“Me, Me, Look at Me!”
Your resume is one of the most important documents you will ever write. It goes ahead of you into strangers’ offices attempting to persuade them that you are the perfect person for their vacancy. And it’s going into those offices jostling with a crowd of other resumes – hundreds of them, maybe even thousands – and they’re all fighting for attention. Some of them will be pushing to get to the front, some will be waving their arms in the air, others will be shouting. And in the middle of them all is yours.
Unless you have really poured your heart and soul into that document, unless you’ve worked to understand the principles of effective resume writing, and then worked hard to translate those into a document that tells a compelling story of what you have to offer, unless you’ve done all this, your resume is going to get lost in that crowd.
“I’m Stuck for Time So Here It Is.”
A client wrote that to in an email recently. He was explaining why he hadn’t done much work on the questionnaire we sent him. He had missed half our questions and given hurried answers to the others. But he was stuck for time, so what could he do?
Here’s the thing: If you’re not willing to invest time and effort into your resume, you can’t expect results.
It doesn’t matter whether you’re working with a professional service or writing your own resume, you need to give it your all. If you don’t, you can expect your resume to be jostled right to the back when that office door opens.
Resume Writing: Invest the Time, Get the Results
