Nothing will turn a prospective employer off faster than listing what your “responsibilities” included … think about it … who really cares what you were SUPPOSED to do!

What prospective employers ARE looking for is what you DID! This has been talked about in previous topics but I still see the same mistake time and time again.

The KEY to avoiding this mistake is to focus on RESULTS. Rather than saying something like “Responsible for a team of 40 employees” you could say something like “managed a team of 40 employees to exceed company metrics utilizing one on one training etc”.

See the difference between the two?? One talks about what you were supposed to do … the other highlights what you DID with what you had!

So … although this is in the section of “writing a resume” you REALLY need to think about WHAT your going to say and HOW you will present it BEFORE writing your resume. Odds are if you dont you will use all the “cliche” phrases that have been used millions of times before you … and ultimately could cost you your dream job! Or even A job!

Not only are YOU looking for a job … but employers are LOOKING for you! In fact, most of my most recent jobs didn’t come from me posting my resume … but from employers FINDING my resume online and contacting me!

So the question really becomes WHERE can you post your resume and HOW do you optimize it for what EMPLOYERS are searching for!

Most of the biggest online job seeking services give you the ability to post your resume AND make it public (i.e. search-able). In some cases this isnt the default setting so you will absolutely want to go into your setting to ensure this is turned on!

For example, in www.Monster.com you can upload 5 different resumes and EACH can be customized to increase your exposure. They will ask you questions like:

Current Position

Ideal Future Postion

WHERE you want to work (geographically)

Are you willing to relocate?

Are you willing to travel?

Education

Salary

Start Date

etc …

Making your resume PUBLIC & letting future employers know what your willing to do can give you a huge boost in job seeking!

So … with only 10 – 20 seconds YOU need to know HOW to SELL yourself! Obviously you cant use a “hard” sell technique as these generally dont translate well to paper and are generally used as a last resort by sales people with nothing to lose.

A SOFT SELL will be the BEST option for you moving forward. The bad news is … most people HATE selling! In fact, odds are, the job you want is as far from selling as you could possible want! And to top that off even if you ARE into selling … the hardest item for people to sell is … THEMSELVES!

The GOOD news … although it may be a little outside your comfort zone selling yourself is NOT hard … especially when most employers give you a “cheat sheet” telling you exactly what they are looking for.

In most cases people do a “decent” job trying to ensure their resume meets the objectives of a prospective employer but as with most types of written soft selling its not about WHAT you say … its about HOW you say it!

Here is a short list of critical elements to focus on in your sales copy. Remember … its not about WHAT you say its about HOW you say it. The BEST question you can ask yourself is “How will this read in 10 – 20 seconds to the person determining if I am worth interviewing?”

1. Focus on ACCOMPLISHMENTS not “responsiblities or duties”. SHOW the future employers why your the best candidate for the job … dont assume that by putting your “responsibilities” down they understand how you excelled at your job!
2. Understand WHAT you want to write/communicate BEFORE working on the HOW it will be worded! I am sure almost everyone has heard the phrase “failing to plan is a plan to fail”. Same thing applies to your resume!
3. Focus on the EMPLOYERS requirements … not your “wish list”

Remember this above all … its not WHAT you say its all about HOW you say it!

You will notice this sample resume is in the “professional resume format” and focuses on EXPERIENCE. When look at your resume and trying to determine what to work on I would draw your attention to the DETAILS under each job. Each should highlight major responsibilities and, where applicable, focus on RESULTS!

If you would like a personal review of your resume please send your resume to Sample Resume. By sending your resume I will personally review your resume and give you feedback … in exchange I will remove all personal data and use your resume as a “sample” for others to see.

Below is a VISUAL version (click to enlarge) … and below that is a TEXT you can copy/paste/tweak for your own resume …

