5 Ways Your Resume Can Dazzle Your Future Employer

5 Ways Your Resume Can Dazzle Your Future Employer5 Ways Your Resume Can Dazzle Your Future Employer5 Ways Your Resume Can Dazzle Your Future EmployerMake your resume razzle dazzle em.Whether your job search consists of networking events, responding to online posts, or calling on companies for which youd like to work, the one constant (besides you, that is) is your resume. This essential document will almost always be requested, making it your key to success. Resumes can serve multiple functions, and a well written and professional one will serve each of them. Of course, the ultimate goal is for it to help you land a job, but to do that, it must tick off some boxes along the way. So here are some of the most important purposes of a resume, and how you can ensure you are capitalizing on all of them to dazzle your future employer.Your resume shows you are qualifiedThis may sound like a no-brainer, but its not. Its easy enough to list all the jobs youve had and what your responsibilitie s were for each. This does not, however, convince a hiring manager that you can perform the particular job at hand. Hiring people is like having a huge jigsaw puzzle with a missing piece, and the candidates are each a potential piece that will solve the puzzle. You want to show in your resume just how well you are matched to the position and that you can be their solution. How? By reviewing the job listing and ensuring all your skills and experience that are relevant to the position are highlighted on yourresume. Then you can prove to an employer that you have the qualifications they are looking for.Your resume demonstrates your communication and technical skillsUnless you are applying for a job where no computer work is required (and there arent too many of those anymora) or where communication isnt necessary (ditto), your resume should reflect standard computer and communication skills. How? Through a proper treatment of language and a strategic use of bullets, bolding, italics, a nd formatting.When used correctly, the language in your resume can not only get the right points across, but it can also demonstrate to an employer that you have the ability to communicate clearly. And as far as language is concerned, it doesnt stop there. A TopResume study found that 79 percent of recruiters find spelling and grammatical errors to be the No. 1 deal breaker for resumes. Clearly, dazzling an employer is not just about effective language its about flawless language. As for the technical skills, the formatting tricks mentioned above will show an employer that you know your way around a computer. Plus, they make your resume more visually appealing and improve readability.Your resume proves your valueAlthough it may be a reasonable assumption that you have been successful at those duties listed on your resume, stopping there will not impress a hiring manager. Instead, you need to show the positive results and the impact you made at previous jobs. Nothing predicts future behavior as well as previous behavior, so if you have a track record of growing revenue, creating a safety culture, or increasing profitability, show it off Use numbers as concrete evidence of your accomplishments. Brag a littleit will dazzle.Your resume shows your integrityResist the temptation to overinflate your accomplishments. Savvy hiring managers, especially ones who have done the job for which you are applying, know what is expected, what is reasonable, and what is possible. If you make an outrageous claim, its likely that an employer will catch on, and youll lose both your credibility and their respect. And if you have made an unbelievable accomplishment, make sure you have the numbers to back it up. Your integrity is at stakeRelatedCaught in a Resume Lie The Stories of Fibbing Job SeekersYour resume indicates your potential longevityMost employers are looking to invest in a candidate for the next three to five years at least. If you are just departureing out, or if your j ob history shows a pattern of short-term assignments (18 months or less), you may have to work a little harder to impress a potential employer. If there were acceptable reasons outside your control for your moving on, mention them briefly in your cover letter. If circumstances have changed, you can mention that too. Do your due diligence at helping your future employer understand why, no matter your history, youre the one to invest in for the future.At the end of the day, your resumes main purpose is to get you to the interview where then its your turn to make your mark. But in order to get there, your resume has to be polished to perfection. If you want to land the job, youve got to dazzle them from start to finish from your resumes first line to your goodbye handshake in the interview.Click on the following link for more resume advice.Is your resume fizzling instead of dazzling? Submit it for a free, objective critique and well let you know how you stack up.Recommended Reading11 Steps to Writing the Perfect ResumeWords and Phrases to Remove From Your Resume Right AwayHeres the Right Way to Format Your Resume

