The purpose of a career resume is simple.
It is designed to get a meeting, whether that be an interview with a potential employer,with a recruitment consultant or very occasionally for a meeting with a referral contact where that person has expressed an interest in a possible position with his or her organisation.
It is often a useful exercise to include a career objective in the resume when you wish to indicate to the reader:- • That you specifically match the needs of the organisation for a specific role.
• That you are very clear idea about where your career is going and you are demonstrating determination and purpose.
• That you are going for a more senior role to the one you are currently in or have just left and therefore your salary expectations are higher.
Some people may be skeptical about the last point, because the job market is competitive at present.
But remember that employers will often favor the " bolder " candidate, because they have challenging issues that they need a strong individual to help them deal with.
As far as putting a career objective on a resume is concerned, it can be placed at the end of the three to four line profile or as a separate paragraph just below the profile on the first page.
The use of a career objective is also useful as it functions as a keyword or phrase when your resume is selected as part of a Google search by a recruiter.
And lastly for the students of psychology, it acts as goal as far as your subconscious is concerned.
So repeat it several times a day and you may surprise yourself by getting a more senior role than you had before.
This is just one suggestion for helping in a job search which is why you should sign up for my free 5 day mini course at http://www.
careers-advisor.
com
It is designed to get a meeting, whether that be an interview with a potential employer,with a recruitment consultant or very occasionally for a meeting with a referral contact where that person has expressed an interest in a possible position with his or her organisation.
It is often a useful exercise to include a career objective in the resume when you wish to indicate to the reader:- • That you specifically match the needs of the organisation for a specific role.
• That you are very clear idea about where your career is going and you are demonstrating determination and purpose.
• That you are going for a more senior role to the one you are currently in or have just left and therefore your salary expectations are higher.
Some people may be skeptical about the last point, because the job market is competitive at present.
But remember that employers will often favor the " bolder " candidate, because they have challenging issues that they need a strong individual to help them deal with.
As far as putting a career objective on a resume is concerned, it can be placed at the end of the three to four line profile or as a separate paragraph just below the profile on the first page.
The use of a career objective is also useful as it functions as a keyword or phrase when your resume is selected as part of a Google search by a recruiter.
And lastly for the students of psychology, it acts as goal as far as your subconscious is concerned.
So repeat it several times a day and you may surprise yourself by getting a more senior role than you had before.
This is just one suggestion for helping in a job search which is why you should sign up for my free 5 day mini course at http://www.
careers-advisor.
com
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