Jobs @ Career Consulting Limited

Return to career-consulting-limited.com
Managing
People
Managing Your Career
CV Examples
Coaching
Cover Letter Examples
Pre-Employment Tests


History Reports: When Your Resume Equals, I Did This, I Did This, I Did This


Do these sound familiar?

"I worked for?"
"My responsibilities were?"
"My duties included?"

Does a prospective employer care about what you "did for other companies"? Of course they do, but that doesn't mean that's what they really want to know. Conducting a job search is a marketing campaign, moreover, a sales process, not your personal history lesson.

Do you consider obtaining a position a sales process? If not, you should. There are many ways to make a sale but all of them include a marketing campaign. Your resume is your marketing tool. It is your most important marketing tool. Make sure your marketing tools reflect what you bring to a company, not what you once brought to other companies.

Does a hiring manager care about what your duties were in a position you had 10 years ago? Maybe, if they are associated with a position you are seeking.

Is a hiring manager more concerned with your abilities to handle the duties of their open position? You betcha! Any professional marketer or salesman will tell you that "building value" is key when conducting a sale.

"How do I build value in a resume?", you may be asking. When it comes to a resume, there are several ways. Certainly you want to include prior responsibilities, but you may also want to expound on them as well (assuming that they are applicable to the position you are applying for).

?List the duties and responsibilities of applicable positions

?Showcase successes with each of these duties. Because of your efforts, did revenue increase? Did profitability? Did your efforts result in streamlining costs? Did you save your prior company money?

?Articulate an ability to continue these successes with your next company.

Show your next employer that you will excel at the position before they determine if you will.

Remember, you are marketing yourself to these hiring managers, not just telling them what you have done. The concept of an effective resume is to look at it from a reader's point of view, not a writer's point of view. Does a prospective employer care about what you've done for others? Or what you can do for them?

Steven Bristow is a senior consultant for R.L. Stevens & Associates Inc. (http://www.interviewing.com), a career marketing firm and organization celebrating over 24 years of providing strategic marketing solutions for its clients' career transitioning needs.


MORE RESOURCES:
Careers  University of Northern Colorado



Supply Chain  Lowe's



Careers  City of Phoenix (.gov)




Working for ICE  ice.gov



Careers  City of Ontario, California (.gov)


Careers | Home  USDA (.gov)

Careers at FEMA  FEMA.gov



Careers and Jobs at CRS  Catholic Relief Services

Careers - MDOT  Maryland.gov

Careers  Baxter

Current Job Opportunities  City of Keene (.gov)

Jobs  City of Rochester, New York (.gov)

Work at Fairfield  Fairfield University


Employment Opportunities | Game Commission  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (.gov)


Careers at USCIS  USCIS (.gov)


Careers at TWU  Texas Woman's University


Work at Butler  Butler University

Employment | Department of Corrections  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (.gov)

Water Services Careers  City of Phoenix (.gov)

Job Search Results  UnitedHealth Group Careers

Work With Us  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (.gov)


Careers at Willamette  Willamette University


Careers  Johnson & Johnson

Career Opportunities  Gilead Sciences


IOM career gateways  International Organization for Migration

Careers  Washington State University

Jobs at Liberty University  Liberty University

Careers  BASF

Careers at the IOC  Olympics.com



Jobs and careers | Veterans Affairs  VA.gov Home | Veterans Affairs


Student internships at J&J  Johnson & Johnson Careers


Certified Direct Care Professional (CDCP)  Wisconsin Department of Health Services (.gov)


Work for the City of St. Louis  City of St. Louis, MO (.gov)


Careers  WVDE

Careers  The Ocean Cleanup



UF Health Careers  UF Health Careers


Job Seekers  Illinois Human Resources

Careers  CrowdStrike

Careers  KPMG

Careers at Union  Union College

March 2025 Preview: What to Expect in the Jobs Report  Center for Economic and Policy Research


Careers at Balfour Beatty  Balfour Beatty






Job Opportunities  Bellevue School District



The Job Market Is Frozen  The Atlantic

Careers  Euromonitor


Provincial Government Job Opportunities  Government of Prince Edward Island

Current opportunities  Turner & Townsend








Work at UI Health Care | University of Iowa Health Care  University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center



WORK AT LVMH  LVMH



SNAP Helps Millions of Workers in Low-Paying Jobs  Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Work with us  JPMorganChase


Need More Information?
Site Home | Site Map | Links | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
© Career Consulting Limited.com 2011

tumblr visit counter