Tips to Enhance Your Business Resume
Aug 29th, 2009 | By Bill | Category: Cover LettersWith the United States economy in a recession and jobless claims rising every month, it is important when you are searching for a job for you to differentiate yourself from the competition. You need to let your potential employer know why you deserve the job rather than that other guy sitting neatly in a suit next to to you, next in line to be interviewed. A great way to do this enhance your resume to show off who you really are. By following these tips you will be on your way to getting your dream job.
When writing your resume you most likely remembered to discuss your workplace experience and responsibilities, but you should not forget to include your achievements. If you were awarded an employee of the month award, given a greeting card from a grateful client or customer or even just awarded pay increases and bonuses, let your potential employer know. These will show what you have accomplished and give them a feel for what you will bring to the company other than “customer service skills.” Be personal and show what makes you different.
If you are looking for a financial, investment, real estate, marketing, or other business related job, golf is for sure the sport for you. It has become the business meeting sport of choice. Whether you are playing a round with your boss or a potential client, they will be impressed with your skills. If you are at least knowledgeable and some what able to hold your own on the green, let your hirer know. It is always good for the boss to have a go to guy to send to the green.
Everyone turns in a traditional boring paper resume. Try branding yourself by purchasing a simple YOURNAME.com. Hire a professional to make the page show off your business resume, have easy to access contact information and even some blogging space for your personal thoughts. Instead of faxing long resumes or making your interviewer have to keep track of your resume, they will simply have to pull up a web address. It is also an easy way for them to keep track of any updates you may have to the resume without having to have you reformat one.
These tips will get you on your way to getting your next job. By showing your accomplishments, having some golf skills and a stylish and live resume you will show your business experience in a personal way, differentiating yourself from the masses.
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Great tips! And yes! Hire a professional to make your resume the best it can be. There are plenty of Virtual Assistants out there who are professional resume writers. Go to VANetworking.com to find one!
And good luck!
Great tips for resume writing. And you are correct – hiring a professional to help you with your resume is the way to go. Find a Virtual Assistant who is a professional resume writer at a site such as VANetworking.com. And don't forget – your resume gets your foot in the door – the rest is up to you!
Great tips! And yes! Hire a professional to make your resume the best it can be. There are plenty of Virtual Assistants out there who are professional resume writers. Go to VANetworking.com to find one!
And good luck!
Great tips for resume writing. And you are correct – hiring a professional to help you with your resume is the way to go. Find a Virtual Assistant who is a professional resume writer at a site such as VANetworking.com. And don't forget – your resume gets your foot in the door – the rest is up to you!
Hey there,
At some point in the past, you sent your resume to us. Since we subscribe to a number of networks and resume distribution services and receive hundreds of resumes weekly we don’t track the source of resumes we receive (nor do we keep resumes sent to us) but we do track you, and will contact you directly if anything comes across our desk or we become aware of that could be of interest to you.
I do have some great news that will help you in the future whenever you are considering career satisfaction!
You’re probably aware that the economy is in a state of flux (ie, rather lousy). Still, though, can you believe….we see new exciting jobs and hidden opportunities popping up on a daily basis. But chances are…*you’re not*. And that’s what I want to change.
You see, I don’t like driving down my street in the afternoon and seeing my neighbors cutting the grass because they don’t have a job, nor reading about all of the people laid off online. My decades in exective recruiting has given me a tremendous wealth of knowledge…and now it’s my turn to give back.
Think about what it *really* takes to secure a new position. Sometimes….winning the job means FIRST winning the chance to *interview* (not to mention, all the steps that precede and follow that). Right?
Well, I’ve created a dynamic free career/employment web site to assist anybody in the job search market. It offers members huge amounts of high-quality current articles on virtually EVERY aspect of job hunting from creating killer resumes, securing coveted interviews, writing compelling cover letters to insightful video interviews with the very authors of those articles.
Oh, and did I mention – the site is *completely* free?
I’d like to personally invite you to check out
==> http://www.EmploymentDigest.net
It’s THE best way to stay abreast of current job-search concerns.
Five of the top career coaches, authors and experts (we’re talking the BEST of the best) have contributed 5 targeted free ebooks on winning the job that you can freely download at EmploymentDigest.net. And these books aren’t fluff whatsoever – they offer you career strategy that *works*, interviewing, personal branding, cover letters, as well as a compete guide to powering up your job search via social networks like Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter in your job search.
I’m recommending 3 sites for you to visit. The first, EmploymentDigest.net, is the best career library anywhere. Thousands of articles by the best coaches and authors in the career arena.
