Six-Step Resume Writing
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Step One: Targeting Your Career and Audience
You must have a clear idea of what you want to accomplish in your
professional life in order to maximize the impact of your resume
for your targeted audience—the hiring manager or graduate
school admissions director.
Before you begin, ask yourself these questions. Are you:
1. Making a lateral move?
2. Seeking a promotion?
3. Career transitioning?
4. Pursuing admission into a graduate program?*
For numbers 1-3 above, the most effective way to begin targeting
your resume is to search openings that appeal to you in internal
company postings, newspaper classifieds or
at job banks, such as the top
job banks linked below.
After answering the questions above, you can highlight the qualifications
you will need to be considered and the duties you would be expected
to assume.
Every match in terms of qualifications and experience will
serve as keywords** in your resume, as well as provide focus
so that the resume can be tailored for your targeted audience.
The more closely the content of your resume matches the content
of job postings, the more likely you will be asked to interview.
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* Resumes provided for graduate school admission showcase your
skills, professional experience, accomplishments, and academic
history in much the same way as "job" resumes. The difference
is that an admissions resume will focus on what transitions well
to the classroom, not necessarily to the workplace.
** Keywords include industry-specific jargon or acronyms. Companies
that scan resumes into computers and then search them electronically,
require a set number of hits on keywords before the hiring
manager will personally review the applicant's resume. It is always
wise to incorporate as many relevant keywords as possible into
your resume.
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