Posted by Trista Harris on June 26, 2008
Branding Yourself with your Resume
Your resume can be a key branding tool. Below are some tips from my Do Good Guide on Branding Yourself for Personal and Professional Success.
- Contact information is easy to find—many ways of contact provided including home phone, cell phone, professional email (not something like partyon@aol.com), and address.
- Work history descriptions are concise, precise, thorough, and do not over-use modifiers like very, extremely, really, etc. Descriptions are written in active voice. –Prepared monthly marketing reports, rather than –Monthly marketing reports were prepared.
- Resume does not contain any typos, misspellings, or grammar mistakes.
- Focus is on accomplishments rather than responsibilities. Example: planned and implemented three large fundraising events, completed three direct mail campaigns each year and oversaw membership renewal mailings. Instead of: responsible for fundraising.
- Contains juicy, descriptive words that relate to your specific field of work.
Your resume or work history on LinkedIn is a key place to highlight your accomplishments. So make sure you make the most out of those opportunities.
June 26th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
There’s a new free online service that lets users create a multi-media branded resume with videos, portfolio, references, blog and more. Check out http://www.nuresume.com and it also lets students get listed in the First Student Online Resume Directory.