January and February are the BIGGEST hiring months of the year, with 35% of all jobs created happening in the first two months. Are you ready for January 2022 and the upcoming hiring wave??
In the video above, Tammy Kabell with Career Resume Consulting reviews a "good looking resume," and explains the hidden flaws in a typical resume, and how to correct those to increase your response rate by 3X to 4X.
What kind of degree?
If you only have an associate’s degree and you’re looking for a role at a Director level or above, there is no need to include the associate’s degree on your resume. If you leave it off, an employer or recruiter won’t even realize it.
If you have a bachelor’s degree, even in an unrelated area, it’s a good idea to put it on the resume.
Quantify your Achievements
It’s one of our top pieces of advice. Whether you’re targeting head-hunters or hiring managers directly, quantifying your success sounds more impressive, gives you a dynamic positioning and helps people imagine the impact you’re going to make from the get-go. On your resume, it is very important to make every word count. Numbers talk!
Can you decrease your job search time simply by understanding how puzzles are put together? Tammy Kabell with Career Resume Consulting explains how YOU are a very valuable piece to the puzzle your future employer is trying to put together.
Here is a great resource for when you are writing an executive resume from scratch. This downloadable document below will give you over 200 key words and phrases that are transferable skills and experience factors that can be used in any industry. Using these skills and experience factor words and phrases will enable the reader of your resume to easily picture you in their organization, since you are taking out all of your own industry jargon.
Tammy Kabell with Career Resume Consulting explains how to replace the standard cover letter with a 5 minute handwritten note. She tells you exactly what to write beside your executive resume (of which she recommends a functional resume format) to get the best response.
Sometimes, the quickest way to increase the effectiveness of your resume is to remove some items from your current resume, which will immediately help boost your response rate. In this video, Tammy Kabell explains 10 things you can remove from your current resume to get more employers and recruiters calling you.