| Your resume has two main purposes: | | | | hit their target.a. Job Title and Career Summary -- |
| 1. To represent you and your experience in a | | | | Match your professional title to the one they |
| way that keeps you in the running for a job | | | | need. For instance: if they need an Administrative |
| opportunity when you aren't there in person. | | | | Assistant and you were an Executive Secretary, |
| Therefore, it's important to match your | | | | describe yourself in your career summary as an |
| experiences and career accomplishments with the | | | | Administrative Professional. Describe yourself in |
| specific needs of the Hiring Manager and their | | | | your career summary to fit their job description. |
| company. | | | | Use their specific words if it fits your experience.b. |
| 2. To build enough interest in the mind of the | | | | Highlight relevant job history in your Professional |
| Hiring Manager that he or she invites you for an | | | | Experience -- Here you include your actual past |
| interview. Your resume needs to position you as | | | | job titles. Be accurate, truthful, and focused in |
| the uniquely qualified job candidate that is perfect | | | | editing and shaping your job history. Edit and |
| for the job. | | | | emphasize your past responsibilities that fit with |
| Ready, Aim... | | | | their needs.c. Showcase accomplishments that |
| 1. Get the Hiring Manager in your sites and | | | | speak to their needs -- Prove how you benefited |
| research their needs -- You need to find out the | | | | previous employers and lead them to how you |
| job they want to fill.a. What are the responsibilities | | | | can benefit them. List projects and results that |
| and requirements for the job?b. What past | | | | show you can and already have accomplished the |
| experience is expected?c. How many years of | | | | exact kind of work they need to have done. |
| experience are needed?d. What is the level of the | | | | Include quantitative results whenever you can.d. |
| job?e. What are the results expected from the | | | | Include required education and certifications - |
| job? | | | | Know the basic qualifications for the job. Be sure |
| Find these facts and you will be able to position | | | | you meet them and include them in your resume. |
| yourself in your resume as the target they seek | | | | When you can, use the exact words they used in |
| for the job you want. | | | | their job posting to describe your education and |
| You can find out a lot of this information through | | | | experience. |
| the company job posting, a job description, a visit | | | | To bag the interview and get in the running for an |
| to the company web-site, talking to someone | | | | offer, make your resume read like their job |
| who already works for the company, read articles | | | | posting. They are in a hunt for the perfect hire |
| about the company, and Google the company. | | | | and your resume needs to make you the perfect |
| 2. Load your resume rifle with the ammo that will | | | | target. |