove his qualifications and has 10 seconds to do it. That resume and cover letter need to work harder than most people ever do. A document that outlines work history, education, skills and a enough about you to whet someone’s appetite for an interview.
I said that I can find my qualifications in my resume in under 10 seconds. Anyone can find them because I have a ResumeGuru resume.

BOOM. Job interview bloopers http://ow.l

corporatehrguy — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:40:05 +0000

BOOM. Job interview bloopers http://ow.ly/Z9nm

bill gates wife recommends resumeguru as

corporatehrguy — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:05:06 +0000

bill gates wife recommends resumeguru as a resume resource for job hunters http://ow.ly/ZQRh

A man willing to work and unable to find

corporatehrguy — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:35:05 +0000

A man willing to work and unable to find work is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune’s inequality exhibits under this sun -Thomas Carlyle

don’t you wish your future boss was lik

corporatehrguy — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:40:04 +0000

don’t you wish your future boss was like this http://ow.ly/102CI

If men have the talent to invent new mac

corporatehrguy — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:45:06 +0000

If men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work. — JFK

It’s a recession when your neighbor los

corporatehrguy — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:20:05 +0000

It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose your own.

you never want to hear this from your bo

corporatehrguy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:00:14 +0000

you never want to hear this from your boss/interviewer: “Nice perfume. Must you marinate in it?”

prolonging joblessness through social we

corporatehrguy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:20:06 +0000

prolonging joblessness through social welfare – why unemployment is at an all time high http://ow.ly/YlSF

free tips on resume writing, cover lette

corporatehrguy — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:10:09 +0000

free tips on resume writing, cover letter writing, interviewing, career placement and other job info at http://tinyurl.com/ycg2yvf