The purpose of your resume is to make you stand out and get you an interview. If your resume isn’t getting you into the door for an interview you need to consider revising it. It should be impressive enough to get someone attention at first glance without having to read it in complete detail.
Your resume should be able to paint the picture of value. If there is no value why would someone hire you?
What would you do if you were the interviewer and there was two candidates who made the below statements?
Candidate 1
“I worked for a company selling gizmos for 10 years before transferring to head manager”.
Candidate 2
“I worked for a company for 10 years selling gizmos. While working for the company I was in the top 10 each year for selling the most gizmos. While there I made the company a minimum of $200,000 per year off my personal sales.”
I don’t know about you but I would pick candidate 2. Candidate 2 showed his/her value within the sentence making you understand what they could bring to the new company.
Your resume needs to do the same thing.
The resume needs to provide a platform where you’ll be easily remembered. Let’s say you are a motorcyle mechanic and you want to work for a highly competitive place for employement. Of course you would talk about any certifications that you have for fixing motorycles but you make yourself stand out by talking about the relationship you have with the customers. Maybe you’ve received personal notes from customers thanking you for the quality of service you provided. You want to include one or two of these letters if the company allows you to when submitting the resume. The reason for the letters is because all good mechanics are going to have those same certifications. You need to have one thing that puts you over the top.
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