

Once you know who you want to be in the working world, it becomes much easier to write about yourself.Ĭan you submit your resume with its human voice into an Applicant Tracking System? Of course you can, but that is not the best way to reach your hiring manager. That clarity will help you as you begin updating your resume. You will have a bit of that elusive thing: clarity!

When you take the time to think about what you want to do next in your career, your pulse will quicken. That's not the best way to bring your message across! They flatten their owners out into identical robotic cubicle-filling units. My goal in this resume is to sound exactly like everyone else."ĭrone-type resumes are dangerous. Also, a drone-type resume sends the message "I am anyone - or everyone. You are a real and amazing person, but a traditional resume won't make that clear.Ī boring, dusty resume will never get a reader's attention. Readers have a hard time focusing on the details in your resume when the human life is sucked out of it. The standard resume format is dead and dusty. It's a new millennium now! Even when they're not aware of it, people want to learn about other people more than they need to read another boilerplate bullet point or more corporate jargon. We never incorporated this information - why you chose your career, how you view your profession or what you're passionate about - in a resume before. I didn't think I had to think through all those topics!" Right now you might be thinking "I didn't know I had to write a resume that gets into my motivations and my worldview about my profession. My goal as an HR Manager is to make my organization a great business and a great place to work - by recruiting and supporting talented employees, developing new leaders and building a vibrant, healthy culture for success. I got into HR through the side door as a career counselor at my local community college. Your Summary is a mental frame you will build for the reader to step into: Your resume starts with your name and contact details at the top of the page.Īfter that you'll write a brief Summary that describes you and your background in a few words. Most of us don't think of a resume-updating project as a deep exploration of our life goals, but it can be that - and it can only help you to step into your resume-updating adventure with that mindset. It takes time and energy to put a human voice in your resume, because it requires you to ask and answer questions about your brand - that is, questions about who you are and want to be professionally, and what you want from your life and career. Sign up here to get top career advice delivered straight to your inbox every week. Subscribe To The Forbes Careers Newsletter
