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1. Step 1 Job Research: Hi. I'm a man to Nicole, and I'm going to tell you how to write a killer. Resume fast in only three easy steps. First, let's talk about what qualifies me to tell you this. Well, there are three reasons. Number one. I've got over 20 years of resume writing experience in career coaching, so I have helped many, many, many people write resumes, get jobs and do career coaching in the process. So I know exactly what's needed with when you're writing a resume, not comes at a team. When someone comes to me and they want a new resume and they think the resume is terrible, the issue is not necessarily the resume is that they're going after Roland jobs altogether . So I know exactly what you need to do in terms of what job you need to go after and why your resume needs to be geared to a specific job. I know it all. Number two. I am a career contractor, which means I myself, every time I get a job, you don't last between six and 18 months, so that means every 6 to 18 months I have to write a new resume. Go in a new interview and getting the job. So I've got a lot of experience not only helping other strike resumes but writing my own. In addition to that, I'm also an entrepreneur, which means that I see a lot of resumes and I look at them in terms of weather and I I want to hire someone. So I have a lot of resume writing experience, and I know exactly how to tell you what to put on your resume, how to format it so they will get noticed and how to get interviews. So let's get right into it. So the first thing you want to do when you're trying to look for a new job is you want to do your job research So many, many years ago when I was first looking to get another job, I was working in a company, and I have been there for a while. Um, and I hadn't started contracting yet, so I have been there for a while. But I really felt like it was a dead end job on, and I had tried to advance in the company. I had tried to make lateral moves in the company. I just wasn't happy where I was at, and I wanted to find something else. But it took me. I would say about two years of looking for jobs and not being able to find anything. And what I found when I was finally able to be successful was that I was looking for the wrong jobs and the entire time that I was looking for jobs, I was looking for the same position, but at a different company. The main complaint that I had at the job that I was that was that I wasn't getting paid enough. I had done my research in the market and I felt like I was worth more based on my experience and based on, you know, what, I was able to bring to the table and I felt like I was worth more. And so what I was doing was checking for the same position that I was in and other companies in the area, and the problem I was having was that there any time there was a pay increase, there was a loss and benefits, you know, I would I would see a job posting where it was worth more money But then when I looked at the benefits, you know, I might get start back at a week off instead of having to four weeks off, or they didn't offer benefits where they offer benefits, but they were really expensive. And so when I really did my analysis on you know whether or not I would be getting a raise or whether or not I would actually be making more money, I actually wasn't. It was basically going to be a lateral move as I was getting really frustrated, trying to find something else but filling stuff that I couldn't find anything else. And, you know, I've always had the ability to get new jobs very easily. So I was just really frustrated as to why I have been two years looking for a job and couldn't find anything. And so what I found was that I was going after the wrong jobs, and so I'm going to share that information with you because that's a common mistake that people make you know. The biggest reason that people come to be looking for another job is because they're frustrated. They're either frustrated with the pay or they're frustrated with the job that they're doing, but they feel like that's what they have the most experience in. That's what they're going to be able to get a new job as. And so they well, look at another job in another industry and they look at the job description and they'll say I'm not qualified for that and know immediately just dismiss it and they end up stuck in this rut where they're continually like a rat in a well, looking for the same job at different places. And that is not going to give you the advancement that you're looking for. So you're gonna have to do some job research to see Okay, how can I take the skills that I have and move them, maybe to a different industry, or to a different career toe where I don't have to? I feel like I'm not qualified for the job, but that I don't have to limit myself to just this one position. So that's the first thing you want you're going to want to do. You're going to want to research your position and how it relates to other positions. There's usually like a hierarchy. Impositions like you may start at, you know, Ah, Senior VP. That's like the highest one or on. And then the next one might be manager, and the next one might be something else. So you you have to see, um, not just based on titles in terms of like, um, if you are, you know, over somebody or if you're leading somebody, but also within your industry. You know, if you're in I t and you work, you know, as a data analyst, you know, you need to know what does the data art protect do What does the database developer do? Like the other positions that work alongside you but don't do the same thing that you do. And so I think of yourself as the current position that you're in your co workers that you work with. What do they do? What what is in their job description And how far is their job description from what you're doing currently. So you really want to take a look at OK, the industry that you're in, if that's the industry you want to stay in because a lot of times it's not. It's just like the industry that you were able to get in and easiest. And there was, like, the least past path of resistance. And so you just decided, OK, I'll take that. One contest was available to me, and so I don't think of it in that mindset, you want to definitely wide in your mindset toe where you have your possibilities are a lot bigger, you know, obviously, if you, you know, are working as a cashier, you can't just decide you want to be a lawyer tomorrow unless you're willing to, you know, take some steps to do that. But there is definitely more jobs available than what most people have in their mind. And so we want to make sure we get out of get ourselves out of that box toe where you have more jobs available to you than what you've been going after. And so that will definitely help you as a starting position because you want to make sure you're going after the bright job. The best resume in the world means nothing if it's going after the wrong job. If your experience doesn't match that if your job history doesn't match that and that kind of the thing, and so I'm definitely going to discuss how you can tailor your resume to a position that you may not necessarily have experience in, but that only goes so far you can stretch it. But so far, you know, it's kind of like a rubber band. You can stretch it, but you can stretch it too far. It's gonna break. So your resume can definitely be tailored to a two step out of your comfort zone and take another position. But it's only gonna be to go so far. So I'll be teaching you how to, you know, get to that next position. But first, you gotta actually your mind go there so that you can do some research. What you want to do is you want to do some research you wanna go online to, you know, CareerBuilder or, um, some kind of salary guide or something like that, and you want to just do some research Even if you don't just go to Google, you can just go and research some positions in your industry and or in the industry that you like to be in and see what they do. Go to the job description