How to Address a Layoff on Your Resume

How to Address a Layoff on Your ResumeHow to Address a Layoff on Your ResumeThe 30-year-old electrical engineer wanted one job, thats it, to carry him from graduation to retirement. When he was laid off by a large national pipeline company, he was mad. True, it wasnt personal he was only one of several hundred included in the companys workforce reduction. But still, he was mad.It really showed through in his attitude as we practiced for interviews, said his career coach/resume writer, Jacqueline Garwood, who said herbei clients negativity seeped through no matter what he was actually saying in the practice interviews. It was my major focus in coaching.Garwoods client was worried that the layoff would make him appear unemployable and present an obstacle to getting a new job. And he was right, if only because of his attitude, said Garwood, who coached him out of his anger and taught him to present a better image to recruiters and hiring managers.The engineer is not alone in presuming h is unemployed status made him less employable. Recruiters and hiring managers who spoke to Ladders admitted it can be an impediment to being hired. At the very least it is not preferred, they said.But job seekers can take steps to present themselves and their unemployment in the best possible light and make it clear that theyre still active in their professions.Are companies biased against the unemployed?A phenomenon of the poor economy is that recruiters and hiring managers have grown mora accepting of unemployed candidates. They call it candidate forgiveness, the willingness to consider an unemployed candidated who otherwise meets the job requirements. Saying that you were laid off is no longer a problem. In fact, its not outrageous to say that its expected said Bruce A. Hurwitz, president and CEO of Hurwitz Strategic Staffing. Thats the good news about the economy. Employers realize that it is not necessarily the candidates fault that he or she is unemployed.But it remains undesi rable, and many recruiters and employers remain downright hostile to unemployed candidates. The sentiment was captured by this job posting from an electronics company in Texas, as profiled in a June 4 article on the Huffington Post Clients will not consider/review anyone NOT currently employed regardless of the reason.According to Christine P. Bolzan, founder of Graduate Career Coaching, prejudice against hiring the unemployed has contributed to the rise in long-term unemployment. It is so challenging to attain re-employment in this environment and job seekers need to do all they can to keep their resumes and online profiles current, she said. You need to have work to find work.Stealth layoffsA particular problem is what Bolzan refers to as stealth layoffs, where a company eliminates employees but refuses to term it a layoff for fear of acknowledging financial difficulty. It leaves the laid-off employee to grapple with the false impression that he was fired. It is a particular probl em for many of Bolzans attorney clients, she said. Ive seen dozens of cases where very talented folks are making it to final rounds of interviews only to lose the spot at the end where references have been called and firms are still not owning up to the nature of the layoffs, Bolzan said. I have also been told by mid-career job seekers working with recruiters that specific companies have instructed them not to even bother showing them candidates who are unemployed.The best advice, according to Bolzan If you can help it, stay employed if you cant, use your resume to work around the issue.How to look employed when youre unemployedDont let a work-history gap creep into the top of your resume after youve been laid off. Career counselors advise unemployed job seekers to take on work they can list as experience, whether its contracting or a volunteer position. Working on a book and consulting are other endeavors that show youre still engaged with the world and which you should list on you r resume just make sure that whichever task you take on, its related to your former line of work.For example, a sales professional might take on fundraising for a cause that she supports or even for an alma mater, Bolzan suggested. Not only will this keep your resume current, but it also might present networking opportunities, she said. It is not hard to find a local charity that can benefit from pro bono professional services such as accounting, public relations and strategy consulting.If your profession has a formally organized charitable organization, such as Greater Boston Legal Services, approach them with your resume and a set number of hours youd like to contribute each week. Volunteering is not only a great way to stay current but will also give your days structure, meaning and a reason to leave the house.Lowball offersOn the other end of the spectrum are those hiring managers who see a work-history gap and figure the job seeker is hungry enough to take a lower salary. Dr. L arry Chiagouris, professor of marketing at Pace University, has heard this attitude from human-resources managers who tell him that given students of his are out of school for so long without a job, managers know theyll take less money just to get their foot in the door.It works the same way with mora senior execs, Chiagouris said. Given the cost pressures companies are facing, they are not only looking for the best person, but they are looking for who will cost them the least amount of salary.Deborah A. Bailey had one client who was laid off from a high-level position and was interested in a job at a lower level. Since the clients desired position involved more hands-on work than her previous management position, Bailey said, Bailey emphasized her clients hands-on experience on her resume. Though she was laid off from her previous job, by playing up her transferable skills on her resume, she could show that her overall business experience was strong and worth consideration, said Ba iley, a career expert, speaker and author of Think Like an Entrepreneur Transforming Your Career and Taking Charge of Your Life.Work-history datesLets say you were laid off in April 2010. How should you list your job dates? You certainly cant say 2008present, since that would be misrepresentation. Is 2008-2010 acceptable, then?Theres no consensus on the date question among hiring managers or resume professionals. Resume writers such as Garwood have their clients put only the years on their resume, saying that it gives some leeway - until the year is over, anyway.Others such as Brian P. McGowan, Managing Partner of Aquinas Search Partners, strongly advise full disclosure relative to employment dates. It is better to be forthright and transparent than to potentially deceive or mislead a potential career opportunity with either an employer or recruiter, he said. Companies and executive search professionals are deliberate in their selection process and will conduct the due diligence to properly reference a candidate.Bailey concurred, pointing out that current employers verify all your information. I suggest that job seekers use the accurate month and year that their job ended. If the employer finds a discrepancy, they may believe that there are also other things on the resume that arent true. Its better to be as truthful as possible than to possibly lose an opportunity, she said.The bottom line List the month and date of your jobs. Even if 95 percent of professionals think its OK just to list years, there are still 5 percent who might smell a coverup. Dont risk alienating even one in 1,000 potential employers.

