Tips For Writing A Resume From Scratch

Tips For Writing A Resume From ScratchMany people fail at their resumes because they don't take the time to really make it from scratch. Writing a resume for the first time can be frustrating. However, once you learn how to do it the right way, you will start to enjoy the process much more.When you're looking for a basic format for your resume, the first thing that you need to do is decide on your purpose for doing one. Do you want to get a job, or get ahead at work? The best option to consider would be 'getting a job.'The second decision that you need to make is whether you are looking for a job or if you want to get ahead at work. If you are looking for a job, you need to make sure that you have a job description to go along with your resume. The longer the job description, the better. This will show prospective employers that you are serious about the position that you are applying for.Once you have decided on what career path you want to pursue, the next step is to prepare yourse lf for your resume. Start out by writing down all of your credentials. Do not include them in your resume because they may not be relevant to the position that you are applying for. Focus on the important things. The information in your resume should be focused on the strengths and the weaknesses of the applicant and the reasons why you are the best person for the job.Write down your career objectives as well. Include these in your resume to give employers a clearer picture of what you hope to accomplish while working for them. They will also help to keep your resume organized and to keep your thoughts straight.As soon as you have all of your career objectives down, it's time to take some time to decide what areas of the job you really want to highlight. Make sure that you include these in your resume as well. Once you have your resume set up, all that you need to do is let the professional writer do all of the legwork for you. They will write a resume for you that will shine throug h.Most people like to be able to speed up the process of getting their resume to the companies in question. This is because they like to do all of the legwork themselves. However, there are professionals who specialize in helping their clients get their own resumes done. This is where you need to start.

Why Bosses Are Bad, According to New Research

Why Bosses Are Bad, According to New Research We all know that bosses can be jerks. Now economists think they understand why â€" although the reason may surprise you. As it turns out, most companies end up promoting their best-performing employees, giving them responsibility for supervising others workers. The problem, new research shows, is that the skills that made employees succeed at their initial jobs don’t help when it comes to supervising others â€" and may actually hurt. “You might have been successful because of your independence and autonomy,” says the study’s co-author, Alan Benson, from the University of Minnesota. But supervising others requires a totally different set of skills â€" like the ability to collaborate and share credit. “You can’t do everything yourself when you are a manager,” he adds. Benson, along with colleagues from Yale and MIT, used data collected by sales management software to examine track records for salespeople and managers at 214 different U.S. and international companies. They found that that top performers were regularly rewarded for their good work: Successful salespeople increased their chances of winning a promotion by about 14% each time they doubled their sales. Once they were in their new higher-ranking jobs, however, these stars frequently struggled. Subordinate salespeople working under newly promoted managers saw their own performance decline 7.5% for every doubling in the manager’s pre-promotion performance. By contrast, new managers who were promoted despite their own poor or middling sales performance tended to improve performance in subordinates. Indeed, the researchers found that “sales collaboration experience” correlated with being a good manager â€" but not with earning the promotions in the first place. So will a wave of promotions for the nice-guy-who-finished-last suddenly sweep corporate America? Don’t count on it. Firms do appear to be paying a hefty price for filling their ranks with bad bosses. The study estimated that subordinates’ performance could be boosted by up 30% if their companies promoted the best potential managers into leadership roles. Yet the researchers were quick to point out that employers may not want to change. After all, nothing gets workers cracking like the prospect of winning a big promotion. The upshot: Many companies may simply have decided that a badly run organization full of hungry strivers gunning for the top will ultimately outperform one that’s less motivated, if but better managed.

