HOW TO WRITE A RESUME THAT TRULY PORTRAYS YOUR BUSINESS STRENGTHS

HOW TO WRITE A RESUME THAT TRULY PORTRAYS YOUR BUSINESS STRENGTHS WHILE SAVING TIME AND DEODORANT DURING AN INTERVIEW By Colleen Aylward 1. How Many Pages are Appropriate for a Resume? The one-page synopsis is a thing of the past. And now that I’ve said this, all you employers please put your teeth back in, take a Valium and read on. First of all, length is really irrelevant compared to content. Put yourself in the shoes of a hiring manager

for a moment and I’ll explain why. The hiring authority must sift through dozens, or even hundreds, of paper resumes to choose a first list of candidates who MIGHT be qualified. Give him a break! And not by giving less words, but more meat. When you synopsize, you run these risks: • You assume the reader will read between the lines and come up with the correct evaluation of what it is you can do, or will do. As a recruiter, I get very frustrated with this. I can’t tell whether you are lazy, modest, or have no idea why anyone would want to hire you. • You assume the reader knows the size and structure, the product or service and the marketplace of your current employer. • You assume the reader will be impressed by your title(s) and know where you fit in the hierarchy of responsibility in your corporate structure. • You assume that using vague business platitudes will “sort of cover every possible job opening” and, therefore, not limit your chances. • You assume the reader is in the business of using his own time and imagination to try to figure out what your potential could be...

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