I am working with wonderful client
who is looking for a new position preferably inside his current company.
He hasn’t had to write a resume in eight years and has found out that much has
changed in the world of resume writing. He also has a lot more competition
than he would have had in 2005.
The major area where this client and
others have stumbled is defining their contribution(s) to the organization.
When I ask them to specifically let me know their accomplishments, they usually
send me a laundry list of their tasks. This may shed some light on what
they do on a day-to-day basis, but it does not showcase any of their successes
and everyone has had some type of success on the job. This is what
I ask them:
- If you must write out a task, ask yourself, “What did
this result in?”
- Who was involved, what happened, why did it happen, how
did it happen and what was your role in this activity?
- If the above steps don’t work, ask yourself, “So what?”
What is so special about this activity?
- Looking at your job, what have been your major
accomplishments?
- Pull out or think back on past performance appraisals
and look for your accomplishments.
Today’s job seeker is competing with
many others and first-rate positions are very hard to come by. A well
written resume that can answer the question, “Can this employee do a similar,
excellent job for us?” is the first step to getting in the door for an
interview. Why take a chance?
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