Where I Work Chris Garrett

Where I Work Chris Garrett Where I Work Chris Garrett What does your desk say about you? Why is your office the way it is? How does it tie in with what you do for a living?Im fascinated by peoples work spaces which is why Im starting a regular feature to show where different people spend their days and to chat with them about what their desk says about them. (If youd like, send me a photo of your own workspace and I might just feature you next time).Today Im honored to feature one of my favorite bloggers, Chris Garrett. Chris is one of those guys who make you wonder just what youre doing with all your time. Hes a marketing and social media consultant, an author (his latest book is Problogger) and a prolific blogger with a large and dedicated following. It turns out that hes also a really nice guy. In fact, it was a video of his desk that first gave me the idea for this feature. Here it isWhen I saw all those toys, I had to ask why So heres my QA with Chris What are we looking at o n your desk and what does that say about you?I think my desk screams geek. It is cluttered with nerdy toys, like R2 D2 and a light saber from Star Wars, a sock puppet monkey, Bender robot from Futurama and a Transformers toy from the 1980s. What you cant see just out of shot is more of that stuff on the window sill.One of the advantages of working for yourself from home is you can have on your desk whatever makes you smile, but I have to be careful to not be playing with the stuff when my wife walks inMy wife shares the other half of the desk and has her iMac platzdeckchen up there. Her side is much tidier and features a The Boss mug which says it all really.Whats the one thing in your office that you would rescue in the event of a fire. (You only get one)My cat, Tigger. We used to have two, they were brothers from the same litter. Casper was my colleague, sitting on my desk or window while I worked for many years but he died recently. Now Tigger comes and visits instead. He doesnt spend as much time, just comes in to hang out then wanders off.How did you get into what you do now?Its a series of random events really. In the early 90s I was working at a college as a systems administrator. When they needed someone to set up their internet stuff I was the person who got to do it. I was setting up websites, routers, and all that before fruchtwein non-nerds had heard of any of it, so when there was a commercial interest I was well placed. I worked for internet consultancies and advertising agencies as a web geek until I finally went off on my own in 2005.Whats the best thing about your job?Freedom is the best part, I think. I can work from anywhere there is power and an internet connection, and since I have worked for myself I havent had to miss a single one of my daughters school events.Whats the most common misconception about your job?There are lots of misconceptions about my job, its hard to pick just one. I think the most common is that I am here as free techn ical support, 24/7, to people that bump into friends of far-flung relatives. Its not unusual to get a call at midnight from someone I have never met asking how to fix their twelve year old computer.To learn more about Chris, follow him on Twitter or visit his blog. To have your own workspace featured, send a photo (or video link) via the address on my contact page. Id love to see where you work