and see what does the drop descriptions say, what does that person do on a normal basis? And, um, I would also encourage you if you know anybody or even if you want to, just, you know, you have somebody that's like third degree separation, all linked and somewhere just messaged him and has say, Hey, you know, can you just give me a little write up of what a day is like in you know, your job, you know, so that I can kind of get familiar with it a lot. Another good breakfast for that is YouTube. A lot of people have videos that say a day in the life of, you know, dot, dot, dot and so you are able to see what does this position really do? And because there is a difference between what the job description says and what the person actually does in the industry, you know, there could be a huge difference of that, you know, For example, when I started out, I was working his administrative assistant, but what I was doing was, ah, lot of like reporting a lot of excel, a lot of analysis, and so that is really more along the lines of data. Analyst And that was another reason why it was so difficult for me to find something else. Is that you know, I would look at the job description in and the pay that was associated with it when I was looking for new jobs and I would say, Man, I know I'm worth more than that, but it was because I wasn't doing that particular position. That position is only work was only worth a certain amount of money. And so I had to say, OK, what other position do some of the job duties that I actually do versus what it said in the job description of what I do, I cannot parlay and what kind of you know duties. What kind of positions might I see those duties in that are different from the one that I'm end currently. And so what I encourage you to do is to research those positions and to highlight how many of the duties you are familiar with or you at least somewhat familiar with. And so this is going to, um, require two things. Number one, you're going tohave toe, learn the lingo of what you do. If a lot house will someone comes to me to write the resume and I asked them what they do. They'll say things like, I do data entry or I put stuff in the computer or, um, I answer the phones. If you go to a job description, is not going to say that it's going to say um is responsible for accurate and complete entry of records. You know, that's that's what data entry is, you know, is responsible for accepting high call volumes and providing excellent customer service. That's what answering the phones needs. And so, if you're expecting to see what you would say in layman's terms, you're not going to see that. So you got this first thing you got to do is you gotta learn what the lingo is for what you actually do, because a lot of people will look at the job description and say, I can't do any of that stuff. But yet when you sit down and talk to them and explain to them what that is there like Oh, yeah, I can do that. So you have to learn the lingo, and so that comes from experience. You need to be looking at jobs and you need to breeding descriptions and you need to start toe. You know, remember in your mind where you've seen that before and what that actually means. And so you're gonna have toe learn how toe, you know, decipher. The second thing is you're gonna have to do some, like, real reading comprehension. You know, back in school when they used to, like, teach that and you learn how to read. But then you have to learn how to comprehend. That's a skill that's kind of get lost, is that people can read something, but they don't know what it means. You're gonna have to learn how to read and comprehend, because you're going to be doing a lot of reading of job descriptions in order to be able do this research. And so you have to be able to read it and know what it says and not read it and need to take it to somebody to say, Hey, what does this say? Like, you got to know what it says. So those two things you need to do, you need to research jobs. You need to comprehend the job descriptions. Any define a job description that matches somewhat toe what you do now. Let's say you find a job and it's got five job duties. You are pretty confident that you know how to do to the other three. You may have one out of those that you think you might know how to do and the other to your life. I have no clue. That is a possible if you have. If you look at the job description and you feel like I could probably learn that, then that's a keeper. You can't look for jobs where you know how to do everything. Because those jobs nine times out of 10 don't pay enough. And they're not going to be what you're looking for. So you're going to have to put it in your mind that when you're looking for a job to go after, you're not going to know everything. I've been in the industry for 20 years. I don't know everything Okay? I work in senior level positions. I still don't know everything. You're not going to know everything. Industries change. Um, you know, companies change. You're not going to know everything, so don't let that intimidate you out of even trying. Okay? If nothing else. You get on the interview and they ask you some questions. And you like a deer in the headlights. Guess what? Those questions are questions that you can go Google and you can go get the answers to, and you could do better on the next interview. Okay, So don't talk yourself out of even trying, because that's another common mistake people make. Is it? They're not a They're not willing looking any other jobs said what they're already in. And then when they are, do look at them. They immediately after two sentences of reading the description like, Oh, I can't do that, I'm not qualified. Oh, you know, And you can't do that. You've got to be willing to take the risk that it can't be any worse than it is now. The worst thing that could happen is that you don't get the job. What do you do? You don't have the job now, so don't be afraid to try. So that's step number one. You want to do your job research. You want to see what other jobs they're out there that I might be qualified for. And how can I, you know, gear my job search to something that's actually going to be fulfilling
2. Step 2 Self Evaluation: Okay, So the next thing you want to do is you want to do some self evaluation. So you've done your job research, and you found a couple of positions that you think you might be interested in going after. And, you know, keep that in mind. You're going to look for more than one. You're not gonna just look for one. You know, if you can do like, a top three like this is, this is the one that I really, really would like to have, You know, I love the pay I love. What they do are really think it will be, you know, interesting. And then you have the next next next likely one that you like to have, and then the next one So do try to do, like, a top three. But don't just choose one, because, you know, that's just gonna limit you. Don't You don't wanna go from limiting yourself toe one job to limiting yourself to one job . You want to, you know, find some more options that you can have available. So you found your position that you might be willing to go Look, you know, try to get based on the research that you've done. So the next step is going to be a self evaluation. What you want to do is you want you value. Wait, what duties you are really good at and what duties You're okay. And what duties you need to improve it. So you really want to do some self reflection and, you know, figure out what you're good at and you really want to take some time for that? You don't just want to say, OK, I know these top three things really think about other things because one of the things that people tend to do is everybody has gifts and talent. Everybody has strengths that they just comes easy to them. And what people tend to do is they tend to discredit their strengths because it's easier for them to do it so they don't really see it as a strength. They just see it as something that they do. For example, they make they may have something that they do like, you