Is the content relevant? Here are the basic steps to getting started with your resume, and finding the relevancy in your content.

1. WRITING YOUR RÉSUMÉ
IS THE CONTENT RELEVANT?
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2. G E T T I N G S TA R T E D …
When tackling a résumé, people tend to:
 Describe all the facets of their job
 Include all their experience from the beginning of their career
This is an incorrect approach. To start, it is a good idea to have a
base document to work from which should:
 Include the details of each job
 Outline all facets of your career
 Contain a list of your success and accomplishments in each position
 List your education and all training
 List your competencies, expertise, and technical skills
Once you have this base document, you are ready to begin.
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3. F I N D I N G T H E R E L E VA N C Y …
Where is the next step in your career? If you have a position you
are interested in, print this out and analyze the job description.
Things to look for and highlight are:
 The prerequisites or requirements for the job
 Read the job description, highlight the skills, traits, expertise, and any key
words and phrases used to describe their ideal candidate
 Re-read to make sure you got it all
The information you have highlighted is what you will use to filter
the content in your base résumé and create one that is
concise, targeted, and relevant.
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4. SIFT THROUGH YOUR CONTENT…
Now read through your base résumé and highlight those areas
which match the requirements of the position.
When analyzing your experience, you will want:
 The duties which showcase similar skills and traits
 The overall scope of your position
 Your successes and accomplishments which further attests to your abilities
Regarding your education:
 The most important should be mentioned first
 All other relevant training should be mentioned after
 Do not include any education prior to college (i.e. high school)
For your competency list:
 Again, list the competencies of most importance
 Followed by any additional that can be an asset to the position
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5. BUILD YOUR DOCUMENT…
The first half to three quarters of your targeted résumé is prime
real estate. This is where you want to capture and hold the
reader’s interest.
 Prerequisites are important and should be near or at the top to your document
Example:
 Specific education or training can be mentioned in your profile summary
 Technical or behavioral skills can be indentified in a competency list
Key words and phrases should be included throughout your document, but
in a way that fits and makes sense.
 Condense your job descriptions for each position to highlight the scope of your
responsibilities.
 Identify activities that bring out the skills needed
 Bullet only those successes or activities which further validate your expertise
 Remember to your bullets in order of importance
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6. CHECK AND RECHECK…
Now that you have the content for your targeted résumé, the next
step is apply the finishing touches and check, double check, and
triple check your document.
Finishing touches include:
 Presentation - make sure it is logical and easy to read
 Try to keep it to one or two pages maximum
 It should be written in the “first person implied”
Helpful hints on checking are:
 Sleep on it and check it again in the morning
 Have trusted friends and coworkers read and provide feedback
 Tweak your résumé as needed
Your document is finished and ready for use in your job search!
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7. A B O U T C R E AT E Y O U R C A R E E R PAT H
Create Your Career Path was founded by certified career coach, speaker and
author Hallie Crawford. Crawford has served on the Board of the Georgia Coach
Association, and is regularly featured as a career expert on CNN, Fox Business News
Forbes.com, The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo HotJobs and Entrepreneur Magazine.
Create Your Career Path is a boutique career coaching firm known for their personal
attention, commitment to clients and a blend of dreaming and being practical in
achieving career goals. Collectively in the past 10 years, they’ve helped hundreds of
clients all over the world find and succeed in their dream job.
Each of their coaches are certified coaches with specific career coaching experience
and training. They cater to professional men and women, management level and
higher, in mid-career transition. Their success rate is 97%, measured by the number of
people who have gotten what they wanted out of coaching. The coaches use a
specific tried and tested process and tools developed by Hallie Crawford over the
years.
Contact us for a complimentary consultation: www.halliecrawford.com/contact.html.
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