I've decided to re-write my resume using a "human voice" approach. Being an "older" job seeker (read "over 50") my honest career goal is to find a job using my skills and experience that makes a higher-end salary. (Yes, I agree, there are way too many quotes in the above.)
I've created resumes tailored to the job I'm applying for, but always tried to keep my "career goals" on a general same path. But, in the human voice resume, I want to tell my story, which will include my career goals, so I realize that my career goal will be different depending on the job I'm applying for.
In this article, https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2014/07/17/how-to-write-your-human-voiced-resume/#20e12d5b6edd, Liz Ryan talks about making your story of your past experience tailored to the job. Which makes sense.
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Changing the Resume Game
Here I am back on the blog that I've really not done anything with. Again, I have something I think is worth saying but will possibly fade into the ether as soon as I write my first post. But enough about me.
I'm currently mid-employed. Not "under employed" really, but not where I could be salary wise. I have an appropriate amount of responsibility and challenge with my current position, but it's for a very, very small company with very shallow pockets. They would agree that they're under-paying me but they're simply taking advantage of their luck of having me on board for as long as that lasts.
I've been playing the resume lottery. Honing my resume to hold key words to get the auto-bots to let me through the first view, and I think I've done pretty well with that, EXCEPT, I've sent dozens of resumes, for jobs I'm qualified for, over the past year and heard nothing. Less than crickets.
So, I'm taking a radical approach. I'm re-doing my resume to include a very specific summary of me at each job.
For example, each job listing starts with a brief description of the company, followed by my list of accomplishments. I'm adding this (example is my first listing):
The idea here is to tell a story. I've googled this approach and it breaks the traditional rules, but what have I got to lose? The worst that could happen is no response and I've already had that.
I'll let you know how it goes.
I'm currently mid-employed. Not "under employed" really, but not where I could be salary wise. I have an appropriate amount of responsibility and challenge with my current position, but it's for a very, very small company with very shallow pockets. They would agree that they're under-paying me but they're simply taking advantage of their luck of having me on board for as long as that lasts.
I've been playing the resume lottery. Honing my resume to hold key words to get the auto-bots to let me through the first view, and I think I've done pretty well with that, EXCEPT, I've sent dozens of resumes, for jobs I'm qualified for, over the past year and heard nothing. Less than crickets.
So, I'm taking a radical approach. I'm re-doing my resume to include a very specific summary of me at each job.
For example, each job listing starts with a brief description of the company, followed by my list of accomplishments. I'm adding this (example is my first listing):
SUMMARY: Hired through a temp firm to do data entry. Quickly learned company and systems and was hired permanently to current position.
WHAT MY BOSS WOULD SAY: She's smart, learns things quickly with minimal guidance, gets on well with everyone, and can handle literally anything we throw at her. We were lucky to find her. She is the one person who could step in for the Technology Manager if needed to supervise tech tasks, manage the databases, and explain the tech to the rest of us.
The idea here is to tell a story. I've googled this approach and it breaks the traditional rules, but what have I got to lose? The worst that could happen is no response and I've already had that.
I'll let you know how it goes.
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