VISUAL RESUME SAMPLE

TEXT RESUME EXAMPLE

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1234 Hire Me Way
Jobless, CA
01234 Telephone – (123) 456-7890
eMail – SampleResume@EssentialResumeSkills.com
John A. Doe
Objective To be a profitable and marketable asset through continual education, proactive evaluation, and goal orientated execution.
Experience Jan 2008 – Present –COMPANY NAME– Vancouver, BC
–Company Position–
• Facilitate 5-Day International Clinic teaching Internet Marketing Principles (Niche research, SEO, PPC, Sales Copy) in a class room type setting.
• Provide ongoing support to clinic graduates to help their business continue to grow. Support provided via phone, email, chat, and webex.
• Generated over $170,000 in additional revenue in 2008 through up-sell process.
• Created a supporting “video” presentation of the training which grossed over $250,000 at product launch.
• Improved previous presentation to result in 97% of clients seeing optin results and 40% of clients leaving after 5 days with sales. (Improved from 40% optins and 0% sales).
• Developed and created support resources using Camtasia videos to encourage continued customer loyalty.
Sept 2005 – Dec 2007 –COMPANY NAME– Vancouver, BC
–Company Position–
• Created and developed the eBay mentoring program generating over $1 million in annual revenue.
• Trained new mentors on presentation procedures, policies, and soft skills as they joined the eBay team.
• Cross-trained in Internet Marketing Mentoring with personal application and 80% Internet client load.
May 2004 – Sept 2005 –COMPANY NAME– Burnaby, BC
–Company Position–
• Recognized as one of the top 5 grossing sales consultants in the Burnaby Call Centre
• Cross trained in Support and Retention roles.
Feb 2004 – May 2004 –COMPANY NAME– Burnaby, BC
–Company Position–
• Responsible for a team of 40 Customer support representatives ensuring they meet basic Quality assurance and productivity standards.
• Organized and developed meeting agendas to ensure consistent protocols were met across international service centers. Facilitated these meetings through organized, open, and honest communication.
• Created and implemented International charters for Trust and Safety ensuring uniform sanctions were imposed consistently throughout customer service centers.
• Monitored and documented team performance and developed graphs and power point presentations to monitor trends.
• Planned and executed on incentive programs to boost base productivity metrics.
• Work in conjunction with Workforce Management to ensure employee volume and incoming queues were met with maximum efficiency.
• Proactively implemented training techniques and tools which increased customer support productivity by over 400%.
• Conducted additional up skill training for Trust and Safety CSR’s.
Oct 2003 – Feb 2004 –COMPANY NAME– Burnaby, BC
–Company Position–
• Manage the transition and placement of employees into the investigations department during the queue transition from Salt Lake to Vancouver.
• Identify and assign email and telephone queue assignments based on productivity, knowledge base, proficiency, and aptitude.
• Coordinate policy changes and tool enhancements between Salt Lake City, Dublin, and Vancouver, with emphasis on maintaining fluid and open communication between management groups.
• Proactive Trust and Safety up-training and best practices sharing with other departments throughout the Vancouver Center.
• Implemented training course for new recruits – speeding profitability.
May 2003 – Oct 2004 –COMPANY NAME– Salt Lake City, UT
–Company Position–
• Responsible for a team of 20 Customer support representatives.
• Handled escalation phone and email contacts from customer “power sellers”
• Identified and assessed the strengths and developmental needs of individuals on the team.
• Conducted team meetings and one on one session’s to enhance communication and understanding of current and new policy and procedure.
• Computed individual metrics for team members primarily through excel entering raw data and creating user friendly interfaces for Supervisor to review the team at a glance.
Education 1998 – 2000 –SCHOOL NAME– Location
• A.S.A., International Business Administration.
• Graduated summa cum laude.
1993 – 1995 –SCHOOL NAME– Location
• Graduated summa cum laude.
Interests I have a passion for running and watching Japanese animation. Both interests developed while I was living in Japan during my freshman and sophomore years of high school. I am particularly keen on cross-country running and remained unbeaten during my high school years at School.

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Now, as we have stated before, you need to understand that your resume has one goal … to get you an interview. So you need to present and format your resume for maximum exposure. This means keeping it short and simple. Most resumes should NEVER be longer than 3 pages WITH references.

There are different resume writing formats depending on how you want to present your information and the job you are applying for. The most common format is the “professional resume format”. This resume writing format applies to 90% of the jobs most people apply for.

This resume writing format consists of:

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Heading with contact information

Resume Objective

Resume Experience (in chronological order most recent 1st)

DATES –> Position –> Location (these are the standard criteria included with your experience)

Detailed highlights of position (FOCUS on RESULTS)

Resume Education

Resume Interests/Skills

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By FAR the largest segment of your resume should focus on EXPERIENCE and on the DETAILED highlights of each. This is the most important selling point of your resume. Tangible experience is more sought after than education which is why that section is towards the bottom.

