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High-Level Resumes – Part 4
September 26th, 2009 | 
Author: A career change as an experienced professional
Changing careers completely is one of the most difficult transitions to make successfully – that is to change both work tasks and work fields. For example, Charles, a Corporate Director of Training with 20 years of experience has decided to make a career change from working in private industry to teaching in higher education. One of the concerns he faces, like many senior level job seekers making this type of transition is the age factor. Employers tend to focus on salary and benefit package requirements and the possibility of you being overqualified when looking at high-level professionals seeking a job outside of their usual specialized practices or industry.
One good strategy is having the reviewer concentrate on your transferable skills and knowledge as well as the benefits of hiring a seasoned professional so that your disadvantages fade into the background. Use your age to your advantage by identifying the chosen market needs, how you can meet those needs, and stressing your solid experience and significant achievements.
In being realistic about making a career change, you need to also consider the possibility that you may actually have to accept a position at a lower level of responsibility and leadership than your present one and to do so with a salary cut. Your résumé’s fundamental role is to project your professional image in a way that improves the chance of this scenario not happening.
Another defensive strategy is to thoroughly research your new career interest and work environment. By doing your homework, you become aware of the essential required skills and knowledge. Follow-up with identifying the proficiencies you possess or in lieu of actual experiences can substitute education/training. As a selling point, consider taking professional development course to fill the gaps in you qualifications as proof of your strong commitment to this transition.
For making a career change, as you identify information for inclusion in your resume ask yourself the following questions:
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High-Level Resumes – Part 3
A move within present organization
When making a move within your organization, it is usually one of two basic options: a) A move that is a step up (a promotion) or b) A move that is across the career ladder and/or the organizational structure (a lateral move). Since people are quite familiar with the concept of moving up or advancing your career and what a promotion implies, no further explanation is needed.
However, not everyone may fully understand what is and why someone wants to make a lateral move. A lateral move involves transferring to a different but equal to the one you presently have. This is a professional shift to consider when you want to remain with your present employer, but want to further develop as a professional and therefore, interested in expanding your skills and experience base. For example, Bill a HR Specialist with some responsibility for writing training materials, develops a growing interest in writing and editing. This results in his request for a lateral move to the In House Publications Department since one future possibility is working for an organization specializing in HR publications.
In either of these moves, one of the challenges that you may have to deal with is – how other people see you. If you are seeking a promotion: Do they see you as someone on their way up in the organizational structure or not? Or, if making a lateral move to learn new skills, do people who are only aware of your desire to make this transfer without knowing the reasons for the change may see you as a not very ambitious person.
Additionally, when attempting to make any type of organizational move try to be aware of any inside competition you may have and how you can offset their advantages with some of your own. Use the company’s informal networking system or your intuitive sense of other colleagues and be aware of whom else maybe applying for this position. On the other hand, if a specific opening does not exist, determine an organizational need/issue, and plan to promote yourself as the person who not only can solve the problem, but is interested, ready, and available to make a move and you will not have any competition.
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High-Level Resumes – Part 2
Resume Technical Points
A reviewer not only looks for reasons to select a resume for the short initial interview pile, but also looks for reasons to reject a resume. When a document has a “high polish”, clarity, balance, and “togetherness” look to it, the hiring agent receives the message that you are a consummate professional. This is particularly true when a person, who has never met you, uses the resume as their main tool for selecting candidates for the initial interview invite.
Frequently, a resume is rejected simply because of typos, grammar errors or just not easy to read. Therefore, it is essential to pay close attention to the required or preferred resume technical points. Some of the rules are just Standard English and writing usage and others are good resume development procedures. Fifteen accepted guidelines to follow as you develop your resume are:
1. Be accurate and check and if necessary, double check all dates and figures
2. Omit jargon and other language that is organization or industry specific, particularly when making a career change or professional shift to another field and/or industry e.g., acronyms, titles, phrases and so forth.
3. Try and not to repeat or overuse the same professional skill word, action verb or other characterizing words in describing your background and experiences.
4. Do not abbreviate to save space other than the usual accepted ones e.g., state names, academic degrees, part of an organization’s name, commonly used in a specific field or industry
5. Use wide space and wide margins to make the resume visually appealing
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High-Level Resumes – Part 1
With September just around the corner our thoughts start to move away from ‘vacation mode’ and back to ‘business mode’. With this in mind I wanted to share with you excerpts from my book High-Level Resumes.
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Resume Format Options
The traditional chronological and functional resume formats are not usually the most efficient and effective ways for senior level professionals to present their varied specialized, in-depth experiences and qualifications. A quick review of the descriptions of these types of resume will indicate why. In today’s highly competitive job market where there are more candidates than positions, you do not want the reader to have to take too long to figure out whom you really are and what you have to offer. Many reviewers take only ten to thirty seconds to scan a resume and decide whether to place it in the call in for an interview or reject pile.
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Would You Hire Yourself?
Your resume gives employers their very first impression of your professional standards and talents. Take a few minutes and look at your resume and ask “Would you hire yourself?”
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Make a good impression with your powerful resume!
Are you marketing your skills and accomplishments effectively? Would you hire yourself? In today’s economy and highly competitive job market, your resume needs to be powerful and stand out from the crowd. It needs to attract the attention of hiring authorities, showcase your relevant work background and demonstrate that you have the right candidate for the job.
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Effective Marketing Tool – Your Resume
During tough job markets it is even more important that your resume capture the interest of the interviewer over other candidates. How can you do this? With your resume marketing brochure. A quality resume can be an effective marketing tool.
Your resume is your first impression to a potential employer and should leave a lasting impression. An experienced hiring manager can, with just a quick glance, make a decision on whether or not they are interested in meeting with you.
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Do You Want To Get A Job Interview?
We are all hearing about job losses. Even if you personally are not faced with it, you probably know of someone who is dealing with this devastating event.
No matter how impressive your education, experience and skills are, they will not land you the job if you can’t get in the door. A high quality resume gets you a job interview.
Your resume is your representative. Think of it as an advertisement for yourself. It is the first impression of who you are, your skills, your work experience and your accomplishments. A resume is the first communication between you and your potential employer. When a document has a high polish, clarity, balance, and “together” look to it, the hiring agent receives the message that you are a consummate professional. A quality resume will open the door and give you a interview.
YES A Professional Resume Is Essential!
* A professional resume is the basis for an effective job search
* A professional resume can get your foot in the door
* A professional resume can be the difference between a job and a career
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