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Refresh your Resume

Posted by Dan

June 11, 2007 |

John Creaser makes a great point in his article ‘Thinking Outside the Book on Resume Writing’ where he states, “A resume is a tool. It has a specific purpose - to get you into an interview. But, like many other tools, people try to use it for purposes other than intended, like the screwdriver that doubles as a chisel. As many are aware - when your only tool is a hammer, you try to make everything into a nail. A resume is not that - it needs to be customized to the job for which it is intended, even if that means more work in your end. I have seen so many with blanket objectives, generic cover letters, etc. that it gets old.” 

Today sending out a ‘one size fits all’ resume is a thing of the past.  It’s like memorizing interview questions as opposed to creating an interview strategy as a foundation for answering questions with authenticity.  Toss out your generic goals and over-used cliché objectives and begin to target your employers with specific strengths that match the position they are hiring for.  Your resume will be a much more useful tool if you use it in a way that can help you nail the interview, instead of using it to pound a square peg into a round hole.

Posted by Robin Ogden - FiredUP Careers

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