Top trends in Milwaukee Hiring

Top trends in Milwaukee HiringTop trends in Milwaukee HiringTop trends in Milwaukee HiringIntelligence dug into whos hiring and for what in Milwaukee these days. If youre recruiting in this area, youll want to know what we found.Milwaukee is both a commercial and industrial hub for the Great Lakes region and places among the top manufacturing centers in the United States. Known for its breweries, the area is home to several universities, Fortune 500 companies, and several financial tafelgeschirr firms. The biggest drivers of job growth are the Milwaukee metro areas leisure and hospitality, retail, professional and business services, construction, and wholesale industries. In the past year this growth has been slightly offset by jobs shed in the financial activities industry. Still, the area has created 13,700 new jobs over the past 12-months the unemployment rate was 4.7% in July 2016 which was 0.2 percentage points below the national rate of 4.9%.By July 2016, 843,600 workers were e mployed in the Milwaukee area, and the market accounts for 32% of all Wisconsin jobs posted on Monster. To give you some insight into what your recruiting competitors are up to, our Intelligence team analyzed data from the CEB TalentNeuron tool to identify which companies are posting the fruchtwein jobs, and which jobs are most listed, and which jobs are most searched. Supporting Milwaukees job growth the positions most in-demand includes truck drivers, registered nurses, retail salespersons and supervisors and customer service representatives.What are companies hiring for?Most Common Employment in MilwaukeeRetail SalespersonsOffice Clerks, GeneralPersonal Care AidesCustomer tafelgeschirr RepresentativesLaborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandMost In-Demand Jobs in MilwaukeeTruck Drivers, HeavyRegistered NursesRetail SalespersonsCustomer Service RepresentativesRetail SupervisorsMilwaukee Jobs38% of available Milwaukee area jobs are for Healthcare, Sales, and Technology workersOf all open healthcare positions, 44% of available Healthcare jobs are for NursesOf all open sales positions, 35% of available Sales jobs are for RetailOf all open technology positions, 32% of available Technology jobs are for Software EngineersMost Common Milwaukee Jobs IncludeTruck Drivers, Heavy Tractor-Trailer employed 8,280Annual wage $41,940Registered Nurses employed 18,200Annual wage $68,320Retail Salespersons employed 26,720Annual wage $25,130Customer Service Representatives employed 19,130Annual wage $38,080What are job seekers looking for?Most viewed Milwaukee jobsSales Representatives, Wholesale and ManufacturingCustomer Service RepresentativesSecretaries and Administrative AssistantsMiscellaneous Engineers (e.g., Validation Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, etc.)Stock Clerks and Order FillersTop Milwaukee job searchesPart TimeSalesCustomer ServiceReceptionistAdministrative AssistantAccountingHuman ResourcesMarketingManagerITWant to know more about the top tre nds in Milwaukee hiring? Check out the Milwaukee Market Overview from Intelligence.Data finding are based on analysis of all available online jobs reported by the TalentNeuron tool and job seeking activity from more than 22 million unique visitors1.1comScore Media Metrix, 1Q 2016, 3-month average, (includes all US Mobile + PC traffic)

Untold Stories on Resume Correct Spelling That You Really Need to Read

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Who Else Wants to Learn About Portfolio Activity Writing a Rsum Answer?