know, maybe they're able to remember our stuff really easy and whether quickly, like they look at something Rita and they remember, rise did OK. That's not a skill that everybody has. It may be easy to you, and it may be something that you do, you know, without thinking. And so what people tend to do is if it's something that doesn't require work for them, because it's easy for them. They discredit it, and they feel like it's not important. It's not worth putting on a resume. Don't do that. Make sure that, you know, you take some inventory of every little thing that you're able to do that other people may not be able to do. Um, one of the things that I'm able to do is I'm able to. I work very quickly, you know, someone can give me something to do that. It would take other people weeks to do, and it might take me two days, so that's not something that I see as a strength. It's just something I've always been able to do just really fast worker. So but I had to learn that there are a lot of strengths like that that I have that employers find. Very, um, impressive. So you want to make sure that you're not discrediting yourself that okay? I've been, you know, a cashier for X amount of years. There's nothing special about that. Okay, well, that doesn't mean there's nothing special about that. You, the way you do it might be special. You know, you might be able to, you know, you might have come up with a way that makes it faster or way that makes it more efficient . Or you might be really good at organizing it toe where the process, you know, makes it faster. Or, you know, do you want to make sure that you really do a self evaluation and pull out every single little detail that you have that's unique to you, because when you get ready to do your resume, you don't want it looking like 1/2 a page, and you can't think of anything else to put on there. You want to be able to feel it up toe where it looks toe. An employer like you are such a hard worker. You are a rock star, like I cannot wait to talk this candidate and you're not gonna get there if you've only got two sicknesses, so someone will come to me and they want me to write the resume and I'll say, OK, I need you to give me the job. Job title. The company you worked for, The dates that you worked there and a job description of what you did there. Okay, well, everything will look great until it gets to the job description. They've got maybe three bullet points of things that they did. That is why you not getting the job. If you only have three things on there and your resume looks like it's anorexic, then you're not going to get the job. And so one of the ways to remedy that is to start thinking about what else you did, you know? And I'm not talking about adding fluff because some people they'll just add fluffing those . They all right, Let's say I want to put on there that I filed papers and organized, um, file cabinets. They'll just divide that into put file papers on one bullet and organized fire captains on another one. You don't necessarily want to do that. You want to actually lengthen the job duties. You know, if you want to put on there that you filed papers, you can say, you know, expertly organized, um, paperwork according to company standards like that is a complete Sinise versus, you know, filed papers, you know, So you want to elongate your job duties. But ah, long gating only work so far if you only have three. So you want to really make remember the things that you do and the way that you do. And that's really the key the way that you doing. You know, most people when they've been doing a job for X amount of time, they have thought of ways to make it easier for themselves. They have thought of strategies and process changes and things that make their job easier. Those are the things that need to go on your resume, because those are the things that have not been taught by the company. Those are things that you came up with on your own that makes the job easier. And so at another company, if you were to present that to them now they see someone that can come in and help change process someone that can, you know, organize their company toe where everybody does this process and it makes it faster, more efficient. And now the company run smoother. That is worth hiring versus you putting on your resume, you just file papers. So you want to start thinking in terms of how can I make this employers see that I'm a rock star. So you want to really do some self evaluation and you want to really understand what makes you the best candidate. You know, people go on interviews and they'll say I'm a hard worker. Um, I'm willing, toe learn and that kind of thing, But when they say it, they're basically begging the employer. Please hire me. Please hire me. Are really did the job. You want to go in there confident that you they should hire you because you know what you're doing. You are a rock star and you are prepared to save this company money. If you don't believe it yourself, there is zero chance they're going to believe it. So you this is where you kind of start liking yourself up. And you kind of start telling yourself, because you basically want to sell yourself to yourself before you sell yourself to the employer. So if all you can think of is data entry or you know about papers, you've already diminished yourself. You've already shown that your thought of what you do is less than okay, So you don't want to put that on the resume? So this is why I am telling you to do this preliminary stuff because I know you guys are probably thinking Hurry up and get to the coast of if I just hurry up and get to the good stuff your resume is going to crap and you're not gonna get the job. So because I want you to get the job, I'm telling you that this stuff is important because the the way you think is what you're gonna put on the resume if your mindset is worked, it's only considering this one job that you've done for the last 10 years. It's only considering the 22 word job description. That's what you're gonna put on a resume, and it's gonna look terrible and nobody will hire you, so I don't want that. So I want to tell you what you need to do in entirety instead of just how to write the presbury. So make sure you do your self evaluation. It makes you really, you know, see what things an employer might be impressed with. You know to get you start. You might want to ask your co workers. Um, find some co workers that you work with on a project, you know, ask them. Hey, you know, we worked on this project together. Can you think of anything that you really that really stood out to you about me? That anything that I did that really impressed you? And, you know, just tell him. Look, I'm not fishing for compliments. I just You know, this is important. This is something that I'm doing for my own personal journey, you know? Would you be willing to give some feedback? They'll give you some baby back, you know, don't ask anybody. That's a jerk. I mean, you've gotta have somebody there that actually knows what's going on, you know, but a word of caution. Don't tell him you look for another job, because people, you know, they not everybody, keeps their mouth shut. So any way you want to make sure that, you know, you get some feedback. You know, you try to get some feedback from your family members if you can, Um, but on the job feedback is gonna be the best, because that's somebody that has worked with you in a job setting that has seen what you could do. And though that's the person that's gonna be the best, the most objective person to tell you what you need, what kinds of things that are great for you, so do yourself evaluation. So Step one was finding a job that you want to go after, except to is identifying the traits in yourself that you might want to put on the resume so that you can go after that job.
