FOUR SIMPLE STEPS TO BETTER RESULTS WITH YOUR RESUME
FOUR SIMPLE STEPS TO BETTER RESULTS WITH YOUR RESUME by: Jeff Altman Is every job description you read the same? No. Is every job you submit your resume to the same? Of course they aren’t. If all these job descriptions are different, why do you submit the same resume? Every day, people send the same generic resume out as though each position was identical and each employer was attempting to hire identical skills and attributes. Too often, the results they receive are like the broken watch that is right twice a day—hit or miss success. They list their name, address, phone numbers and email address, list an objective, education, and chronology of experience with dates of employment. The resume includes some successes or accomplishments. This is their resume. In the days prior to computers when changing a resume required you to re-type different versions, this made sense. Today, when computers allow you to customize, spell and grammar check documents so easily, you are missin...