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Will You Add? - How to Write an Effective Resume
If you own a small business that has been in business for three to five years been obviously you have figured out marketing, which works good in your local community and is driving your business toward success. Just because your marketing is working so great does not mean he should not make either minor or major modifications, as well as continue to monitor it. Some marketing mavericks believe a mid-year marketing makeover may be marvelous. And it would be marvelous if increased sales and brought in new potential high paying customers from your target market.Let me ask yo
Strategic Thinking – You understand the overall objectives/goals of your company, division, etc. and are able to develop choices for what your team will focus on to deliver against them. You then develop specific tactics to bring the strategies to life. You think in terms of fiscal years vs. day to day.
Innovative Thinking – You are able to think “outside the box” and create concepts and products that go beyond the obvious. You make relevant connections between situations you or the team have encountered before.
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Infosnacking was declared word of the year for 2005 by Webster’s New World College Dictionary. If you are reading this article while at work, and it is not research for your company or related to your job in some way, then you are officially infosnacking. Dang, we use to just call it ‘screwing the dog’, but guess that is no longer Politically Correct. Infosnacking is defined as using the internet, on company time, to check your email, read the news, peruse the sports scores or a myriad of other internet related time stealers.Long gone are the days employ
The single objective of a Resume is: To secure an interview.
As such, it is primarily an advertisement of you to the employer. What you are advertising is that you embody all of the skills and capabilities the employer is looking for. That means you have what it takes to 1. Make the company money, 2. Act responsibly, 3. Minimize risk. In order to do this you must know what specific skills and capabilities the company values most for the position you are applying for (see skills & capabilities below). Leverage your networking and a careful reading of the application and job description for clues to this.
When in doubt ask the hiring manager directly - before the interview!
The following are the most important elements of a great resume:
It must be concise, easy to read, eye catching. Trust me, if this is not the case, it WILL NOT be read.
The average scan time for a resume is less than 30 seconds. Write and rewrite it, sharing it with others for feedback until you are sure this is the case.
It should clearly state your career objective up front which must match the job you are interviewing for. For example, "To work as a market research manager for a major apparel company", or "to work as a manufacturing operations manager for a major automobile company".
It should focus most of the page on your relevant skills and experience and link those to what the company is looking for. Be specific on the skills and capabilities you have acquired and the accomplishments you've delivered. With each example, state the experience, what you gained from it and what you accomplished. Accomplishments are business and organizational results such as: sales goals, team development, accounts secured, products launched, etc. Think in terms of money you made for the company.
Civic leadership roles/postions should only be included if they specifically support the career objective.
Job experiences and education are secondary to skills and capabilities. List the chronology last.
Personal interests are only releveant if they present skills or capabilities that support the career interest. If not, leave them off.
References should be listed as "on request". But, have some ready if requested!
Skills & Capabilities all Great Companies Look For
Leadership – You direct, motivate and even inspire others to do things they could not or would not do without your influence. You set the vision for your organization and then enroll and enable to team to deliver on it. This is the single most valuable capability. If you are not a 'born leader' take time to study it and get better at it.
Strategic Thinking – You understand the overall objectives/goals of your company, division, etc. and are able to develop choices for what your team will focus on to deliver against them. You then develop specific tactics to bring the strategies to life. You think in terms of fiscal years vs. day to day.
Innovative Thinking – You are able to think “outside the box” and create concepts and products that go beyond the obvious. You make relevant connections between situations you or the team have encountered before.
Creati
Become a better boss and reap the benefitsAnother interesting study was done. One that should really catch our attention. It reveals that employees who are happier and treated well, produce better results than those who are unhappy. And most frontline workers are unhappy and are looking elsewhere for work.No, it shouldn’t surprise us. But somehow it does. It surprises us first, because we are stunned that a study had to be done to prove something that is so obvious. The outcome of the study should not be as surprising as the fact that it was done at all! When we rec
When in doubt ask the hiring manager directly - before the interview!
The following are the most important elements of a great resume:
It must be concise, easy to read, eye catching. Trust me, if this is not the case, it WILL NOT be read.
The average scan time for a resume is less than 30 seconds. Write and rewrite it, sharing it with others for feedback until you are sure this is the case.
It should clearly state your career objective up front which must match the job you are interviewing for. For example, "To work as a market research manager for a major apparel company", or "to work as a manufacturing operations manager for a major automobile company".
It should focus most of the page on your relevant skills and experience and link those to what the company is looking for. Be specific on the skills and capabilities you have acquired and the accomplishments you've delivered. With each example, state the experience, what you gained from it and what you accomplished. Accomplishments are business and organizational results such as: sales goals, team development, accounts secured, products launched, etc. Think in terms of money you made for the company.
Civic leadership roles/postions should only be included if they specifically support the career objective.
Job experiences and education are secondary to skills and capabilities. List the chronology last.
Personal interests are only releveant if they present skills or capabilities that support the career interest. If not, leave them off.
References should be listed as "on request". But, have some ready if requested!