3. Step 3 Resume and Cover Letter: Okay, so now we're going to the next step. Step three, actually writing the resume and cover letter. Okay, So the cover letter I have provided a template for you. If you've purchased this, the template is available so you can just download it and use the template in. Just change your name and the job title. So it's very easy. It's the actual cover letter that I used to get my jobs. I have not changed it pretty much any since. I've, you know, created. It has the things that I know that recruiters and hiring managers are looking for that will grab their attention. And it's the only one that I use. And it's the only one that I allow those that I do career coaching to you. So just use that template. Um, make sure that it's catered for your particular situation and you know, you you don't have to do anything further with that with the resume, so let's start with that. All right, so this is how you write a resume. Okay, Number one. You want to write the resume in text before you put it on a template most of the time when people are trying to right the resume. The first thing they do is go look for the fancy as the most professional best temple that they can find online. Okay, that is about 2% of what you need to do to write a resume. So you want to make sure that you have, um, perfected the content 98% of what is going to get you the job is the content on the resume . Okay, So that's why I made you go through all the drama of researching the job, changing your mind, said and really thinking about what? You know, things you can put on the resume that makes up look, because the content is the most important part. Okay? It does not matter what your template looks like, as long as the content is what that recruiter or hiring manager is looking for. Okay, that's that's that's key. So I always encourage people to just write it out as a regular just like text in word. Okay. No fancy stuff, you know? That's it. Just a text, you know, And then you can copy and paste that stuff onto a tipple. It okay, Very simple. Okay, that's number one. Now you're gonna start writing the content. Okay? What you want to do is some of the stuff is self explanatory. You want your name, your phone number, he email address. I do not advocate putting your address because you know, if you're gonna post it online that you're gonna be sending out online, you just don't want to put your address out there. So I don't recommend putting your address. But I do recommend putting the city and state because, especially for recruiters, they're looking for local positions and they don't want to call someone that lives in another state. So a lot of times, if you don't have to stay down there, that would disqualify you. So at least put the city and state on there. If you're not looking for something that's like telecommute, you know, if you obviously if you're looking for something that's remote, you don't want to put the state on there. But if you're looking for something local makes you at least put the city and state. Okay, so you put your contact information up there, OK? The next thing you want to do is you want to put your school information on Lee. If it's relevant, I work in I t. I never put my school information on their number one. I don't have a degree. Okay, so it doesn't help me to put school on there because I don't have a degree. Secondly, in my industry, they really don't care if you've been to school. OK? If you've got some kind of certification in a particular program or software, then okay, they're interested in that. But they don't really care if you have a degree. They want to know. Do you know how to do use this software? Do you know how to do this job and can you do it for me? Doesn't really care about. So I personally and most strong advocate of not putting school up there and just making your resume read as if you know what you're doing. And I don't even have to ask you whether not you went to school because it's not relevant. Okay. However, there are some exceptions to the rule if you are going after something like an education or something, um, that, you know, requires you to have a degree. Then you want to put that on there because if you don't, that would disqualify you. So if you're going, you know, to be a teacher and, you know, you have to have, you know, a doctor, it for this position. You have to put the doctor it on there. Okay? You don't wanna omit it and then leave them guessing. Okay, Nine times out of 10 they will ask you about your schooling. If if you meet with a supervisor that is important to some supervisors don't care. Some supervised a really, really big on school of rock school degrees. Get many career degrees. You can't. So it just depends on the interviewer. Um, but if it's a position that you have to have schooling for, you want to put that up there now with that, say it. Okay. That's why step one is so important. You want to research the position and the industry? There are a lot of jobs where the job description will say, um, that a bachelor's degree is preferred. Who are something else along the lines of. You don't have to have it or, you know something that says it will be nice. Those are the ones that where you cannot disqualify yourself just cause you see bastards green. You don't have a bachelor's degree. If it says required, then that means it's required. Okay? And if you don't have one, you want to move on to the next job. Make sure you look at that difference because people will see preferred and they'll see require another mind. Both instances required. They just move on and they end up throwing a lot of jobs out that they could really apply for. If it says preferred, that just means that you need to convince them that their money is not going to be well better spent on someone with a degree. Okay, that's all you have to do. And in this day and age, it's not that hard. Okay? There are a lot of people with degrees that they're being taught book work. They're being taught busy work, and they don't have a clue whether doing okay. And employers are starting to see that. So if you can go in there, be confident and convinced them that you do know what you're doing, they will hire you. Okay, So do not you know when you're looking for jobs, don't you know, disqualify yourself just cause you don't have a degree. Um, if you don't have a degree, um, I recommend not putting it up there and just letting them ask you, um, I don't recommend that you put high school on there because that's basically screaming to them. I don't have a degree. I don't have anything past past high school, and that's not making you look good. You only one put things only to make you look good. So that's one of the reasons. Like I say, Why I don't put education on there because I don't You know, if I don't have a bachelor's degree, I don't want to put, I put went to this university, but oh yeah, I dropped out like they don't want to see that, so I just don't put on there at all. But like I said, if it is required, you need to put it on there. If it's not, you can omit it unless it helps you. Now. If you let's say you went to Harvard, OK, and you're going off their position, that doesn't require a degree. Okay, the fact that you went to Harvard is a plus, OK, even if it's for a degree that's not relevant. So if you that's something that you have in your you know, our snow to as as a trait, that's a good trade about you or that something that makes you unique. Then put it on their you know, don't omit it just because they don't care, you know, put it on there. That's something that you got something you're proud of. You worked hard to get that put it on their you know. But if you have a, you know degree and they is not required, um, it and it's not in the same industry that you're going for, then don't put it because it doesn't help you. You know it. You know, if you went to I mean I personally a huge advocate for community to college, I would I would I would tell my child to do community college before I would tell them to go spin, you know, thousands of dollars on a four year degree. But unfortunately, we don't live in a society where people look at that as an asset. If you put community college on there, So unless you've got something like Duke or Harvard or Stanford, you know if it's not relevant to the