Read through job descriptions from the industry you're trying to break into, use that to draw
parallels between the job you've worked most recently, and develop those skills that crossover in the body of your resume.
(There are many
parallels between the job search and the dating scene: trying to «seduce» by showing what's great about you with various limited tools, having to meet certain criteria very quickly, the pain of rejection, how stressful it is,... OkCupid wrote a fascinating piece on attractiveness.
Career transition resumes succeed when a job candidate draws
parallels between the job functions of their existing career and the requirements of their newly discovered career.
There are so many
parallels between job search and marathons... My readers who know me know that I train for marathons and triathlons and run to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
Not exact matches
A 2010 Washington Times op - ed, written by Richard Rahn of the Cato Institute and illustrated with a Photoshop
job of the American President in an Argentine gaucho outfit, offered a litany of
parallels between the two countries: «Argentina has extensive import bans and controls.
Linafelt demonstrates differences
between Hebrew and Western poetry, in particular the use of figurative language and couplets with
parallel meanings in the Hebrew — for example, in the Books of
Job and the Psalms.
While reading these, I noted the
parallels between Beckwith's material and the pointers that technical types need to successfully «market» themselves into a
job in industry.
Wolfe - Simon thought the
parallels between the two elements could mean that despite its toxicity, arsenic was capable of performing phosphorus's
job in the cell.
I can draw a
parallel between CC folks hoping magic words will carry the day to folks who go to college / get a
job making money with smoke and mirrors (financial markets) vs. making things, or teachers who emphasize process and procedure vs. content.
Orlandi — known for his politically engaged work — will explore the
parallels between Turpin's fight against the extremist views of the 30s and our own generation's struggle with terror, while Smith's new film subtly remembers Turpin's day
job of a window cleaner, by filming the mesmerising lines of contemporary East End window washers at work.
At his blog Adam Smith, Esq., Bruce MacEwen reads
between the lines of the WSJ article and concludes that the real story is in the legal profession's split into
parallel job markets.
Think about what they want and draw
parallels between your past experiences and the
job requirements.
Her article: How a
Job Search Is Like Painting a Room identifies 12
parallels between the two activities.
But it has to be verb - driven and draw a direct
parallel between the candidate's experience and skills and the generalized requirements of a posted
job.