Here is a resume writing format EXAMPLE:

As you can see, and I talk about this a little more in detail … its GOOD to have a little color to help your resume really stand-out from all the other resumes. You can ALSO add your picture if you want so your future employer can put a “picture” to the resume.

You may be extremely qualified for the job your applying for BUT, if you cant even write a resume odds are your future employer will just skip over your resume!

If your anything like me you have probably reviewed your resume hundreds, if not thousands of times! It gets pretty hard to review your resume for possible errors after staring at it for hours and hours.

My personal suggestion is BEFORE you submit for your resume for job applications send your resume to as many friends/colleagues as possible to get feedback on your resume as a whole AND have them check for spelling mistakes.

With “spell check” the common problems are so much “misspelled” words as they are the wrong spelling/meaning of the word!

For example … a common mistake I see is “their” and “there” … although spelled correctly they have 2 very different applications in a sentence.

DO NOT submit your resume till it has been reviewed by people for mistakes!

That being said … just as YOU can find employers and submit your resume, employers are searching for YOU! Most “job search” sites actually allow you to post your resume online where many companies get “updates” of resumes that match their search criteria!

This means, if you have a well written, well worded resume you may not even have to apply for a job! The job will come to you!

You MAY want to have a different email for your job application sites since you CAN get quite a lot of job offers … not all of them relevant (I generally get 2-3 job offers a week).

So … WHERE should you submit your resume?? There are a few big players in the job search arena that we will look at … but the more the better!

US

* CareerBuilder

* Monster

CANADA

* Workopolis

These are the BIG players in the job search arena so you should submit your resume to each. Although these are the big players there are hundreds if not THOUSANDS of other smaller more “niche” job search sites as well. In fact, most professional jobs have associations that you can submit your resume to for very targeted job offers.

Lets talk about the differences and give each a definition:

Down playing – These are people that do not feel comfortable talking about themselves. They tend to use “we” more than “I” and rather than talking about RESULTS focus on PROJECTS. An examples of this would be:

* Helped train new employees

You can see that the do not take ownership (the word “helped” shows down play AND lack of ownership).

In an environment where you are ultimately trying to “sell” yourself in your resume this is a MAJOR obstacle to overcome.

Exaggerating – These are people that are on the complete opposite side of the spectrum. In fact these people can often go too far and simply make things up that simply arent true. They tend to “round up” and take ALL the credit. An example of this would be something like:

* Personally trained 2,000 NEW employees

There are usually “signs” that indicate these statements may not be true (reference checks are ultimately what get this people into ‘hot water’). Words like “personally” and “2,000″ seem arbitrary and indulgent and can have the exact same effect as “down playing” … namely being you do not get interviewed!

BRAGGING – These people understand the difference between down playing and exaggerating and find the middle ground. They take pride AND ownership for their accomplishments without exaggerating. An example of this might look like:

* Improved the training process for new employees resulting in 20% shorter “training period” and increased productivity by 17%.

You will notice they take ownership not just in what they DID but what it RESULTED in! This is a HUGE indicator to future employees as to the kind of worker you are.

So … which one do YOU do?

This is ultimately something you want to think about BEFORE writing a resume and your options are many. Most people will use something like Microsoft Word to write their resume. There are MANY templates already included in the basic version but you ALSO have to opportunity to add other templates to the list (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT101043371033.aspx).

Here are a few “tips” to keep in mind when ultimately picking your resume template:

#1 – A little color can go a long way – Simply having color at all makes your resume standout … even if its never printed. Imagine having to look at hundreds … even thousands of resumes 99% of which are simply “black and white”. Having a resume with a little color can really make your resume stand out.

That being said, like all things, you can definitely have too much color! You just want a little to stand out … stick with BLACK text and a WHITE background but find a template that adds a little pizazz!

Something like this would work well (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/TC101927501033.aspx?CategoryID=CT101448941033)

#2 – Graphics – Along with color you “may” want to add some graphics to your resume. My own personal recommendation would be to include a professional photo. This allows future employees to put a “face” to the resume. Other graphics … while tempting, may actually distract from your resume so be VERY cautious with images and how/where you use them.

I think dragons are awesome … but that doesn’t mean I am going to add images of them to my resume!

As a general rule of thumb stick with passions/interests that can compliment the position your applying for. The mistake some people make here is their “interests” can actually COMPETE with the job they are applying for.

For example … lets say I am applying for the position of an Online Marketer. The job responsibilities would include traffic generation, SEO, PPC, Web 2.0, testing and tracking.

