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WRITE YOUR OWN RESUME

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4. WRITE A VALUES-BASED RESUME - based on your values and beliefs - showcasing how valuable your skills, talents and accomplishments would be when applied to the right company with the right job. Employers' most common complaint is they cannot find good help. Consider how pleased they will be to find someone who really wants to do the work they need done.

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Make your own resume more compelling -- by selling your strengths to employers!

The goal of your resume is to make an employer want to interview you. It's a powerful marketing tool that promotes who you are, what you want to do, and the value you will bring to an organization.

Your resume should be a results oriented, concise document that summarizes your accomplishments for a particular position. To be effective, it must target a specific job and grab the reader's attention with strong selling points on why your skills and background "fit" the position you are seeking. Its main task is to secure an interview, not a job.

Resumes must perform their function quickly to escape the circular file.

The fate of your resume is often decided in as little as 5 to 12 seconds. Up to 95% of the hundreds of resumes employers receive for a single job opening don't survive the initial cut. They get rejected or screened out to reduce the number down to a manageable level. The smallest mistake - missing skills, careless spelling, disorganized content, formatting errors - may be cause to disqualify you.

Most job seekers fail to demonstrate the value they will contribute to an employer.

Potential employers are looking for people who have clear ideas about themselves and what they do best. Employers want to know: What value do you represent to me? What specifically makes up this value? You need to prove, with evidence, that you...