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You can see why
Monty’s new resume increased his request for interviews
by over 60% and landed him a position paying $10,000 more. Categorizing
his Assistant to Controller experience gave employers a broad
view of Monty’s skills at a glance.
Monty developed
this resume by using my booklet entitled: Proven Resumes: Strategies That Increase
Salaries and Can Change Your Life, which is written for job seekers in
the $24,000 to $70,000+ range and is described below.
$9,000
Salary Increase
The
first resume workshop in this site shows how Fran's after resume
resulted in a $9,000 salary increase.
Fran wanted a $33,000 Corporate Customer Representative job but
her resume created an image of her being at a $20,000 to 24,000 salary
level -- that's $9,000 to $13,000 beneath her goal.
What
Level Does Your Resume Market You At?
If you
are curious to see what level your resume is marketing you at
then be
sure to read and use the graphing techniques in my first workshop.
By graphing the job titles used in Fran's resume it's easy to see why
her resume failed
and once you understand this
you will understand
why the majority of resumes fail. You'll then understand how to analyze your job titles and see
if you are better off using them or replacing them with skill headings that
market you more effectively.
Most
People Have Job Titles that Weaken Their Image
I
estimate that at least 85% of all job seekers have job titles unrelated to
their current career goals
and that they are much better off using skill
headings rather than job titles to land higher salaries and double and
triple their interview rates.
For
example, Fran had been a Directory Operator but in most people's minds that
doesn't sound like she's at the level of a Corporate Customer Representative
making $33,000
that's because most people don't view directory operators
as providing true customer service. Most
people say that Directory Operator sounds like someone making only $20,000.
However, by using the 12 Questions in my Proven Resumes Series, Fran
wrote a new description of her duties as a Directory Operator that described
her being selected out of 100 Directory Operators to provide specialized
Customer Service to the Governor's Office and Political Dignitaries in the
Washington State Capitol
now that information begins to change our image
of Fran doesn't it? That makes
her sound much more like someone being able to command $33,000.
Which
sounds like a better match for the $33,000 Corporate Customer Service
Representative goal
her old job title of Directory Operator
or a skill heading like Customer Service Representative to State
of Washington Account. In
Fran's actual resume we used the heading of Customer Service Representative
but you can see how you can play with skill headings to control and elevate
your image
this is one strategy I explain in detail with examples
throughout my book, Proven Resumes: Strategies That Have Increased Salaries,
and one of the strongest things I can offer you as a resume writer
just
in case you don't have the time or patience to write your own.
Going
from 0% to 100% Interview Rate
By
using skill headings that matched her goal, Fran went from a 0% interview
rate to a 100% interview rate -- meaning none of her prior resumes had
landed an interview but her new resume landed an interview for each position
she applied for.
Click
here to learn other ways we
improved Fran's resume and landed her a job paying $9,000 more click
here to read my first set of resume
workshops!
If you've entered my site via this page, be sure to go to my home
page for an overview of more than 60 Free Resume & Job Search Workshops
that include tons of Resume Tips for 45 Career Fields, Job Search,
Electronic Resume, Cover Letter, Interviewing, Networking and Confidence
Building strategies.
The
testimonials at the top of this page and throughout my site describe salary
increases ranging from $10,000 to $30,000 and more. Here's one of my most recent ones:
| Regina,
the resume you wrote caught the attention of the world's leading
software manufacturer. Thanks for helping inspire me through
your thoughtful questions and objective interpretation of my work
history.
I'm
sure it made a big difference in my ability to be recognized in a
competitive environment and cross the $100,000 threshold. By
the way, the offer I accepted was an increase of $25K annually (21%
increase).
Rachel Pizarro, Senior Sales Account Executive / Operations Manager |
Recent
Graduate with Minimal Experience
Cynthia
had worked as an Assistant Apartment Manager. She completed an
A.A.S. Degree in Accounting and wanted to land her first full
time bookkeeping or accounting position. Here’s a section
from her before resume:
Assistant
Apartment Manager
Answered phones, accepted and recorded rent payments, previewed
apartments with potential renters. Supervised office in place
of manager who lived off site and was absent 70% of the time.
Reviewed and approved credit reports. Hired and supervised maintenance
providers. |
Now read a section
from Cynthia’s new resume. Does this sound like an entirely
different person. As you can see this description also categorizes
the skills Cynthia gained as an Assistant Apartment Manager.
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Accounting
and Administrative Management
Managed all accounting and administrative functions for a complex
generating revenues of $500,000 annually (in absence of manager
who was off site 60% of the time).
Credit Approval
and Lease Negotiation
Processed credit applications, reviewed and approved credit reports
for up to 100 applications per year.
Hiring of
Vendors and Subcontract Administration
Managed subcontract agreements; conducted inspections and gave
final project approval for vendor payment. |
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Again, you can see
by categorizing skills that Cynthia had gained as an Assistant
Apartment Manager--which are accounting-related--she greatly
strengthened her resume. Cynthia used my booklet entitled, 6 Easy Steps to Create
Resumes and Cover Letters for Accounting Students to create her resume.
All the resume, cover letter, thank you letter and scanned resume
examples in this booklet were written strictly for accounting
positions up to $32,000+ range. It contains 78 skill headings,
skills and 40 sample sentences for the Accounting field to make
creating an accounting resume much easier along with skill lists
for 20 other industries. This booklet is described below. |
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