We are in a strong buyer's market right now with regard to job searches. What that means to those who are looking for a new job is that the type of resume that may have helped you get an interview prior to the economic downturn of 2008 is no longer effective. The reason? It's simple...before the downturn there were more great jobs than great candidates,so most employers were willing to take a chance on a candidate and at least set up an interview if the resume even hinted at competence and requisite skills.
Those days are now officially over.
In today's job hunting market, you have to tell them a lot more about you than a chronological history of your employment and where you went to school. Employers want to know what kinds of personal attributes you have and how you will fit into their organizational culture. Finding qualified candidates today is the easy part. What is not so easy is finding qualified candidates who will fit in with the people and systems already in place within the organization. That is why on the first page of your resume, it is imperitive that you give the reader a good idea of the qualities that define who you are.
Those qualties should have to very important characteristics:
1. They should be an accurate description of you.
2. They should be the types of qualities that are important for success in the job you are seeking.
If you can do that, you will increase your chances of being invited to an interview by several fold. Contact me if you need help in making these changes to your resume.
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