Resume Writing & Personal Branding Services for Senior Professionals
Confident that your resume is going to produce the results you expect?
Once upon a time, there really wasn’t much to writing a workable, professional résumé. Those days are gone.
Your résumé, CV and personal bio represent your professional self. Your résumé should capture the essence of who you are professionally. Your résumé should set you up for your next position, rather than where you’ve been.
These are definitely a very important 1-3 pages. But, there’s more.
When it comes to job search and career transition, the goal of your résumé is to get you the interview. However, if you think that your résumé is getting carefully read and an informed decision is being made after a careful reading, you are wrong.
- Your résumé might pass through screening and tracking software and never make it into the hands of your intended target.
- Then, did you know that when an actual human being sees your résumé, they make their first decision in about 10 seconds or so. That’s right. A 10-second screen.
- If you pass through that gate, then, the résumé gets a more careful read.
Which leads to the next challenge: Is the reader forming the conclusions that you want them to form? About your level? About your area of expertise? About the meaning of your background and how it fits with your career goals?
Yes indeed, it is a bit complicated. With the current crisis on our hands, everyone’s resume should be up-to-date, polished, attractive (yes, attractive), modern, and most importantly, compelling in the sense that your target buyer / decision maker will see you as a possible, if not, logical candidate for their hire.
There is a lot riding on the effectiveness of your marketing materials. That’s why we feel so strongly about the importance of a professionally-written résumé.
We’d like to help.