Don't worry if you can't make a final decision just yet; you can pick a broad area or several goals for employment and make
few versions of your resume, depending on the job you are applying for.
Don't worry if you can't make a final decision just yet — you can pick a broad area or several goals for employment and make
few versions of your resume, depending on the job you are applying for.
Especially if you have a great deal of experience, it's OK to have
a few versions of your resume and tailor each to the job you're applying for.
Having
a few versions of your resume that you can choose from is invaluable.
Not exact matches
X had worked with a
few professional
resume writers (via career centers and big - box firms) and ended up with a
version that looked and read like a hundred other
resumes; a
version that opened with a vague summary that could fit any number
of candidates; and a
version that literally (word - for - word) came from an online sample.
Nearly every
resume we see still offers some
version of «I'm a team player» — yet
few seem to understand what that means in the Social Age.
If you're applying for a
few different types
of jobs, write a cover letter for each type, and create different
versions of your
resume to go along with them.
Get a
few copies
of the article or the right to make copies (some publications will give or sell you reprints
of your article as it appeared in their publication, but not give you the right to make copies) to attach to your
resume when you send a paper
version to an employer.
I usually suggest to my clients to have a
few different
versions of their
resume, or at least be able to tweak it a little for each job so it looks more targeted.
While most agencies still require the traditional SES
resume and full set
of ECQs, there are still a
few agencies that prefer the drilled - down five - page SES
resume version, but if a candidate is selected for the SES position, we find some agencies still request the full set
of ECQs.
You don't need to have multiple
versions of your
resume, but it makes sense to have multiple
versions if you're applying for a
few different categories
of jobs, because in that case you'd want to emphasize different things.
As with
resumes, you will need several
versions of your cover letters: one for recruiters, one for specific jobs and one for «generic» jobs (to name a
few).