Heard at Career Transition Workshop-Dallas, 2/8/10

Session 5 INTER-GALACTIC INVITATIONAL RESUME SKEET SHOOT(& 2-minute Resume Practice)

Get feedback from an objective review of your resume combined with professional advice to make improvements.

• The best candidate rarely gets the job, it's the best packaged and promoted
• Start and end the 2-minute resume with a question
• Common mistakes on resumes
• lack of focal point
• exceed 3-line maximum in paragraphs
• too many bullets
• lack of company by-line
• >18 words per sentence
• passive language
• margins not all the same .75-1.25"

Next session Monday, 2/15/10. Newcomers arrive at 6, session starts at 6:30pm at NW Bible Church, Dallas, TX

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