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The Surprising Details Regarding Marketing Skills Resume That Most People are not Aware Of

The Surprising Details Regarding Marketing Skills Resume That Most People are not Aware Of Getting the Best Marketing Skills Resume Given the complicated nature of their work, absatzwirtschaft managers are anticipated to have quite a few complementary competencies. Successful absatzwirtschaft and advertising communications demand a very clear message communicated to a target audience, employing the proper tone. The success of a absatzwirtschaft organization is dependent upon its being able to understand its target marketplace. To compose a thriving marketing resume, you must step back, consider the skills you use every single day on the job and apply them to yourself. Only 10 years back the social networking manager role wasnt even a job or a career. Its been said that the senior advertising and marketing executive needs to have the capacity to recognize and nurture thoughts and people, even in case they dont come up with the ideas themselves. Many amateur marketers make the e rror of focusing on features rather than benefits when selling an item. The expression social media marketing was not in the lexicon. Over 92% of Finding the appropriate person for a digital advertising and marketing specialist position usually requires reviewing lots of resumes. Theres tremendous value in adding top skills in your resume if you would like to advertise yourself for an advertising position. A top quality sample marketing resume will contain a lot of the keyword phrases and phrases employers want to find, a couple times throughout their application. If you decided your value proposition is the fact youve always increased sales on a little budget, then you must structure your resume to make certain point is front and center. Marketing Skills Resume No Longer a Mystery Our resume builder gives you tips and examples about how to compose your resume summary. A summary statement should include a few specific, work-related abilities, along with some relevant soft ski lls. An all-inclusive summary makes it possible to prioritise information you desire the hiring manager to see first. Infographic resumes are impossible to comprehend, states MacIntyre. Sample resume for digital advertising fresher. If youre on the lookout for Great advertising CV Examples or Templates. Business Communication Skills Internal communication is as vital for a part in marketing as its to cope with external clients. Marketing is a rather popular career alternative for many folks. It needs to drive actions. Career In Digital advertising Digital marketing is still an extremely wide term, particularly when discussing career alternatives. Expressing your wide selection of marketing skills ought to be down throughout your resume. Looking got utilize my current skill resume to boost company profitability. Analytical Skills To have the capacity to analyse and understand the huge data present today, analytical skills are a necessity. Technology Finally, technology ski lls are critical for your success. Dont forget, recruiters are always able to study your LinkedIn profile for the complete story. Other people accomplish for jobs they are acutely underpaid. The best managers also understand how to look past the data and pick up on trends and patterns that could lead to better, more successful advertising efforts. Hiring managers in the advertising area will wish to be informed about your achievements and successes with your marketing and advertising campaigns.