6 Steps To Maximize Your Schools Career Center As The Path To Job Success - Work It Daily

6 Steps To Maximize Your School’s Career Center As The Path To Job Success - Work It Daily As many seniors in universities across the country will tell you, there’s no shortage of bright and accomplished graduates from top schools, all competing for a shrinking number of opportunities. In fact, the competition for an entry-level position has never been fiercer. Newsweek recently noted that 2.8 million graduates will enter the workforce in 2016. The scary part is that 40 percent of the total number of unemployed in the U.S. will be made up of 18-to-29-year olds, an unemployment rate of almost 14 percent among that age bracket (almost three times the national figure). RELATED: What’s Up With College Career Centers? Tell Us YOUR Experience The not-so-secret weapon for college students to launch a career is a no-cost resource that is included with that tuition check your parents write every year â€" the Career Planning Center. Before you slap your head and go “No duh!” the point to be made is that the Career Center is only as good a resource as you make it. Here are six steps to maximize your experience with your school’s Career Center, and optimize your chances of scoring a top-tier opportunity when you graduate. 1. The most important step â€" and I can’t emphasize this enough â€" START EARLY. It was my fifth week on campus and my parents kept encouraging me (i.e., pestering me) to get ahead of the game and be the first freshman on campus to visit Villanova’s career center. Most undergrads don’t think of visiting Career Planning until mid-Junior year. By going to the Career Center so early on, I got a surprisingly simple but critical strategic advantage for me, a running start when it came to meeting professionals at alumni networking events. On my first visit, I arrived with a bare-bones resume and a LinkedIn page that had not been updated since the day I had created it. That day, I met Kevin, a dynamic and insightful expert from the Center who became both a career coach and a real-world mentor to me. 2. It is self-evident that the most powerful source of career opportunities is the alumni network â€" the Career Center can open the door for you. Virtually all universities, no matter what size, have a strong alumni community that aspiring job seekers can tap into. Alums are always eager to help a young and hungry student accomplish their career goals and aspirations. Yet, many students don’t take full advantage of all of the alumni resources schools have to offer. The Career Center can be a vital resource to make this happen. Attend the events they put together, go to the information sessions and resume writing workshops â€" make an impression! It’s important to put yourself out there and make yourself stand out. Volunteer anytime there is an opportunity to get in front of an alumni dinner, luncheon or fundraiser; especially if there is a career planning angle. That’s how I got an opportunity to intern with the Philadelphia Flyersâ€" I was hired by a Villanova alumnus! 3. Develop a relationship with someone in career planning and meet with them at least three times a year to discuss trends and strategies. (Caveat: don’t be obsessive and overextend your welcome by “stalking” them with too many frequent visits ;)!) It’s a good idea to never show up empty handed. Whenever I met with my mentors, I brought him them their favorite latte or iced tea. Also, don’t forget to have an agenda of what you’d like to discuss. He’s offering me the value of his time, expertise and observations. The least I can do is pick up the coffee on the way to his office and be organized about what I’d like to chat about. Be respectful of their time â€" request a brief 10 or 15 minute appointment. When the allotted time is close to finishing up, note the time and ask if it’s okay to keep going. Ninety percent of the time, the discussion will continue beyond the time slot of your appointment. 4. Remember, entry-level job postings from top employers go directly to the career planning office first! Logically, you want to be top-of-mind when a particular posting comes in that you’re well-suited for â€" another reason to develop a personal relationship with your Career Planning team. Make sure you keep yourself updated on the university’s job posting site. When you graduate, you won’t have the Career Center’s type of exclusive access to some of the best resources available to job hunters â€" all at no additional cost. (Well, as I said before, it’s included in your tuition costs, but let’s not quibble.) 5. Use the resources of the Career Center to develop your “personal brand.” Clearly, there’s no shortage of bright and accomplished graduates from top schools, all competing against one another for a shrinking number of job opportunities. The competition for an entry-level position has never been harder than it is now. Developing your personal brand is more than bullet points on a CV â€" how do you stand out in the four corners of an 8 ½ x 11 sheet of paper compared to everyone else’s sheets of paper? You need to leap off the page with something unusual. I worked with the Career Center to develop a LinkedIn Ads campaign that helped me get a paying summer job after my freshman year at Edulence, a great digital marketing firm in New York City. LinkedIn invited me to write a blog about it. It became a favorable point of conversation in interviews and a What’s Up With College Career Centers? Tell Us YOUR Experience 6. Look at your path to getting a job as a “one-thing-leads-to-another,” multi-year business plan which begins and ends with Career Center. Start early and visit often. Of course, they can’t guarantee you a job, but they will guide you to a suitable entry-level position if you have the credentials, and they will provide the expertise necessary to raise your personal brand up above the competition. Of course, your school’s Career Center is not just another bricks-and-mortar building on campus. It is an underutilized and powerful resource staffed with sparklingly-bright, highly-positive people whose job it is to help you get a job. What a win-win situation. And in conclusion, I’d like to give a shout-out to Kevin Grubb, my career coach from Villanova’s Career Center. I’m grateful for all the time and attention you gave me throughout my college career. This post was originally published at an earlier date. Disclosure: This is a guest post. Photo Credit: Shutterstock Have you joined our career growth club?Join Us Today!