By determining ahead of time what your specific career goals are, you will be able to maintain focus and writing your resume around
a single job target will be much easier.
The goal here is # 1 — to connect these splattered blobs with a common theme and # 2 — to focus the resume like a laser beam on
a single job target.
Not exact matches
You'll see this often with e-commerce ads that do a great
job targeting a
single product and then send the person from the ad to the main product page, full of menus and related products and all sorts of potentially distracting (albeit eminently useful) places to click.
Mr. Daprato's
job is to get Shop.ca's
target shoppers — young, social and tech - literate
single adults and thirtysomething plugged - in moms — to visit, buy and return.
The site does a kick ass
job of
targeting latin people and giving many South Americans as well as folks in the United States a place to hang if they like hooking up with
single Latinos and Latinas.
Instead of applying to every
single job you think is suitable, be more precise in
targeting the specific companies that truly excite you.
I know it seems counter intuitive to not respond to every
single job post you see but both your resume and your
job search efforts need to be
targeted.
If you've held a bunch of contract roles that bear no relationship to your current
job target, consolidate them into a
single section.
The resume must be
targeted to any
single position you apply for - Do not use the same piece for information, resume, for every
job opportunity out there — It is a strategy that will lead to no where.
When your resume focuses on a
single target job and tells the story that best qualifies you for that
job, you directly respond to employers» needs and your resume will become a more productive marketing tool.
Decide on a
single target job, one that you have the credentials and experience for, then collect six
job postings and analyze how your
target employers think about and express their needs for that
job.
Right now, there are probably two or more
jobs you can do, but with the way recruitment works today, you have no choice but to go with a resume that focuses on a
single target job.
In many cases, just a
single year or two at a new position will infuse your resume with a plethora of new content that if plugged in too hastily, will create a patchwork coat effect: It may serve a practical purpose at a very base level but it will not turn heads, evoke a visceral reaction and inspire the meaningful,
targeted interview call that, as a
job hunter, you seek.