It would be a MISTAKE in my interests to talk about my own passion for internet marketing! Why!? Because anyone reading the resume (especially Human Resource) would IMMEDIATELY see a conflict of interest. In fact MOST employers have fairly lengthy “contracts” with their employees about what can and cannot be done and MOST even have a non-compete clause post employment.

Now … odds are most of your passions and interests are fairly benign and wouldnt ever compete with your job. Odds are they are probably totally unrelated … BUT … you DO want to review this section quickly to make sure yous passions/interests do not conflict with the job your applying for.

The OTHER mistake people make here is being too “cliche”. Although it may be true you want to STAND OUT in your resume. For most resumes this is one of the last sections so, if its read at all, it can leave a lasting impression.

Try to think of something novel you do that would really peak someones interest! For example:

Cliche Interest – Spending time with family

Unique Interest – Tandem Skydiving!

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Cliche Interest – Running

Unique Interest – Ultra-Marathoner (100+ Mile RACES)

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See the difference? Sometimes its not even WHAT you say but HOW you say it! Although the last interest was “running” the Unique Interest took it to another level.

Now its no BIG secret that nowadays future employers will look at everything they can when hiring. This INCLUDES social networks (i.e. facebook, myspace, etc).

You can find a TON of stories about people that LOST job opportunities because of the content employers found online.

Well … the reverse is ALSO true!

YOU can do your research on the company (and people within the company) to find out what THEIR interests/passions are!

For example … I recently applied for a job and found the person that would ultimately be reviewing my resume. From their profile I saw they were avid followers of the television show “The Office”.

I LOVE the show but never thought to “add” it to my resume as an “Interest” … BUT … since I wanted to connect with the person reviewing my resume I ADDED it!

Employers arent the ONLY ones who should be using the internet to learn EVERYTHING they can about a person. This is especially true if its a job you are really passionate to acquire!

#1 – Write a Resume

#2 – Find a job

#3 – Send resume

#4 – Repeat!

The PROBLEM with this order is that job seekers neglect to understand what employers are looking for AND do not follow up!

The RIGHT order to this process is:

#1 – FIND a job

#2 – WRITE or “tweak” your resume

#3 – SEND your resume

#4 – FOLLOW UP with future employers 1-2 weeks after submitting resume

#5 – REPEAT process!

You will notice two major changes to the 2nd process. Writing your resume AFTER finding a job (or tweaking your resume) is critical to ensuring your resume matches the qualifications of the job.

The 2nd big difference is FOLLOW UP! This is, of course, dependent on the employer (most make it crystal clear if they do not want you to follow up). If they do not say anything I would encourage you to follow up as it will bring your resume and application to the front of the pack.

Do not forget … writing a resume isnt just a “piece of paper” … writing a resume is part of the “job application process” and you need to appreciate how your resume fits into the process!

The education should be pretty self-explanatory. You do NOT need to add a whole lot of information here. The only exception to these rules are:

#1 – Just out of school – Hopefully you will have had a little work experience or internships to add to your resume but if not you will want to add a bit more to your resume and this education component.

The idea would be to look at the job description and see what your future employer is looking for and then demonstrate knowledge of those principles in the classes you have taken.

So, for example, lets say the job description is looking for:

Proficiency in MS Office.

You can reference courses you have taken “computer science” to learn the ins and outs of MS office.

#2 – The only other exception to the rule would be to highlight any outstanding achievements you had during your education. For example you could say:

Graduated summa cum laude.

This helps future employers understand the caliber of employee and worker you are.

While education is important most employees arent so much interested in what you graduated in, but that you managed to commit and finish 2-4+ years of higher education. Your work experience will better tell your future employer what you have actually done.

Before we really get into detail here lets cover a few basic rules:

#1 – NEVER exaggerate your resume … or make up positions or accomplishments. Your future employer WILL check and I have personally seen many GOOD people NOT get their ideal job because they lied on their resume.

#2 – Dont “stretch” dates to cover for gaps in employment. Most employers fully understand the work environment and dont need to see an “unbroken” time line.

#3 – Do NOT just make a list of employers and positions! This is a TOTAL waste of space. EACH employer and/or position should have highlights of accomplishments SHOWING why you are the best candidate for the job.

