A job or career change or even a promotion can only come about if you begin including the next level work profile when you build your resume. In this way, you’re not only demonstrating your capabilities but also signalling that you are ready to a potential employers.
Rather than writing the history of yourself on your resume with all your existing responsibilities and achievements you are better off writing about your:
🎯Skills & techniques, methodologies & tools valued in your next target role.
🎯Accomplishments that are appealing to your next employer.
🎯Quantified results that you achieved with your efforts.
🎯How you solved an inherent problem that your next employer is facing?
🎯What ways did you take on more responsibility, ownership, & initiatives?
🎯What consequences did your actions have on the problem areas?
🎯What are you already doing at the next level?
🎯Up-to-date and relevant skills & remove irrelevant ones from your old industry.
Here’s how you do it:
🎬Research & review the job description for the target role. This will give you a clear idea of the skills and experience the employer is looking for. Highlight these on your resume.
🎬Identify your critical, niche & transferable skills. You may have transferable skills that are relevant even if you lack direct experience. Pinpoint & highlight some niche skills that you possess in comparison to your competitors. Showcase your unique value proposition in a neatly drafted resume summary or cover letter.
🎬Establish connections with LinkedIn profiles of target roles. Networking with individuals who are already in your target company, industry or role will give you the much-needed insight for your resume content.
🎬Get a copy of the KPI sheet for the target role. As a result, you’ll know exactly what your deliverable targets will be when you’re hired for your next job position. Include them on your resume.
🎬Sprinkle the right keywords: An applicant tracking system (ATS) scans resumes for specific keywords related to the job when screening resumes. Use the right keywords on your resume to increase your chances of getting through the first round.
🎬Finally, format your resume for the next role and use a country-specific resume format. Keep it concise and focused.
🎬Hire an expert resume writing service. An expert will help you build a professional resume that is specifically targeted to the job you want, position you towards that role and increase your chances of landing an interview.
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