position that you're going after, just omit it. If they ask you, then tell them. Okay? I have a degree in this, you know, Um, but don't put it on there unless you have to, um, or unless it's going to make you look good. Okay. So you want to put your education on there? If what I just said. Okay. Um, so you gotta contact information. Education may be OK. You also have, um, your skills, like things that you're good at. Okay. Now, here's Here's the thing. When you're writing a resume, skills does not mean, um hard working or fast learner. These are not things that the employers looking for. Okay, they are looking for I know how to use this software. Okay, they're looking for I have experience with leadership they're looking for I saved the company 10% in my first you know year. They're looking for things that they can use and quantify whether or not you're worth the money that they're going to pay you for this position. Telling them that your heart worker doesn't make them want to come up off money to pay you okay. Telling them that you're a fast learner, Maybe, but not on the resume. Okay, maybe in the interview, but not on the resume. Okay. You don't want to put things on your resume that are feeler. Okay? Interviewers air. Not dumb. They can tell if you just thrown something on their versus. If you're really the rock star that you're trying to convince them you are. So do not put anything on there that just Fieler put things on there that are important. Okay, So when your skills you're looking for software is that, you know, even if it's just word and excel put that down there. You're looking for things that you did within your department that is different than other people. You are looking for ways that you helped the company, you know, advance you're looking for, um, you know anything that's going to be important for that position
4. Step 4 Resume Add Ons: Okay, so I touched a little bit on making, like, a portfolio or something like that to go along with their resume if you do something like graphic design or Web design or something like that. Okay, so one of the things that I am very much an advocate for is working with Tim, a disease or staffing agencies. M recruiters. So I have a bonus video about that poll process and how to work with staffing agencies, because I really feel like it's the only way to look for jobs. But you know, it's not for everybody, so definitely check that out. But anyway, one of the things that they do when you working with the recruiter is they create was called a, um, candidate packet. So what that means is when they've decided when they vetted you and they've decided that you're good enough to go and interview with the client, they will create a packet for you to give to the client so it will include a copy of your resume, and what they'll do is just, like, copy and paste it or into their letterhead. So, you know, it's not like it's not the exact resume that that you gave them. It's basically that resume, Um, when their letterhead, but without the design of your resume, if that makes sense. So basically, the design is just the letterhead, and then the content is what they're copying into the template of their design. Okay, Um and so what they'll do is they'll change things accordingly, so they know that, you know, this employer is really big on this software. Okay, so they'll a good a good recruiter will ask you first and say, Hey, you know, how do you, you know, how do you feel about this software? Have you used it? What's your experience with OK, and if you can, you know, speak to them intelligently, and they feel like you actually know what they'll say. Okay, well, you do have experience with that. Can you talk it up a little bit more in your resume? So what their meaning is you might have you know, a sentence about that in one job, but you may have omitted it from another job just to keep the size down. They'll base their basically saying, Go at that back to each job. So it looks like you have a lot of experience with that, because you do. It's just you have, you know, kind of tried to give a variety on each job, so it looks like you know how to do a lot of stuff. And they're basically saying, Okay, this is how I need you to hone it. And on this one Skill, Right. So when you're waking your resume, you're trying to appeal to as many, um, employers as possible. But they help you tailor it to the best employer for you, which is the one to get ready interview with. So they're they're great resource, you know, with that, because they just really set you up to be the best candidate to come in there like you are , just, you know, the best person for the job. But anyway, so they create the candidate, um, a pack it for you. So they put your resume in there and they tweak it a little bit to make sure that it's what they're looking for. Basically, they just make it. They know what the client is looking for. They have set in a meeting with the client and said, Okay, what you need for this position was important to you. What do you want this candidate to know about a block. And now they're giving you that information and saying I put this on your resume. Okay? That's what a good recruiter will do. Ah, bat recorder would just put it on there for you and not tell you. Okay? And then when you get the interview with the client, they'll print out a copy and send it to you, and is just basically up to you to know that I probably to read itself because they probably made some changes. Right? So anyway, um, they will make sure your resume is catered to the parts to the import. Okay, so I've taught you how to do that, right? To make sure that you use the same terms that they're using on the job descriptions and that kind of thing. So at this point, your resume should already be catered to the best employer. Okay, so what you're gonna do is you're gonna have a copy of your resume. Number one. The next thing they have is like a, um kind. Like a little blurb of your top accomplishments. So let's say you know, you worked with this particular employer on this particular project and you were a pivotal in doing dot, dot, dot OK, they'll put that on there if you if they called and checked your references. And one of the employees said that Oh, my gosh, He was just great with doing this, this and this. And I thought we were gonna have to do all this and he did this. They'll put that on there, you know? So they basically make up a little sheet that has some highlights about you. Kind of like the, you know, highlights that you see on sports, where they just take a little clip of the best stuff and then put it on there. That's what you're looking. That's what that is, is just like a little thing that's just got the best stuff about you. So you want it, you know you can consider doing stuff like that. But when I told you to put that little extra off, you know that quote or whatever on your resume, that's what that is. Okay? And then the last thing they'll do is they'll do like, ah, sample of your work if it's relevant. So like, if you're a graphic designer. This is where you would put your portfolio, right? You would take the best of No, you're not trying to do a 20 page portfolio. You're trying to take the top two or the top three of the top five. You're not trying, you know, give them a dissertation to interview you, right? You're trying to keep it short and sweet, but you're tryingto make it look like your rock star. So you can consider doing something like that as an addition to your resume, where you just have a little portfolio that has, you know, a sample of your work. Ah, little description of what the project was about, you know, with this employer or with this client or whatever. And, um, how you feel like you contributed to it or how well you think the project win or whatever. So you know, sometimes that can be helpful. But I will say Use that with caution. Not every employer is looking to who look at a book, you know, especially if it's a recruiter, a recruiter you don't need. There's that's not necessary, OK? Once they start drilling, you in kind of vetting you, then