Most people mistakenly write their resume as a historical document with everything they have done. This is a common mistake that job seekers fall into when writing their resume.
Resume statements should instead be crafted to illustrate how your experience & skills will shape your future career; they should describe past work experience as a roadmap that leads inevitably to your next leadership/management role.
You shouldn’t just rehash your past career on your resume; you should tailor it to what potential employers are looking for.
While it can be difficult to strike a balance between detailing the past and planning for the future in a resume, especially if you want to keep it brief and to the point. Here are a few key strategies to help you tell your career story through your resume without getting bogged down:
➡️Create a cohesive theme & headline based on your career goals and interests.
➡️Prepare an executive profile that acts as an elevator pitch at the top of your resume.
➡️Clearly outline how your experience and knowledge helped you excel in leadership roles.
➡️Describe your leadership style and experience dealing with management and subordinates.
➡️Pull-out three career highlights sought by potential employers for the next role.
➡️Show how you benefited the bottom line by generating $ in value, securing contracts, business value & modern practices.
➡️Highlight your achievements and connect those to the value you brought to your past roles.
➡️Stay away from using technical verbiage, it might alienate recruiters.
➡️Convert resumes that are “technical and tactical” to “strategic and achievement-based.”
➡️Put your work history in a user-friendly format without burying your education and credentials at the bottom.
➡️Illustrate how you have built or transformed units at each company that have driven business value through your efforts.
➡️Keep it aesthetically pleasing and packed with impactful content, but all wrapped up in not more than two pages
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