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Melanie Szlucha has been a hiring manager for over 15 years and a career coach for over 4. Combining presentation and communication skills with her ...
Sometimes it's kinda neat being me. Every week I get resumes from people around the country, and even around the world. Instead of being the typical hiring manager who quickly scans a resume to look for a candidate I want to interview and toss the rest, I actually get to give people feedback on ways to improve their resume.
It's funny how some bullets you have on your resume make perfect sense to you, but having someone else read it puts a completely different spin on it. One client had this phrase on this resume "Leadership position with a multi-million dollar corporation." There's a few problems with stating this on a resume. First, a hiring manager would clearly see from the company names and titles you've had, to prove that bullet point true, no need to state the obvious. Second, the way this sentence is written implies that the candidate was working in the upper-echelon of the corporate structure. However, this candidate's position was actually at the franchise level. Completely different meaning. Not to diminish the candidate's accomplishments at all, but when you're writing your resume, you need to pay attention to how what you write could be interpreted.
Another very common issue I see on a resume is that people think they need to put an objective on a resume. Let's face it-your objective is to get a job that's better than what you have and earn more money. On a resume this is phrased like "To secure a position where my talents can be utilized to their full potential for the betterment of the company." Get it out of your resume. It's taking up valuable space, and signifies nothing.
Lastly, your resume should show your qualifications, not tell. It should tell the story about your accomplishments, not just your job responsibilities. It should describe the problems you've solved. It should entice a hiring manager to call you because it stands apart from the other dry, duties-oriented resumes they receive. Show that you're a great candidate. When I write a client's resume, I can type any statement I want, but without the proof of past accomplishments, it means nothing. Give them the proof they need to call you.
Melanie Szlucha has been a hiring manager for over 15 years and a career coach for over 4 through her company Red Inc. She writes resumes, coaches clients for job interviews, and works with them to strategize networking opportunities and job search tactics.
She offers a packet of FREE job search articles--worth over $100, through her website: http://www.reallygreatresume.com/.
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