Heard at Career Transition Workshop-Dallas, Tue 7/27/10

Session 3 Two-Minute/Two Page Resumes: How to package yourself

Ways to Win

• Sessions 3-5 will be how to package yourself
• No excuse to have an ordinary resume
  
• Most direct path to new job is relationship with another person
• Resume Evolution: activities to achievements
  
• Know Like Trust (KLT factors) important in resumes, both verbal and written form
• Two pillars of self-promotion: Competence & Character
• Homework for Session 4: make a list of your attributes-who you are
• Include #, %, or $ values on resumes to prove tangible achievements to support your attributes
• Tangible values can be ConSWAG = conservative scientific wild-assessed guess

Resumes

• Everybody has opinion about resumes. When opinions offered ask why
• Two minute verbal resume
• Tell me about yourself-be clear concise and compelling
• answer why are you looking
• answer what do you want to do
• The more you say the less people remember-Will Rogers
• be brief tell them what not how it was done
• verbal resumes start and end with question
• Includes prework, past work, present work statements
• Tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth...just not the gosh-awful truth
• Two page resume
• purpose of resume is to get interview
• written resume is a door opener, then discussion outline, finally directing others after interview
• If not asked don't submit resume. No piece of paper can sell you to the job better than yourself
• WIIFT= what's in it for them. Write to the hiring authorities point of view
• Styles & Types of resumes
• Chronological-most popular but can hide some of your best work long ago
• Hierarchical & functional are center-staged formats

Homework for Session 4-Tuesday, 8/3/10

• Create your attribute-achievement arsenal
• Develop your two minute resume
• Prepare your two page resume
• What grade do you now give your resume

For more information go to www.careertransitionworkshop.org

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