Writing an impressive resume is something that every prospective job seeker is searching for. Delivering the piece of paper or group of papers that makes and employer stop and say they want this person is what you are looking to accomplish with your resume. Keep this in mind when formatting and developing a resume and you will succeed. Know your strengths to sell these to get an interview from your resume.
With our current economy, many employers see more resumes than many have seen in their entire careers for one or two jobs. There are so many people that are seeking employment that employers are looking for reasons not to provide interviews than resumes that are good enough for an interview. How do you make your resume stand out from the pack?
Your resume should sell your strengths and downplay your weaknesses. You want your resume to provide specific examples of where you displayed leadership, ingenuity, successful projects and most significantly how you positively impacted the bottom line of your business and its needs.
Know your strengths. Knowing your strengths is how you sell yourself to your prospective employer. They will buy your strengths and don’t really care to know about any weaknesses you have. If you do have any weaknesses, identify them as strengths. Some weaknesses are strengths if reviewed in the right light.
This is a terrific article on knowing your strengths through identifying your weaknesses.
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