Skills & Capabilities all Great Companies Look For
Leadership – You direct, motivate and even inspire others to do things they could not or would not do without your influence. You set the vision for your organization and then enroll and enable to team to deliver on it. This is the single most valuable capability. If you are not a 'born leader' take time to study it and get better at it.
Strategic Thinking – You understand the overall objectives/goals of your company, division, etc. and are able to develop choices for what your team will focus on to deliver against them. You then develop specific tactics to bring the strategies to life. You think in terms of fiscal years vs. day to day.
Innovative Thinking – You are able to think “outside the box” and create concepts and products that go beyond the obvious. You make relevant connections between situations you or the team have encountered before.
Creati
With Ebay's continued growth, entrepreneurs are finding a niche in selling digital products such as ebooks on this giant auction marketplace. A growing trend of Ebay sellers are profiting by continually selling digital information by sourcing ebooks that offer resell rights. This makes it easier as they get access to hundreds and often thousands of digital products which they can resell over and over again. Since these products are digital in nature, sellers are benefiting by selling them over and over again without any hassle of inventory or shipping costs. The ebook(s)
It should focus most of the page on your relevant skills and experience and link those to what the company is looking for. Be specific on the skills and capabilities you have acquired and the accomplishments you've delivered. With each example, state the experience, what you gained from it and what you accomplished. Accomplishments are business and organizational results such as: sales goals, team development, accounts secured, products launched, etc. Think in terms of money you made for the company.
Civic leadership roles/postions should only be included if they specifically support the career objective.
Job experiences and education are secondary to skills and capabilities. List the chronology last.
Personal interests are only releveant if they present skills or capabilities that support the career interest. If not, leave them off.
References should be listed as "on request". But, have some ready if requested!
Skills & Capabilities all Great Companies Look For
Leadership – You direct, motivate and even inspire others to do things they could not or would not do without your influence. You set the vision for your organization and then enroll and enable to team to deliver on it. This is the single most valuable capability. If you are not a 'born leader' take time to study it and get better at it.
Strategic Thinking – You understand the overall objectives/goals of your company, division, etc. and are able to develop choices for what your team will focus on to deliver against them. You then develop specific tactics to bring the strategies to life. You think in terms of fiscal years vs. day to day.
Innovative Thinking – You are able to think “outside the box” and create concepts and products that go beyond the obvious. You make relevant connections between situations you or the team have encountered before.
Creati
Sadly, in the world that we live in, there are some people that will lie and cheat in order to get something that they want. In order to find out the truth about a person’s history, their background and whether they have a criminal history, many people use a background check.A criminal background check is a complete search of a person’s history. Many employers use a criminal background check on their employees to make sure that they know who it is they are hiring, as well as gauge how truthful, and trust worthy a person is, before hiring them.According to studies, up
Job experiences and education are secondary to skills and capabilities. List the chronology last.
Personal interests are only releveant if they present skills or capabilities that support the career interest. If not, leave them off.
References should be listed as "on request". But, have some ready if requested!
Skills & Capabilities all Great Companies Look For
Leadership – You direct, motivate and even inspire others to do things they could not or would not do without your influence. You set the vision for your organization and then enroll and enable to team to deliver on it. This is the single most valuable capability. If you are not a 'born leader' take time to study it and get better at it.
Strategic Thinking – You understand the overall objectives/goals of your company, division, etc. and are able to develop choices for what your team will focus on to deliver against them. You then develop specific tactics to bring the strategies to life. You think in terms of fiscal years vs. day to day.
Innovative Thinking – You are able to think “outside the box” and create concepts and products that go beyond the obvious. You make relevant connections between situations you or the team have encountered before.
Creati
Can you imagine taking your money to a bank and not knowing whether they would deposit it into the correct account? I imagine that you would trust them to do the right thing and keep your banking transactions straight. The same is true when a customer buys your goods and services; they trust that you will follow-through with delivering on time at the right location as promised. They expect that you will deal with them in an honest and truthful way. Trust is easy to build when you have not had any dealings with the person before, there is no history and people tend to trust each oth
Strategic Thinking – You understand the overall objectives/goals of your company, division, etc. and are able to develop choices for what your team will focus on to deliver against them. You then develop specific tactics to bring the strategies to life. You think in terms of fiscal years vs. day to day.
Innovative Thinking – You are able to think “outside the box” and create concepts and products that go beyond the obvious. You make relevant connections between situations you or the team have encountered before.
Creative Problem Solving – You are able to properly identify problems and then organize yourself and the team to develop solutions and put them into action.
Collaboration/Team Work – You understand what an effective team is and bring people together to deliver great results. You understand diversity and leverage it in your day to day affairs. You treat others with respect.
Communication – You are an effective written and oral communicator. You are open and honest and give and receive feedback frequently and effectively.
Flexibility – You are able to accept change, adapt to new conditions and surroundings. You view change as an opportunity to learn and grow vs. a distraction to be avoided.
Mastery – You understand the technical aspects of your work, the processes and data used. You are able to learn new information and technologies and quickly adapt them to your work. You constantly seek to improve your level of mastery.
Reliability – You get work done in a quality way every time. You show up on time, participate actively, are responsive to requests and follow through on your commitments.
(Excerpted from www.youaremarketable.com)
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