Resume Surprise
I often get resumes from friends and past co-workers asking for editing/comments and most of the time, my changes are relatively significant, with the main comments being “make sure you tailor this to the job when you apply” and “what were your achievements, how did you make a difference?”.
Well, I had a wonderful surprise recently. A resume that was close to perfect! (the only change I made was switching 2 sentences) That was such a treat! What the person wanted was specific and concise, jobs included successes/achievements, highlights were noted, skills were not exaggerated, and it was 1 page. It was beautifully written, the writer obviously put thought and effort into it.
The resume doesn’t get you a job, but it can do 2 things. 1. get you through the first door when your network can’t, 2. highlight an introduction from your network (a good resume here is like a bonus).
January 18th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
That is exact what I told my guys in my QA class. It is not good enough to using one resume for all jobs. If let me redefine what resume is used for, it is used to get you an “interview”, so every resume should have a clear focus, all other stuff which can not help you get that should be removed.