you might want to bring something up like that up, but for, like, H R professionals, that would be. That's a great option for them because HR professional their job is to recruit. But there they don't. Their Their relationship with the employer that's going to hire you is not the same as like with a recruiter with a recruiter. They make their money by impressing this employer. Okay, so they're going above and beyond, and those employers are expecting them to go above and beyond because they're paying them an HR professional is just their job. OK, so they're not really going to go above and the arm there just given the person resumes so that in that instance, where the with the HR professional, it would make sense for you to submit a little packet because they're not going to submit anything right now. I gotta admit anything, and the resumes about is this is pretty much it. That's all. The person that interview you viewing you is going to get that they're hiring that hiring manager is going to get your resume, and that's it. And so if they can get your resume plus some extra stuff that they're not getting for everybody else. It'll it'll make you look better, so use it sparingly, you know? Really tried to see Who are you send in your resume to? Is it a recruiter? Or is that hr professionals HR provisional? Then you may want to Do you know the full packet? Ifit's a face of recruiter. There's no need for you to do that. So anyway, that's just some something that you can do, but it is definitely not required. I do not do that for any of my jobs. Anytime. I'm looking for a job, I just submit the resume and cover letter. That's it. I don't see anything else. Now, in my defense, I work with recruiters, OK, so I have not tried to get jobs with directly through companies. So you can try that as an option. You know, if you want to do that, um, it is an option. But I know that it's something that is submitted for every job that I get. But usually, um, it works in my favor because I have a literally had people in interviews say I mean, I'm so excited to meet you, and I'm looking at them, like, really like since we're and it's because the packet that they got made me look like I am a freaking rock star. Okay, so that's definitely something that you may want to look into. However, I say that with caution, because I know what's in the packet, but I have never actually seen one. Okay, so if you don't put it together the same way that the recruiters put it together, I don't know if it would necessarily work in your favor. So I say it with caution. I'm saying it because it is a good nugget of information for you to have that this is something that may help you get the extra, you know, boost. But my personal opinion is just the work with her crew. Don't let them do it. Okay, but, you know, teaches own. So, um, that's just, you know, let me you know that. You know, if you do something that's like graphic designer web design, they are going to want to see some kind of portfolio. Um, so if you just have, like, a website that you've done that has a little portfolio on there, and you just want to put that link on your resume. I think that's a little bit more professional, you know, is a so far as I'm concerned. But you, you know, it doesn't hurt toe. Have something. It's just that I know that how, how busy, you know hiring managers are, and so it just is going to take the right kind of hiring manager for them to even look at it. So anyway, there's there's that, and that's all I have done that.
5. Step 5 Conclusion: Okay, So the next thing you want to do once you've got your resume together, have already provided you with the cover letter. And, you know, I've already provided you with objective to put on there, and you're gonna find a template that looks good. And, um, you're gonna get your resume together, and I have included a couple of simple is that I use for my resume writing software. But they're not true templates. You know, they they tell you where you can put your stuff, and they got, like, the design on there, but they're not true templates toe where if you don't know how to use word, um, you're gonna struggle. Okay. So just for warning you out there, there's plenty of templates out their own line that you can get if you want a true template . That's going to kind of make it easier for you to put stuff in there without, you know, things being all over the place. And you haven't pleaded up. So, um, just find you a template and put your information in there and you've got your resume. Okay, So you got your resume. You got your cover letter the next thing you want to do is you want to go on linked in. Okay, now linked in is not Facebook. Okay? You are on their for professional purposes only. You do not need to have it. Any personal stuff? One there. Ok, this is important. Because if you got you know, your home girl homeboy, you know, posting stuff on your own, your page or you're posting stuff about you know, your kids or your trip to somewhere. You, the employer is going to get annoyed with you before they're going to look at your look at what you have to offer. Okay? So if you have to create another account that is dedicated solely to, you know, your job search didn't do that because, you know, it's the same thing with the email address, right? If your email address is, you know, um, big booty home girl, you know that's not going to cut it on your resume. Okay? You need something that's a little bit more professional. So the same thing with your linked in you want to make sure that your linked in looks professional like you're looking for a doctor. Okay, So you're gonna get your linked in and you going to fill it out with job information? So what I like to do is literally is basically a clone of your resume. When they ask you about your jobs, you're gonna put you can copy and paste the duties from your job from your resume. Um, the, uh the extra quote that I told you to put in there, you're gonna put that in there at the very top. You're job title. You want to make sure that the job title is the same job title is the one that you researched. Okay, You don't want to put the job title of your last job. You want to put the job title that you're going after? Okay, that needs to be. And that's the same thing for the resume. By the way, don't make sure that the top job title that's on the resume is the same as the job title that you are going after. That's on the job description of the job you're going after. Okay, If they're not the same, it's not. You're gonna know where your chances of even being Seymour less hired. So, um, you want to basically make your link. Dan look exactly like your resume because it's basically free advertisement for your resume . Okay, When you get ready, look for a job. You're gonna look for jobs on CareerBuilder or monster, a zip recorder or wherever, and you're going to send resumes out. But then, but that limits you only to the ones that you sent out. There are other people who haven't even posted their job, you know, yet they're just kind of looking to see what's out there. You want to make sure that when they're looking and they're typing in your job title that your resume comes up. And so because you have done your resume the way that I told you to do it in terms of copying the same job description, job duties and things like that from the, um, job description of the job when they look it up, they're gonna find a lot of key words that they're looking for on your resume. And so your resume is gonna come up a lot in case, so make sure that you have really made sure that that linked it looks good. I say this before I tell you to go submit your resume to jobs because that's a lot of times . That's the first thing people are going to do. They're going to Lucy your resume, and then I'm gonna go look you up. Okay, So you want to make sure that you give them something good to find before you start sending resumes out? Okay, So picture length in, um, but your professional image up there and, you know, give them something good to look at. OK, then you're going to want to