Resumes

3 Actions for a Harder Working Resume

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Dwain Celistan

The resume is the hardest working item in your tool kit to secure a new opportunity. In most instances, this document will touch more people than you will speak to and certainly more than you will interview, during your search.
Additionally, the resume, a 2 dimensional document has to represent a person. It has to help the reader understand "why you". The resume has to help separate you from other talented candidates. This is critically important in a competitive marketplace of many solid candidates.

About the Author: 

Dwain Celistan is a retained executive recruiter, coach and speaker. He has authored "5 Simple Steps to Achieving Your Dreams" and "You're Hired! Actions to Get and Keep the Job You Love". Please contact Dwain either through dwain@reinvent2achieve.com or 630-455-0172.
www.CareerAccelerationCoach.com

Powerful beginning of a resume

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Dwain Celistan

The role of a resume is to provide the reader with a reason to call you. Therefore, all elements of the document need to differentiate you from other candidates. The first meaningful element of the resume is the Summary or Objective statement. In this market, the objective statement is far more powerful.

As an executive recruiter and career acceleration coach, I review hundreds of resumes per month. This is typical, regardless of the economy; professionals use recruiters as conduits to finding their next opportunity.

About the Author: 

Dwain is an executive recruiter and former senior corporate executive. He is author of three books, including "You're Hired" and speaks frequently throughout the country. he can be reached at dwain@reinvent2achieve.com or 630-455-0172. www.CoachDwain.com

Organizations want three things from candidates

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Dwain Celistan

In the current economy there is a supply demand imbalance that favors hiring organizations. They have also taken a posture of favoring candidates that have the greatest chance of success and lowest risk of failure. The criteria used to screen talent has skewed to three areas: 1) functional recency; 2) industry knowledge; and 3) where possible, geographic proximity.

About the Author: 

Dwain Celistan is a retained executive recruiter who focuses on leadership talent. He has authored "5 Simple Steps to Achieving Your Dreams" and "You're Hired" Actions to Get and Keep the Job of Your Dreams". He can be reached at dwain@reinvent2achieve.com or 630-455-0172
www.coachdwain.com

Four steps to a Killer resume!

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Dwain Celistan

A key tool in the process of securing another opportunity is via a resume. As an executive recruiter, we typically receive hundreds of resumes per week. There are over three million resumes on the larger internet sites. Thus, it is important to breakthrough the "clutter" to communicate your capabilities to the reader/potential hiring authority.

The first element of the strong resume is to state your objective. This will help the reader know your employment desires. Defining your desires is also energizing and challenging.

About the Author: 

Dwain Celistan is a retained executive recruiter, coach and speaker. He has authored "5 Simple Steps to Achieving Your Dreams" and "You're Hired! Actions to Get and Keep the Job You Love". Please contact Dwain either through dwain@reinvent2achieve.com or 630-455-0172.
www.CareerAccelerationCoach.com

Stay focused in your job search

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Dwain Celistan

As a retained executive recruiter, I read many resumes and speak to talented executives daily. One of their key challenges is to determine how they use their many talents and interests in the future career pursuits. While there is a desire to be broad and keep "all options open", the better path is to decide on a path and stay focused.

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For now, staying focused on one path is the highest probability route into your next job. Once you've joined a new organization, with outstanding performance, additional opportunities with avail themselves to you.

Dwain Celistan is a retained executive recruiter and former executive. He is the author of several books including "You're Hired Actions to Get and Keep the Job You Love". His contact information is dwain@reinvent2achieve.com or 630-455-0172.
www.CareerAccelerationCoach.com

Finding a Job: How to Present Your Skills when Skills Matter Most

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Kaplan Mobray

The increasing challenge of the job market has created a new txt messaging sequence "LOAL", Laid-Off-And-Looking. As a result, the ever popular "LOL" is quickly being replaced with "LOAL" as the economy has become no laughing matter. Today more than ever it is critical to understand how to present your skills so that you can best position yourself for employment.

 

About the Author: 

Kaplan Mobray is the author of The 10Ks of Personal Branding.

Getting Your Resume to the Top of the Pile in a Crowded Job Search Space

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Barbara Safani, Career Solvers

In today's challenging economy, job seekers will need to implement a strong self-marketing campaign in order to get noticed in a crowded job search space. That campaign starts with strong marketing collateral, particularly a quality resume that quickly gets their candidacy to the top of the resume pile. Below are five strategies for crafting a more powerful presentation of your qualifications to get noticed faster and accelerate your job search.

About the Author: 

Barbara Safani, owner of Career Solvers, (www.careersolvers.com), has over twelve years of experience in career management, recruiting, executive coaching, and organizational development. Ms. Safani partners with both Fortune 100 companies and individuals to deliver targeted programs focusing on resume development, job search strategies, online identity, networking, interviewing, and salary negotiation skills.

Differentiating Yourself as a Job Seeker: How to maximize your opportunity to find employment in a tough job market

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Claudine Vainrub, MBA and Principal of EduPlan, LLC

We read the unemployment statistics and cringe at the thought of not finding opportunities. However, there are tools that can help us to stand out from our competition and gain notice in the minds of decision-makers. Here is a list of simple but effective things to do to get noticed in a positive and productive way:

Does Your Resume Have a Brand?

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Kaplan Mobray

Today, while job seekers are beginning to understand the importance of having a well defined personal brand many however still do not carry their brand over into their resumes. As a result, candidates walk into an interview room as just ink on paper. And while they may look the part, their resume may leave the interviewer underwhelmed, and unimpressed. As you approach your job search, or polish your resume to prepare for a career transition, ask yourself what is it that separates you from the pack? What is it that separates your resume from the stack?

About the Author: 

Kaplan Mobray is an acclaimed author, thought leader and motivational speaker on topics ranging from personal branding, leadership, networking, public speaking and success. He is the author of The 10 Ks of Personal Branding.

For more information, visit www.kaplanmobray.com.

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