Have you ever wondered what happens to your resume after a prospective employer receives it? It used to be that someone ? a human ? would sift through all the resumes, scanning for keywords and relevant experience. In today's job hunting world, that human has, in many cases, been replaced by a computer. That's right. The finely crafted resume you worked so hard to make impressive, is casually dismissed by?.a software package. The fact that human eyes never actually read your resume or the cover letter you agonized over is simply the reality of the digital era.
So, what's a job hunter need to do to get noticed? Well, it's important to let go of old ?rules? that will do you a disservice in today's job hunting world. The first of these is?
?Your resume should be no longer than two pages.?
This is probably the hardest rule to overcome, because it's been ingrained in our psyches for decades. Yet, distilling your work life history down to two pages or less means you may be leaving out important details that could garner you a coveted interview.
?Dan? had been the Vice President of Corporate Affairs at a large multibillion-dollar manufacturing company with operations in several states. Unfortunately for Dan, a larger company acquired his, and he's now looking for new employment. He has emailed his resume to several promising opportunities but hasn't gotten anywhere close to the response he'd been hoping for. And now he's beginning to think there's a problem with his less than two-page long resume.
A quick glance at his resume is enough to spot the problem. It looks like an airline itinerary with titles, dates and locations of previous jobs ? but scarce information on the increasing value he brought to each position. As he resisted the suggestion that a longer resume might help his job hunting chances, he invoked an all-too familiar lament, ?I talked to a headhunter?.? Headhunters, who prefer to be called Executive Recruiters, do live in a world where shorter is better in terms of resumes. This is because the recruiter acts as your personal sales force, pitching you to potential employers. A full-blown resume would get in the way of their sales pitch. So, by all means, have a Cliff Notes version of your career available for recruiters, but also have a fully developed resume handy for everyone else.
The second ?rule? to break is?
?Just the Facts, Ma'am.?
By all means, your resume should be factual and not fanciful. But sticking to only the dates, locations, titles and tasks of your previous positions won't sell you as a well-rounded employee. The key to a successful resume is Value. What Value did you bring to each of your jobs? A compelling resume must include this all-important ingredient other wise you won't stand out among the field of candidates any better than a needle in a haystack. Here are four ways to demonstrate the value you brought to past employers and, more importantly, will bring to a potential new employer.
First Impression:
Most hiring managers will give the first page a quick scan and either decide to read it or discard it. The first page must identify you as a valuable business resource or they're on to the next resume. Position your responsibilities in terms of Value not tasks.
What They Need versus What You Want:
Have you ever included a ?Professional Objective? at the top of your resume? This is all about you and what you hope to find in your next work experience. But hiring managers care a lot more about what they need, not what you want. An easy way to address this is by providing a ?Professional Summary,? which highlights exactly what you bring to the table. Determine what makes you valuable and put it first!
It's Called Capitalism:
Focus on how your hard work has profited your company. What did you do to make or save money, improve customer service, streamline processes, generate or retain customers? Limit the discussion of your daily responsibilities to a sentence or two and focus on your achievements.
Show Me the Money:
Support your professional accomplishments with facts, figures and percentages. This is the surest way to be noticed. For example:
- Generated a 7.9% annual increase in plant productivity not oversaw plant operations
- Managed $1.3 million in key accounts not Account Manager
- Decreased departmental turnover by 79% not good interpersonal skills
By highlighting your value to a prospective employer, you stand a much better chance of being noticed by humans and pre-screening software and considered as a viable candidate. In today's job market, breaking the rules may be exactly what you need to do to land the job of your dreams!
Copyright ? 2008, Pat Faber-Garey.
When Everything Meant To Be Broken
Records they say are meant to be broken and this not in any way stop them from making or breaking records. That's the beauty of any records and cricket records more then any records are what drive fans to follow the game passionately. Well you must understand that it is not only cricket records that are talked about by the public, but the records in any other sports are equally spoken by fans and flowers of that cricket. The game of cricket is one that involves lots of passion, commitment and action on the part of players that are paying on the field. It is not easy to be part of a playing eleven and play the game, one need to put in lots of hard work for this. It is not at all an easy task and if you are a cricketer you probably know about all this.
Cricket records are one thing which influences lots of players to play the game and give it their best shot. Generally records are divided into two broad categories into One Day International records and Test match records. These records are further divided into different sub categories and records of all the events related to the field of cricket are maintained. Cricket record are made all levels where the game is played, so the record can be made at the zonal level, state level, local level, national level and international level. All the records that are made at the international level are recognized by the ICC or International Cricket Council, the recognized world body for governing the game.
Well it is very important to earn the recognition when a record is made or broken and what better way to earn recognition them your cricket record being recognized by the ICC. In One day internationals there are many milestones and records which have been made in fielding, batting, bowling and many other aspects of the game. Other then these records there are also individual records about the players who have scored the highest number of centuries, half centuries, duck and players who have had the highest number of score in the nineties. All these records besides many other records are maintained under the One Day International records by the International Cricket Council.
There are several cricket records which appear that they will never be overtaken, but we just have to wait and one day in future we will soon see all the records crumbling. Sachin Tendulkar of India is one contemporary cricket player who ah several records in his name both in the One Day and test cricket. He holds the record of scoring nine centuries in a calendar year and this is one record which will need lots of time to be broken by any player. To break nay type of cricket record, a player needs to play the game really well and for this he needs to have a fit body. It is not easy to continue playing the game year after year if one is not in their prime physical condition. Many players are motivated by the very though of breaking cricket records set by their icons.
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