Tips For Writing a Career Resume

Tips For Writing a Career ResumeWriting a career resume is quite important for anyone who wishes to achieve their dream career in life. It is also an integral part of finding a good job and will set the path for future career changes, if you do not use it wisely.When it comes to writing a career resume, there are some tips that you need to know. First thing is to decide what exactly you want to do in your career. Next, you have to choose a particular field of work, so that you can plan the areas that you would like to highlight. After that, you can now put down the best ways on how to make your resume.First of all, you need to determine your target audience and what is their interest in your career. Do they already know what your specialty is? This is the first step in writing a career resume. In addition, you should focus on those people who are already interested in your specialty. You can start with a brief introduction about yourself or highlight the aspects that they might like about you.A prospect does not always wish to hear from you when you visit them in their place of work. In this case, you can use the information you got from previous visits to write a more comprehensive resume.You can also put down some interesting things about your personal life. This way, you can put emphasis on those memories and experiences that you have. In addition, put down a list of your accomplishments and provide a page where you can list what skills you have, the skills that you excel in and other talents that you have. At the end of this resume, you can also include what do they value most in a career, because no one wants to see a resume filled with useless information.It is also important to compare your resume with others and include only those information that has made you stand out. The most important part of a resume is the cover letter. If you wrote it well, it can guarantee a successful outcome in the career that you wish to go for. Most importantly, you must in clude it at the bottom of your resume.Finally, ensure that you check the content of your resume before sending it to the job recruiter. You can also ask other applicants that already have a job, to send you their resumes. In this way, you will have an idea of what you should emphasize on in your resume. It will ensure that you make a great impression in the person interviewing you.

Tell Your Boss The Most Productive Meetings Involve Minimal Talking

Tell Your Boss The Most Productive Meetings Involve Minimal Talking Meetings get a bad rap. At best, they often feel pointless; at worst, they’re soul-sucking. A book, “The Surprising Science of Meetings,” aims to revamp meetings’ reputation, with strategies for maximizing their efficiency and eliminating the pain that comes with them. The author is Steven G. Rogelberg, a professor of management at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte who consults for companies including IBM and Procter Gamble. One of Rogelberg’s most compelling ideas is the no-talking meeting (or at least, no-talking portions of meetings). Apparently, talking, and specifically group brainstorming out loud, is where things go awry. Some people are too embarrassed to share their ideas, while others babble for so long that everyone else forgets their ideas. To that end, Rogelberg proposes “brainwriting.” Instead of people talking through ideas together, meeting participants write down their ideas anonymously on paper. The group leader has the option to pass around the papers (or place them throughout the room) so everyone can read them and add their thoughts. Research suggests that silent brainstorming yields better and higher-quality ideas than talking out loud. Another option is to open every meeting with a period of silent reading, a strategy to ensure everyone does the assigned reading instead of just pretending. Only then does a spoken discussion take place. Amazon has been known to hold meetings this way. In an interview at the George Bush Presidential Center in April 2018, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said: “For every meeting, someone from the meeting has prepared a six-page, narratively structured memo that has real sentences and topic sentences and verbs. It’s not just bullet points. It’s supposed to create the context for the discussion we’re about to have.” Rogelberg sums it up: “If attendees don’t share key information and insights relevant to the meetings goals, especially information they hold uniquely, the meeting is destined for mediocrity, at best.” This article originally appeared on Business Insider.

Following Up After An Interview With Social Media - Work It Daily

Following Up After An Interview With Social Media - Work It Daily Is it acceptable to follow up with social media? Everyone has their own personal social media policy. One friend of mine told me that he was a “Facebook prude and a LinkedIn whore.” In contrast, I've met people who won’t even consider accepting a LinkedIn invitation until they had at least a 15 minute conversation. Many LinkedIn trainers tell people how to run their own personal social media policies, but this is something very personal and worth careful consideration. As a job seeker, your goal is to have a LinkedIn network that will help you meet the right contacts inside your target organization. For you, that might mean accepting every invite or even becoming a LinkedIn Open Networker (LION). For others that might look like a careful selection of e-mailing specific and carefully researched people. The point is that everyone is different, including the HR person or hiring manager you just met during your interview. So, as with any delicate situation, just ask! On your way out of the interview, ask, “Mr. Hiring Manager, would it be alright with you if I sent you a LinkedIn invitation?” By stating it this way (i.e. not directly asking him for a connection) anyone can comfortably say, “Yes” without committing to actually accepting the invite. Sure, you might send it, but at the end of the day, he or she will decide for themselves to accept it. Just remember that when they do accept the invite, they will see your profile and status updates. That sounds obvious, but have you spent enough time polishing up your profile so that you are continuing to make that positive impression with them? Make your profile interview-ready by evaluating it from the perspective of the hiring manager. Are your messages helping to support the answers to your interview questions or your personal brand? Finally, sending the invite to an interviewer is a great way to build in a thank you note. Sure, you hear career coaches say to send a paper thank you note. But a LinkedIn invite with a thank-you written into the customized message area will gain you far more advantages than just having your Hallmark card tossed away. As an MBA, I interviewed for GE’s leadership training program. Although I came very close to getting into the program, I wasn’t accepted. Despite this fact, I’ve kept in touch with my interviewer for the last six years. We often ask each other questions and provide each other with resources in our mutual yet distinct careers. What’s wrong with that? After all, if you were genuine and made a good impression in an interview, there is no reason to have a huge breakup if you don’t get the job. Believe me, it wasn’t personal! And you might as well get some benefit from it. Photo Credit: Shutterstock Have you joined our career growth club?Join Us Today!