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Intense Resume

Intense Resume. Get noticed to get hired. Reed G. Porter. What a Resume is. “A summary of education and employment experience.” Wikipedia. What a Resume is not:. All you need to land the perfect job. A resume is an important, but only one piece of the job search puzzle. A job application

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Intense Resume

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  1. Intense Resume Get noticed to get hired Reed G. Porter

  2. What a Resume is “A summary of education and employment experience.” Wikipedia

  3. What a Resume is not: • All you need to land the perfect job. • A resume is an important, but only one piece of the job search puzzle. • A job application • A resume's purpose is to get you an interview. • The first contact a company should have with you. • If possible, the resume should only be tendered when specifically asked for by the company or your bridge person to the company.

  4. What a Resume is not: • Boring drudgery everyone has to do. • Attitude will come through • Life history. • Formal resume is information a certain employer needs to make a decision to interview you. • A piece of paper. • Your resume is anything about you an employer can find • Legal • Credit • Blogs • Facebook

  5. The Gatekeeper - HR • Has 100’s – 1000’s • Has rules • Overworked • Knows nothing.. • Sole purpose: Disqualify

  6. The Key is not: • Classified ads • Internet job searches • Job Banks • Unsolicited • email resumes • mailed resumes

  7. The Key Resumes • Recruiter requested • Found on job sites • Found elsewhere • HR Requested • Manager Requested • Who you know Knows

  8. Resume Parts • Header • Summary • Skills and Accomplishments • Experience • Education • Professional Affiliations • Community • Publications • Key Words and Skills • Personal Interests • References

  9. Header • Contact • Summary • Skills and Accomplishments

  10. Quantitative Statements • Raised $1900 in 21 days in canvassing and advocacy on environmental, health and consumer issues. • Conducted legal research for four Assistant U.S. Attorneys, for the U.S. Attorney's office

  11. Qualitative Statements • Resolved customer complaints with active listening and proactive resolution skills resulting in the receipt of appreciation letters from customers commending my services. • Facilitated productive weekly team meetings demonstrating exceptional communication and organizational skills that elicited a performance review comment from my manager as “best in class meeting facilitator.” • Cross-trained staff resulting in increased productivity and increased customer service response time with reduced headcount.

  12. Evidence • Experience • Professional History • Professional Expererience • Education • Awards, Affiliations, Community • Publications • Keywords/Skills • Personal Interests

  13. Do not include • Hot button topics • Negative information • Abbreviations • The word Resume • Salary info • Reasons you leave jobs • Family info • Medical info

  14. Bad Advice • List your most recent employment as current even if your employment has been terminated.  • Omit grad dates • Include/Exclude hobbies • 2 Pages • Go back only 10, 15 years

  15. Composition Minimum Must Haves • Name • Address • Phone • Email • Summary • Education • Looks good • Easy to read • No None Zero mistakes • Resist using tables • Be creative • Within reason

  16. Intensify • Targeted • Ensure job reqs addressed • Capture corp. culture • Focus • Don’t ramble • Be relevant • Results • Customized

  17. Customize • Job Fair • Mailed • 2-page, laser printed, bonded paper • Posted on Internet • Recruiter • Keywords section • As long as it needs to be. • Requested • Concise if printed and sent • If digital, can be longer

  18. Points of contact • Networking • Business cards • Volunteer • Blogging • Conferences Trade shows • Twitter • Facebook • LinkedIn

  19. Business Social Networking • LinkedIn … • Celebrated 40 million users on its 6th birthday on May 5, 2009. • Estimates 1 million users sign up every 2 weeks. www.LinkedIn.com

  20. How do you make LinkedIn work for you? Sign up. Fill out your profile. Use keyword-rich descriptions to summarize your strengths. Change your URL to a custom Web address…http://www.linkedin.com/in/reedporter Observe what others are doing. Research Group, Jobs, Companies, News, Events

  21. Profile

  22. Profile 2

  23. Profile 3

  24. Find People • Allow LinkedIN to import your address book. • Search for current and former colleagues • Search for current and former clients • Friends • People you network with • People you correspond with • Look for groups • Note: Join groups of people you want to connect with for an “in.”

  25. Job Search

  26. Questions? • Reed G Porter • reed@reedgporter.com • @Reedracer • http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/groups/resume-tune-up/

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