Before you jump into reformatting your resume, you might want to first consider where you’ve been and where you are going. I know it sounds very much like we came out of a career conversation and into a soul searching one, but they are really one in the same.
You need to understand the ‘who’ of the ‘product’ you bring to the market. This is kind of like thinking through a storyline and bit and taking a lot of notes, before settling into writing the novel. Or, trying to productize your resume.
In this comparison, you’ll be interlacing keywords with your past and/or current roles/projects and looking into what you want in the future to find any common language.
Materials Needed: A way to compare words, or basically a spreadsheet where you can filter and sort, preferably interrelate data points like keyword, job/project.
I started a template in Airtable that might be helpful. You can use this as a starting point if you wish.
Where do you stand in the job market now?
Look at some job descriptions of where you are at/were with your last position, look for keywords across the positions. Note these. If there’s a common language, you’ll want to utilize some of it to get found and communicate.
Searchability for your past/current roles
What are the differences in keywords used? Does Administrative Assistant turn into Business Administrator, for example?
How are the achievements described?
If there are gaps in skills, where do you need to grow skills? Look into those places as new opportunities for growth.
Where do you want to be in your next role?
Look at some job descriptions that describe perfect jobs for you next. Get on LinkedIn and really dig.
What are the differences between what you see and where you stand in the job market now?
Where do you have skills covered? Highlight those as much as you can.
Then take a break, you did a lot. Good job! You can tackle updating your resume tomorrow.
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