go to CareerBuilder monster or whoever I personally am just a huge advocate of CareerBuilder because a lot of, um, active employers and recruiters advertised jobs there mainly cause it's kind of like it kind of freezes out the entrepreneur. And I don't mean that in a in a bad way, because I'm an entrepreneur. But a lot of us we use sites like eLance or up work or something like that, where we are just trying to see what's out there. We're not necessarily going to hire someone. And so as an employee, I mean, as employees, as a job seeker, you want toe look for jobs on the platform where the people that are higher advertising for jobs are serious. Like they need somebody. They're really looking to hire somebody you don't wanna be sending a resume out. 20 people and only two people that really, really interested in higher somebody. So I personally like career builder for that reason, because I've found in my own experience that sites some other sites, like Monster or Zip recruiter will have a lot of jobs on there. But the employers are not active. They're not really looking to hire anybody there, you know? They're getting a bunch of resumes, and there there may be looking at two. They're not really actively trying to hire for this position, whereas with career Buiter ah, lot of recruiters use that, and they are actively looking for someone. Okay, they've got an order that they're trying to feel that they only get paid if they hire. If the person hires somebody sold their very active and you'll get people that will call you, like, right? Right back, right back. Soon as you sitting out the resume, their emailing, you what they're calling you. And that's what you're looking for. You don't want to take you months to find a job you want people calling. You want your phone ringing off the hook? And so I personally prefer CareerBuilder for that reason, but also because there, um layout and organization of the jobs makes it very easy for you to see what you need to see quickly, right? Because you're going to be looking for jobs on a daily basis, and you're not gonna wanna have to do it for two and three hours a day, right? I always tell people that looking for a job is a full time job, right? So you're you're is a lot of work to look for a job. You know, you look your research and stuff. You're learning stuff on YouTube. You know, you're doing a lot of stuff finding jobs to send out. I mean, to say, resumes out to should not be something that takes up a lot of time. It should take you 15 minutes of, you know, see what has been posted recently, and, you know, skim through and see if that's something interesting. Nancy, resume out and go. And CareerBuilder makes it very easy to do that where you can send your resume very quickly . You can sort it by like um it was posted in the last 24 hours so that if you're looking for at it every day, you're only looking at the most recent stuff. That's the new stuff you're not having through everything you know, you can make sure it gets sorted by, you know, the date or you consorted by relevancy. I mean, it's just really easy to, um, digest. You know, it's very easy on the eyes so you can get through getting and get out quickly. So I'm always gonna advocate for that. But whatever works for you, just make sure you're looking for jobs and sending your resume out. Um, make sure that you are checking at least every other day, right? It may be a little straight a stretch for you. Do it every day, but at least every other day you need to be sending out, you know, between five and 10 resumes a week. Okay, um, you can't be sending to, you know, a week and expecting that you're going to find a job quickly. You're not. It's continual out. So you don't want that You want to send them out as quickly as you can. Now, with that say it. Um, if you're looking for something local and you live in a smaller town, that may be all there is. Right? And so I recommend, when I went at the very beginning, when I was talking about um researching your jobs, okay? And you got your top three. You the reason why I said get three is because you need to repeat this process for all three. I say that because as you start sending out jobs and you start looking every day and you start realizing that only to new jobs is getting posted a week, then you're gonna need to start sending out resumes for the other job, right? You're not gonna If you're seeing that there aren't that many openings in your area and you're not planning on relocating, then you're gonna have to widen the job scope, right? You're gonna have to go try to look for some other jobs to you're gonna have to take a look at your second and third choice. Otherwise is going to take you two years to find a job. You know, So sometimes that's the case, and I know I definitely found that to be the case in my area. I live in a pretty, pretty big city is not like huge, but it's pretty big is not like the country, but, um, it is that they don't It's not a whole whole bunch of jobs like it is. It's kind of like seasonal, where, you know, like certain times of the year, is booming and in certain time of the year is like nothing. So if you're one of those seasons where they're not posting hardly anything you may have to . Why didn't your net a little bit to try to find something? So, you know, just kind of keep track of that as you're starting to send out resumes. If you're finding it difficult to find anything new like you, you checked it like the last three days, and they have imposed any new jobs. You know, you may have to consider that, you know, So I would go at least two weeks before making that decision, because sometimes it's just that employers like super active on, like Monday through Wednesday and then too Thursday and Friday's. Everybody's like, ready for the week to be over, and then I really working like they should be so sometimes it could just be the day that you're checking it so good at least a week before you make that decision. So you want to send your resume out with me people's you can't. Now, the next step is literally just to wait for the phone to ring. And it will ring if you do all these steps right. Okay. I, um usually when I'm getting ready to lose a contrary. Okay, so every time I get a job, my jobs last between six and 18 months, so we're usually about the three month mark. Before the contract is up, I will start changing my lengthen. And by that I mean, I will put it sentence at the top that says, actively looking for new opportunities. Right, Because a lot of people don't lengthen their only them, but they're not looking for a job. Right? So you want to put that at the top, that you're actively looking for new opportunities so that they know that Hey, this person is available. They're not just up here. And they work a different job and they're not looking to move. They're really looking for something. So usually I would change my linked in to say that, and then I'll update it with my most recent position and start, you know, kind of sprucing it up, you know? And within two weeks, I'm getting, you know, seven or eight calls a week from people saying, Hey, I saw your only date where I would get messages. Hey, you know, I got this job description, you know? Do you Are you interested? You know, And so that's what you're going for, your going for people constantly calling you constantly emailing you with the new opportunities because they saw your resume because you send it toe or they saw your resume on lengthen. Okay, those two things are important. That's another reason why you're only dumb. Not just so that employers confined you, but but so recruiters and people looking hiring managers looking for candidates confined you, and so they will reach out to you if they like what they see. So that's the whole process. That's the job hunting process. Um, it is work. It's not. Just slap some stuff on a resume and sent it out. If you're doing that, that's probably why you're not successful. You want to make sure that you follow all of these steps so that you can really set yourself up to find something, because what