The second, RecruitersOnline.com, is the home to many of the nations’ leading recruiting and staffing professionals. They post their jobs and profiles online for your access.
And the third is Indeed.com, the largest one stop site for jobs from leading job boards, companies and recruiters.
All three sites are totally free with no strings attached.
1 – EmploymentDigest.net
A leading source of information including the best advice on resumes, coaches, cover letters, interviewing, hot jobs, technologies and more. I would encourage you to sign up for their free RSS feed and keep up to date and current on new tools, tips and technologies for career transition.
The 5 career ebooks and guides can be downloaded for free at:
http://www.EmploymentDigest.net < - Web site
A good video to learn more about RSS and using it in your career or job search can be found at the Common Craft web site.
http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english
2 – RecruitersOnline.com
A resource to identify leading and established recruitment and executive search firms. Free access and profiles of members along with posted jobs.
http://www.RecruitersOnline.com < - Web site
3 - Indeed.com
A job posting aggregator that gathers jobs from around the web including leading job boards and corporate web sites.
http://www.Indeed.com < - Web site
Good luck and I'll look forward to hearing about your success!
Sincerely,
Bill
Bill Vick
Vick & Associates Executive Search
vickandassociates@gmail.com
http://www.VickAndAssociates.com
972-646-3534
Follow me Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/billvick
Hey there,
At some point in the past, you sent your resume to us. Since we subscribe to a number of networks and resume distribution services and receive hundreds of resumes weekly we don’t track the source of resumes we receive (nor do we keep resumes sent to us) but we do track you, and will contact you directly if anything comes across our desk or we become aware of that could be of interest to you.
I do have some great news that will help you in the future whenever you are considering career satisfaction!
You’re probably aware that the economy is in a state of flux (ie, rather lousy). Still, though, can you believe….we see new exciting jobs and hidden opportunities popping up on a daily basis. But chances are…*you’re not*. And that’s what I want to change.
You see, I don’t like driving down my street in the afternoon and seeing my neighbors cutting the grass because they don’t have a job, nor reading about all of the people laid off online. My decades in exective recruiting has given me a tremendous wealth of knowledge…and now it’s my turn to give back.
Think about what it *really* takes to secure a new position. Sometimes….winning the job means FIRST winning the chance to *interview* (not to mention, all the steps that precede and follow that). Right?
Well, I’ve created a dynamic free career/employment web site to assist anybody in the job search market. It offers members huge amounts of high-quality current articles on virtually EVERY aspect of job hunting from creating killer resumes, securing coveted interviews, writing compelling cover letters to insightful video interviews with the very authors of those articles.
Oh, and did I mention – the site is *completely* free?
I’d like to personally invite you to check out
==> http://www.EmploymentDigest.net
It’s THE best way to stay abreast of current job-search concerns.
Five of the top career coaches, authors and experts (we’re talking the BEST of the best) have contributed 5 targeted free ebooks on winning the job that you can freely download at EmploymentDigest.net. And these books aren’t fluff whatsoever – they offer you career strategy that *works*, interviewing, personal branding, cover letters, as well as a compete guide to powering up your job search via social networks like Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter in your job search.
I’m recommending 3 sites for you to visit. The first, EmploymentDigest.net, is the best career library anywhere. Thousands of articles by the best coaches and authors in the career arena.
The second, RecruitersOnline.com, is the home to many of the nations’ leading recruiting and staffing professionals. They post their jobs and profiles online for your access.
And the third is Indeed.com, the largest one stop site for jobs from leading job boards, companies and recruiters.
All three sites are totally free with no strings attached.
1 – EmploymentDigest.net
A leading source of information including the best advice on resumes, coaches, cover letters, interviewing, hot jobs, technologies and more. I would encourage you to sign up for their free RSS feed and keep up to date and current on new tools, tips and technologies for career transition.
The 5 career ebooks and guides can be downloaded for free at:
http://www.EmploymentDigest.net < - Web site
A good video to learn more about RSS and using it in your career or job search can be found at the Common Craft web site.
http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english
2 – RecruitersOnline.com
A resource to identify leading and established recruitment and executive search firms. Free access and profiles of members along with posted jobs.
http://www.RecruitersOnline.com < - Web site
3 - Indeed.com
A job posting aggregator that gathers jobs from around the web including leading job boards and corporate web sites.
http://www.Indeed.com < - Web site
Good luck and I'll look forward to hearing about your success!
Sincerely,
Bill
Bill Vick
Vick & Associates Executive Search
vickandassociates@gmail.com
http://www.VickAndAssociates.com
972-646-3534
Follow me Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/billvick