So … now we know the basic rules lets take a look at a few examples! In most examples your resume will ask for dates, employers, and location. Something that looks like this:

Feb 2004 – May 2004        ACME Inc                                                       Burnaby, BC

It will then ask for the “official” position:

Senior Community Support Supervisor

And THEN let you go into detail about accomplishments and/or highlights for your tenure in that position … something like:

• Responsible for a team of 40 Customer support representatives ensuring they meet basic Quality assurance and productivity standards.
• Organized and developed meeting agendas to ensure consistent protocols were met across international service centers. Facilitated these meetings through organized, open, and honest communication.
• Created and implemented International charters for Trust and Safety ensuring uniform sanctions were imposed consistently throughout customer service centers.
• Monitored and documented team performance and developed graphs and power point presentations to monitor trends.
• Planned and executed on incentive programs to boost base productivity metrics.
• Work in conjunction with Workforce Management to ensure employee volume and incoming queues were met with maximum efficiency.
• Proactively implemented training techniques and tools which increased customer support productivity by over 400%.

As you can see from this example each “highlight” focuses on accomplishments AND results! This is important … don’t just tell people what you did! Tell them what happened! Its often the RESULTS that matter … not what got you there! Especially on a resume where you only have a sentence to describe what you have done!

Regardless you need to understand that there IS proper etiquette to follow AFTER a resume has been sent. In some cases the company makes it crystal clear … here is an example of one such email I got from a company:

“Dear Candidate,

Thank you for your application and interest in MADEUPCOMPANY. We review all employment enquires very closely and if there is a match between your talents and our needs, we shall be in touch.

Due to the extremely high amount of applications, we are not always able to give detailed answers or feedback to each speculative application, however if we do find a match then you may hear from us at any time.

If there is no immediate fit, we shall keep your CV on file – honestly we will! We have several valued employees who applied to work here more than once, and speculatively. Please let us know of any significant changes in your experience or qualifications so that we can keep our records up to date.

Many thanks

The MADEUPCOMPANY Recruitment Team”

As you can see in this summary the company would NOT mind any additional follow up or updates. This is VITAL! If a company lets you contact them (within 2-3 weeks) to determine what happened! If possible speak to the person that reviewed your resume and FIND OUT what, if anything, made it so you didnt get an interview!

Here is another example of an eMail I got back from a company:

“Dear David Gordon-Smith,

Thank you for applying at MADEUPCOMPANY, Inc.  Your application has been forwarded on to our HR Department and they will contact you if they need further information or to schedule an interview.

Sincerely,
MADEUPCOMPANY, Inc”

You can see here that the “invitation” to follow up is almost non-existent … some companies do not mind a follow up (and it can actually make you look REALLY good!) others frown upon the practice and it can actually jeopardize your application process.

One TIP that may help is to do some thorough research on the company itself. If you KNOW someone within the company this can help tremendously! In fact, from my own experience, almost EVERY job I have found I applied for because I heard of or “knew” someone within the company!

This means that above and beyond using the internet and newspaper to search for jobs you SHOULD be talking to co-workers and/or friends!!

Each additional items you add to your resume should highlight a key quality your future employer is looking for. Remember … in order for it to really have maximum impact it should be measurable!

Although we wont get into too much detail here about the “interview” process I will just say that during the interview you focus on each question and apply the principles of PAR (Problem – Action – Results) … in a RESUME all you should be documenting are the RESULTS!

A GOOD interviewer will actually dissect your resume to understand what led to the results you achieved.

So … when look at measurable results what do companies like to see? This SHOULD be fairly common sense but its amazing how many people forget they are actually applying for a JOB! Especially today you want to focus on how you helped increase the bottom line for your company … ie:

You increased productivity XX% saving the company $XXXXXXX boosting job efficiency and having to hire XXX new employees to do the same job.

You led an initiative in up-sells resulting in an additional $XXXXXXX in revenue for the company.

You improved a process resulting in XX% growth and customer satisfaction.

Does that make sense?? Dont just tell your future employer what you did … SHOW them what it accomplished! All of these need to be in a “bullet” type presentation so as to keep your resume short.

Resumes, in general, really shouldnt ever be over 2 pages long! Most resumes will be about 1 page to 1 1/2 pages.

In my own personal opinion you are much better of writing your OWN resume than hiring someone else to do it for you. The BIGGEST reason for this is that your resume needs to be geared toward each individual job you apply for. Do you REALLY want to be paying someone $50-$200 for each job you apply for!?!?