happens is when you find a job, people will still be calling you. Recruiters will still be calling you. People will still be reaching out, and that's a good position to begin. Okay, You'll literally have to take a sentence off and say, you know, not looking for new opportunities, Just, you know, at the moment, you know, or something like that to stop them from calling. And that's a really good position to begin, because you never know when you're going to get laid off or win. You know, you're gonna just not like it or this going to change management and you're not gonna, you know, be feel comfortable anymore. You just never know. And you want to always be in a position where, and you need to get a new job. Tomorrow all you got to do a spruce up. Ah, few sentences on your resume and you're ready to go. Okay, that's what this sets you up for, just like anything else in life. If you put in the work up front, the back end is just smooth Zeitlin. And that's what this process is meant to do is if you go ahead and put it on, put in the work and go through each of these steps now, then, when it comes, when it comes time for you, find a job, it'll be very easy. You know, it'll just be sending out resumes and letting people call you. And that literally is my job. You know, search experience right now does it that that's been my experience for 10 plus years, where I just wait for Hooters to call me and whatever you know, I'm looking for at the time. If they're talking what I want to hear, I, you know, except the opportunity. You know, where I will listen to more. You know, if I'm not, I'll say, Hey, you know that's not right for me right now. You know, keep me in mind for a future opportunities. And that's another thing. Make sure you do that. Make sure that if they email you and they give you the job specs and you don't like it, you respond every single time, respond to them, tell them you know you appreciate them reaching out. But you're not interested in that particular position for this reason. Now that does two things. Number one, it gives you their contact information so that if you ever looking for a job again, you can reach out to them. That's another way that you could look for jobs in the future is that if you've got a bunch of recruiters that have reached out to you when you weren't looking for a job, you can go back and retrieve their information and reach out to them. Okay, this number one number two they updated in their database. Okay, They'll put it in the database. Not not looking for positions in this area or not looking for positions that have blah, blah, blah the updated on your profile. So the Knicks time of recruiter looks, you know, in their database. And they're looking for somebody for a particular position. They won't call you again for the same thing or a person is looking for someone and they'll see that knowing that so Oh, this person might be interested in that. For example, all of my notes to say that I'm looking for could telecommute. Okay, I only do telecommute. I do not do going into the office. So there's there's a note on my file for all the Tim Ages that I work with so they know. But at the same time, if another person is typing in telecommute or remote, it'll automatically pull mine up. OK, so it works to your advantage to make sure that you respond to them and let them know what you're looking for. The next thing is respond in a timely manner. Do not wait days. It's especially. It is a recruiter. If it is a recruiter, they are going to be in a hurry, OK, because what happens is let's say I am X y Z company. Okay? I've got a position that I need to feel. I don't want to have to go out and look for people myself, so I'm gonna hire it staffing agency to do it, But I m worth X amount of dollars. My company is a Fortune 500 companies, so I'm not gonna just hire one staffing agency. I'm gonna hire six, okay? And so whoever gets the job is gonna be the person that actually finds me the candidate I decide to hire, right? So they that's their way of ensuring that they can fill the position quicker. But the recruiters have a sense of urgency for that reason, because whoever gets them the best candidate first is going to get the contract. So, you know, 37 agencies may bring them, you know, three people each to interview whichever one they they decide to hire. Is that the company that's going to get the job? But here's the kicker. If their three step agencies that have been called to fill the position But the other two agencies can't find anybody and you're the only one that can find somebody, you stand a better chance. And then because the end employer is gonna interview your person first. And if you've done your job right, they're gonna like your person. And they're not gonna want to keep you waiting around for other agencies to find somebody they're gonna want. Gonna want to go ahead and hire your person so that could be done. So recruiters are in a hurry, OK, they're not gonna wait days for you to get back to them. By the time to get back to them, the position is gonna be full. Okay? so make sure that you're on it like you need to have your linked in on app in your phone in your pocket at all times. You be checking it every day, like when you get off work. You need to be checking your linked in like you know, you could be checking your email. You need to be answering from college. And you'd be saying, if you have any voicemails like it needs to be like your own call. That's how you get jobs quickly. Um, so I think that's everything. I tried not to keep this too long. I wanted to make sure that I give you guys all of the pertinent information without getting too long winded. Um, like I said, I do have that bonus in video about the recruiters and the agencies and how to do that, um, also include a couple other bonus videos. At some point, I was going to do like a little, um, I don't know online course or something like that, and I kind of got like, halfway through and just got busy with other projects and never finished it, so you guys are going to get the benefit of just getting what I did finish for free. So I include that information is well, and then I have a resume writing tool that I've created. It's the software that only works with Microsoft access. So if you happen to have Microsoft access on your computer, um, and you want to use the software to write your resume, then be sure to go toe how to write a resume dot info And you can part just that software. Just remember it only works with Microsoft access. It's not a Web based software, you know. So if you don't have marks of access, it won't work. And also be aware that it is meant for you to ride your resume. So is literally like you. Copy and paste the information for your resume into that tool, and it formats it for you and it already and adds the cover letter and the objectives for you. But it is not a you know. We'll put the information on for you and do it for you. I mean, like, it formats that for you in this ready when you hit, you know, create. But you do have to already have the day that you want to put on there? So, um, I purposely designed it like that because it's, you know, it's pointless for me to teach you how to do all this stuff and then do it for you, All right? It's important that you take the time to put the content on there. That's gonna be the best content. So that's really what this tool is designed for is for you to just be able to pace that content into the tool, and then it creates a resume. But you still need to content, right? So I just want to let you know that you know, if if you're looking for something that you will have to do anywhere, no research, don't have your own content, this is not what this is for, Okay, so and you'll get that information as you go to the website. But anyway, if you have any questions or concerns, you can email me at support at how to write it. A resume dot info that support at how to write a resume dot info. And I hope you have found this helpful, and I know that you are going to get the job
Amanda Nicole, Faith-Based Teacher & Life Coach
