Rewrite Your Executive Resume To Generate Top Results Even In A Recession

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:36:17 +0000

Are you struggling to get your resume up to par? You aren’t alone. With such a shaky economy and uncertain business future, managers and executives everywhere are scrambling to update and strengthen their resumes. Whether you are looking for a job now or expect you will be in the near future, a powerful and up-to-date executive resume is a necessity. It is the rare executive who is fully versed in resume trends and expectations, and when it comes time to update, many turn first to trying to use a resume template. Unfortunately, this is a huge mistake–one that could cost you many, many wasted months in a job search. Besides the fact that a template will do absolutely nothing to differentiate you from your competition–ensuring that your resume blends in rather than standing out–another major problem with resume templates are that they simply aren’t adaptable to the unique backgrounds of individual executives. Using a template to create an executive resume will almost always place the emphasis somewhere other than where you would like it to be, or highlight matters that you would prefer to downplay. For example, despite the fact that your accomplishments and proven delivery of results are the most important elements on an executive resume, many templates place the emphasis on your job responsibilities. Other templates will place undue emphasis on education or will unnecessarily highlight a minor element such as the actual chronology of your work experience–the years you have worked at each company. You may have a master’s degree in library science and fifteen years experience as director of human resources, but if you are seeking an executive position as a chief statistician of a major conglomerate, neither your college degree nor your work history will help you acquire the job you desire. In such a situation, you should spotlight neither your education nor your chronological work experience on your resume. You need a customized resume that reframes your accomplishments and plays up your special analytical skills. Using someone else’s one-size-for-all, cookie-cutter resume template won’t give you the foot up you need to demonstrate your abilities. Obviously, this is only one of hundreds of problems you could encounter when trying to create the perfect executive resume. Problems may range from finding just the right word to describe an accomplishment to explaining a gap in your work history. Learn to look at such problems as mere obstacles that can be overcome with creative solutions. They don’t have to turn into impassable barriers. Don’t be afraid to think outside the box and strategically in promoting your value proposition. There are many resources to help you update your resume and further your executive career. If you are determined to write your own resume, you can find help in books, videotapes, seminars, websites, and many other resources. But there is another choice. A professional resume writer may be your best option for creating an effective executive resume. If you want to find someone to help you write your resume, you should seek a credentialed professional resume writer with experience working with executives. A professional resume writer can help you create a powerful and results-generating executive resume. Such assistance will often shorten your job search dramatically, will help position you for promotions, and will be invaluable to you during salary negotiations. However, just as you wouldn’t ask a medical student to perform brain surgery, asking a novice writer to create your executive resume may not be your best choice. Hire a pro-someone who is deeply familiar with the executive job market and resume trends and has the training, credentials, and certifications to illustrate her expertise. Unlike many other investments these days, investing in a professional resume writer’s assistance is an investment that will pay excellent returns!

Even The White House Can be Crashed

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:58:34 +0000

One of the funniest movies I have ever seen was Wedding Crashers but one of the not so funny things I have ever seen or heard is the White House Crashers. For what was suppose to be an elegant dinner for President Barack Obama, India’s prime minister, high end social life’s, and celebrities to all gather and see the inside day to day lives of the governing body has ended in turmoil. Even though the event went well and nobody seemed out of place at the event surrounded by secret service agents everywhere, two uninvited guess were able to walk their way right in. The emails do show that the Salahis had been working with Michele Jones who is a special assistant to Defense Secretary Robert Gates to obtain tickets for the event. While Jones did attempt to help the Salahis obtain tickets for the event, she was not able to and left them a message on their cell phones notifying them they were not invited. But like any great party crasher the Salahis said their cell phone battery had died so they never received the message until after the party was over. Even though they did not have tickets in hand once they got there, they still were allowed entrance which given the circumstances and the location should have never happened. Somehow not only did they get in but also they were formally announced as they poised for pictures on their way in. Whether they crashed the party or not the couple should of never made it past the gate outside. It’s amazing that two average citizens can just walk right in and get up close and personal with the President and a prime minister without anyone knowing they did not belong. What if they had ulterior motives upon entering the event, they had all the access needed to harm our counties leader and no one seems to know how. I do not know how the secret service department works but whoever was working the entrance line should be looking for a new career outside of security.

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Rewrite Your Executive Resume To Generate Top Results Even In A Recession

Even The White House Can be Crashed