So … when it comes to actually WRITING a resume I feel the easiest option is the use the Resume Wizard microsoft word offers. I will be showing you a video demo of how to do this shortly but this is definitely the best most cheapest option (assuming you already have microsoft word on your computer).

Microsoft word will give you 3 primary options to help you customize your resume -

Basic Resumes

Job-Specific Resumes

and Situation-Specific Resumes

For the most part everyone should be using the BASIC resume builder to get started.

Within the BASIC resume option you can find a lot of “pre-build” templates to choose from. You can even IMPORT other resume templates from the microsoft word website!

What TYPE of template you use really depends on 2 things … the job your applying for and your own personal preference. I strongly recommend avoiding the “gimmick” resume templates and keeping it professional. Its not a bad idea to have a little “color” in the resume to have it stand out … but dont over do it!

Once you have picked your template the writing begins!

The intent of the objective is to really let your potential future employer know WHY your the best candidate for the job! A good objective will highlight exactly what the employer is looking for based on the job description thats been written.

For example … here is a job description for a dental reception position:

“Full time dental receptionist required for modern, established Vancouver small advanced dental office with great staff. A minimum of five years experience is required in order to be considered. Other required skills include excellent English (second language an asset but not required), ability to prioritize and complete tasks in a timely fashion, excellent follow up and tracking abilities, with excellent communication, professional presentation and conduct mandatory. Working knowledge of Dentrix is a must. Please email your resume for consideration.”

You will notice I have BOLDED key words …

When it comes to actually WRITING your Resume Objective you want to USE these words where possible to PROVE to your future employer WHY your the best candidate for the job … so your objective might read something like:

Objective – To ultilize my 7 years of experience as a professional, results orientated, dental receptionist and knowledge of Dentrix to be part of a team and provide an outstanding patient experience.

See how the objective touches on each of the core elements the employer is looking for? This is EXACTLY what a good objective is meant to accomplish!

Truth is most of us have been out of the “job hunting” game for so long we forget how to play it! We think with our prior work experience our resume should speak for itself … little understanding that it often doesnt!

So … the “shotgun” approach is to simply apply to any and ALL positions that are relevant to your field of expertise. There are 2 reasons why I recommend this approach:

#1 – And perhaps most importantly … it allows you to fine tune your resume and if you have done a good enough job with your resume should get you in the door for an interview. The more “practice” interviews you do the better you will be able to represent yourself in an interview that you really care about!

#2 – In today’s market you should consider taking anything that comes along to tide you over till you find your “dream” job. I remember turning a position down because my “dream” interview was coming up only to not get the job and have to basically start all over again! NOT FUN!

Now the real secret here is that you MUST have the positions “job description” open as your “tweaking” your resume. Often in the job description your future employer will tell you EXACTLY what they are looking for. All you need to do is “tweak” your resume to demonstrate the qualities they are looking for!

DO NOT send out a “blanket” resume and expect to get results! It simply doesn’t work like that anymore!

Remember … the position your applying for may have anywhere from 100′s to 1,000′s of people applying. Someone in HR (Human Resources) will spend about 30 seconds looking at your resume. This is what they do so they can tell when a resume has been “tweaked” and when someone has just sent a generic resume.

Guess where the generic resumes go … that’s right … the trash.

What I referring to here … or rather WHO I am referring to here is the person that sites down infront of a computer and simply starts “writing” their resume with no thought as to what to write or HOW to write it!

Its generally NOT that difficult to sit down and choronologically list your positions and employers. This will NEVER get you hired … no one cares what your positions was, how long you were there, and who you worked for …

What future employers DO care about is WHAT YOU ACCOMPLISHED!

So … BEFORE writing your resume you want to get your thoughts in order and come to the table with QUANITIFIABLE and ACCURATE accomplishments.

I will be showing a little later HOW to present this information for maximum impact but it honestly does you no good to start writing a resume without getting a good list of accomplishments first.

Lets be clear … saying “I am a good employee” does nothing. This is where “quantifiable” comes in! Rather that “saying” your a good employee “SHOW” me!

Again I will be showing you examples of what to write and how to write it a bit later but what I need you to understand is that in learning how to write a resume you need to SHOW quanitifiable proof you ARE the best candidate for the job!

It should go without saying (but you would not believe how often this happens) that your “proof” should be truthful, accurate, and, if push comes to shove, provable.