Recession Creates Demand for Engineers

Recession Creates Demand for Engineers Recession Creates Demand for Engineers The layoffs and shutdowns that have erased thousands of manufacturing jobs across North Americas industrial heartland have rendered times tough for mechanical engineers. But a burgeoning global trend in the power industry offers hope.In the south and southwest U.S., rising population and job growth have energy industry experts plotting a major rebuild and expansion of the electrical infrastructure to meet the booming demand. But before they can get their plans off the drawing hauptplatine they must address another problem finding qualified engineers to do the work.In fact, three decades of scant new investment in power generation has created a shortage of engineers at precisely the moment they are needed most. Many engineers who lost their jobs during the utility company layoffs of the 1990s signed on with contractors and consulting firms, moved to other industries, or retired.As a result, we now face a ser ious shortage of engineers who can tackle the industrys most pressing problems. If you crunch all the numbers, says Gary Golden, senior project manager at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the power industry has about 10 percent of the engineers we need.While the solution is certainly not as simple as mechanical engineers who used to work in the auto industry hanging out a new shingle, those able make the transition from manufacturing to energy will find there are plenty of jobs to go around.Human resources professionals at dozens of power producers say hundreds of jobs are open in coal, nuclear, and natural-gas operations. The industry also seeks engineers for systems and equipment design and maintenance and outage management, including refueling the nations commercial nuclear reactors and thermal performance. Scale-ups of carbon sequestration, nuclear operations, and renewablessolar, wind, tidalare also expected to create openings for engineers proficient in systems de sign, construction, and operating efficiency.Engineers are also needed to develop, demonstrate, fund, and tap such new energy sources as renewables, biofuels, oil shale, and tar sands. Though these present major technical and economic challenges, securing a balanced supply of all types of economically viable fuels is one of the most pressing issues facing the energy industry.Future job prospects for engineers look equally good. The Department of Energy projects that U.S. generating capacity must expand by 200 to 500 new plants by 2030, requiring the reconstruction and expansion of the distribution grid with tens of thousands of miles of high-voltage power lines. In the longer term, exploration of the feasibility of such energy sources as fusion and hydrogen will require engineers and researchers to push the boundaries of high-temperature materials and high-energy physics.According to Jeffrey S. Nelson, head of the Energy and Infrastructure Future Group at Sandia National Laboratorie s in Albuquerque, N.M, achieving all these goals will require big, costly, and intensive engineering and scientific programs. The basic challenge in all of these starts with developing a predictable business environment, which includes investment portfolio standards, production tax credits, streamlined permitting processes, and growing the manufacturing supply chain. Meaning, he predicts, thousands of engineers will be engaged for many years in Renewable-energy grid integration demonstration projects to validate the need for the new transmission and distribution capacityIntelligent utility-to-home grid networks Storage of all sorts of power Systems to better manage the electrical grid Cyber security Nanomaterials, especially in photovoltaics Renewable liquid fuels Reliability improvements in the existing gridWhat measures are required to ensure the supply of engineers can meet the expected demand? The trend toward falling enrollment at the nations engineering schools must be reverse d. According to Golden, who is active in education efforts with both EPRI and ASME, U.S. engineering schools confer about 400,000 baccalaureate degrees annually in science and engineering, and the numbers grow slowly if at all.To right the ship, colleges and universities must restore the power-industry related courses in engineering, technical procurement, and construction that were dropped as the demand for engineering skills fell during the 1990s. Concurrently, the disappearance of the math and science programs in the elementary and secondary schools Golden says we rely on to feed students into the engineering colleges, must be restored.Both Eaton and Golden agree the industrys immediate answers to these challenges include persuading engineers of the Baby Boomer generation to work past normal retirement age and developing knowledge transfer initiatives for engineers entering the workforce.Whats also clear is that there is optimism within the power industry that mechanical engineer s from manufacturing can make the transition to the power industry. It will take some work but the existence of both engineering jobs and engineer shortages should galvanize mechanical engineers and all who employ them to find the way forward.Adapted from Positions of Power by Jack Thornton, for Mechanical Engineering, January 2010.It will take some work but the existence of both engineering jobs and engineering shortages should galvanize mechanical engineers and all who employ them to find the way forward.

How to Write a Cover Letter They Cant Ignore

How to Write a Cover Letter They Cant IgnoreHow to Write a Cover Letter They Cant IgnoreMany job candidates focus all their energy on their resume and dont take the time to learn how to write a titelblatt letter.However, if you write a weak titelseite letter or none at all, your well-crafted resume may never get seen. On the other hand, a great cover letter sets you apart and demands attention. Ninety-one percent of executives polled by Robert Half said cover letters are valuable when evaluating job candidates. Here are some tips to get you started.The salutationAddress the cover letter directly to the hiring manager to show you did your research dont use a generic introduction such as Dear Sir or Madam or To Whom It May Concern. If you dont know the name of the hiring manager, call the company to find out. Also, use a colon in the salutation to keep it formal.The first paragraphReveal your reason for writing in the introductory paragraph. State the name of the position youre applyin g for and if someone referred you. A familiar name can create a bond with the reader from the start. You can also try to hook the reader in this paragraph by offering her a compelling reason to continue reading, such as including a tidbit about the company or a preview of your qualifications.The body paragraph(s)Sell yourself to your potential employer in the next one or two body paragraphs. First, state why youre ideal for the position. While some of this information will be detailed on your resume, use a more conversational style here and try to expand on what your resume says. Try to use exact wording from the job description when describing your skills and experience. Why? Computer programs often scan cover letters for key words used in the job description or job posting. Managers reviewing resumes also look for those key phrases.Be sure to research the firm so you can explain how your skills and background are ideal for the organization. Remember Keep your message focused on wh at you can do for the company, not what it can do for you.Closing paragraphMention how and when you plan to follow up, and tell the potential employer youre interested in continuing the conversation about the position. Thank the reader for her time, and include a standard closing that youd find in a business letter.What information do you think is fruchtwein important in a cover letter? Let us know in the comments section.RELATED POSTWriting Cover Letters is Key