Working with new clients on a regular basis keeps me
energized. I love learning about their different careers
and the paths they have followed up to the point of meeting
me. While becoming acquainted with them, getting a feel for
what their objectives are, and reviewing their old resume,
almost all of my clients want to interject additional
information.
Additional information is obviously helpful and expected
during the review and resumes development process when it
is relevant. Current position achievements and
accomplishments definitely need to be included as does any
formal training, education, or other service performed
relevant to the future objective of the client. The problem
occurs when, in the process of building or updating their
own resume, clients want to include an overload of
information. This is usually the reason most job seekers
eventually contact a resume writer. It is often a wise
decision because it is very hard to be objective when
writing for oneself. Weeding through all of the past
performances can be a very subjective task. Certified
writers are trained and very experienced in sorting through
information and utilizing only the most relevant
information resulting in powerful, focused resumes.
What I remind my clients is that it is important to stay
focused while writing the resume. What is the goal of the
resume and what is the specific position you are trying to
obtain? Clients with several years of experience have the
luxury of retrieving and using only the most applicable
experiences and achievements. However, most want to provide
information on all aspects of every job ever held. This
unneeded information just adds clutter to the resume and
waters down the strength of the document.
Employers are very busy and usually not excited about the
whole hiring process. The average resume is reviewed for
15-20 seconds before given the "yeah or neigh". What are
the employers looking for? They are looking for actual
accomplishments and achievements with numbers and facts to
back up the achievement. Also they are interested in your
fit with their company. Will you get along, work hard, fit
in, and make them money? You resume must show them using
your resume that you are what they are looking for. The
resume needs to also make you stand out and shine leave a
lasting impression, all in the first glance.
Resumes are most relevant when they are targeting a
specific criteria, job description or goal. Pointing all
achievements, as well as daily responsibilities towards
your goal will give you a sharp, well focused resume and a
definite advantage over the competition. A well crafted
resume created by a Certified Professional Resume Writer
works because it has been specifically developed for you
and your current career goals and needs, it isn't generic
or to broadly focused to fit the positions you are seeking.
It also has specific industry, profession, and position
keywords strategically integrated into the document to draw
attention from both human and computer generated senses.
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Kris Plantrich is the owner of ResumeWonders Writing and
Career Coaching Services and is certified in resume writing
and interview coaching. Offers wide-range of career
management tools and services at
http://www.resumewonders.com .
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