{"id":503,"date":"2011-04-19T05:41:38","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T09:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/?p=503"},"modified":"2011-03-27T08:34:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-27T12:34:15","slug":"does-your-resume-need-updating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/does-your-resume-need-updating\/","title":{"rendered":"Does your R\u00e9sum\u00e9 need updating?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/does-your-resume-need-updating\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Has it been more than 90 days since you last updated your r\u00e9sum\u00e9?<\/p>\n<p>If so that is a business quarter and you should update it. Why?\u00a0 You always need a current r\u00e9sum\u00e9 to help you leverage opportunities.\u00a0 Take a look at your LinkedIn profile, too \u2013 does it need to be updated?<\/p>\n<p>Your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and your LinkedIn profile are vehicles for your marketing message.\u00a0 Your marketing message is your connection to the marketplace.\u00a0 The marketing message you deliver needs to be clear and compelling, if it is not you will not get the results you want.<\/p>\n<p>Read your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and your LinkedIn profile.\u00a0 Then ask yourself these questions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does this person do and for who (the target audience)?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>People read r\u00e9sum\u00e9s that are targeted to them.\u00a0 If they must stop and figure out, who you are talking to and what you can do, your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 will be put aside.\u00a0 Who is the summary speaking to?\u00a0 Would the reader believe you are speaking or writing directly to her?\u00a0 Does it clearly define your industry experience, what you can do and the level of work you perform?<\/p>\n<p><strong>What problems do you solve and what do you offer?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Managers hire people to solve their problems.\u00a0 Be clear about the problems that you solve and be sure they are relevant to the reader of your r\u00e9sum\u00e9.\u00a0 If you are a manager, think about the needs of the person who will hire you.\u00a0 What do they need, want and what is important to them?<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you solve the problem or meet the needs?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you explain or provide enough information to help someone believe you can meet the need?\u00a0 Create interest and provide proof, without these elements you will not land a conversation.\u00a0 What have you done and what where the results of your actions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why should someone read your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and call you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are posting or sending out your r\u00e9sum\u00e9, it must appeal to those you will read it.\u00a0 It must make them want to take action.\u00a0 Most r\u00e9sum\u00e9s don\u2019t do this. \u00a0I suggest you never use your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 as the first connection people have with you when you can avoid it.\u00a0 When you must do this, at least add a cover letter with a call to action and your follow up action.<\/p>\n<p>Your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 is not to land you a job.\u00a0 Its goal is to open a door, start a conversation or encourage someone to learn more about you and what you can do for the organization.<\/p>\n<p>Is your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 up to date and working for you?\u00a0 If not, maybe it is time to take a hard look at it and update or redo your r\u00e9sum\u00e9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has it been more than 90 days since you last updated your r\u00e9sum\u00e9? If so that is a business quarter and you should update it. Why?\u00a0 You always need a current r\u00e9sum\u00e9 to help you leverage opportunities.\u00a0 Take a look at your LinkedIn profile, too \u2013 does it need to be updated? Your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,7],"tags":[21,5,10],"class_list":["post-503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action-tips","category-job-search-focus","tag-branding","tag-focus","tag-job-search"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}