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Dust off your resume and make sure it reflects what employers
today are seeking. You have a lot to offer.
Has your resume grown to three or four pages over time? Is your
first job after high school graduation still listed? Are you still
displaying the date you graduated from college?
Include only the most recent 15 to 20 years of work history. The
emphasis today is on capabilities, qualifications, and
achievements. Don’t tell prospective employers that you can just
use various software programs. Give examples of how you helped
the bottom line of a company in doing so.
If your relevant accomplishments are three jobs back – don’t list a
chronology of your work history on your resume. Employers may not
get that far. Lead the professional section of your resume with your
list of accomplishments.
If you have been at home raising children for several years, call
attention to your lifetime of experience – at home, in the community,
and at work. Think of accomplishments in terms of transferable
skills: those in the areas of communications, organizing
information, and fixing things. You haven’t simply been a stay-at-
home mother. You have managed a budget that saved for family
vacations, college tuition funds and retirement. You organized a
fundraiser at your children’s school that raised $11,000 for new
computers. You wired all the electronics in your home including
computers, printers, and scanners, as well as set up all the
software programs for such.
Focus on what your attitude is. Employers want to know that you
have a deep openness to learning new things. They want people
who are willing to learn, adapt, and be stable, who aren't looking for
the next job before they start this one.
This describes you! Just be sure to communicate these strengths
in your resume. You can do it. Get started now!
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Mary Lee Gannon is a career advice expert who went from being a
stay-at-home mother with four children to divorce, poverty and then
on to become a newspaper reporter, trade association executive
director, public relations consultant, and foundation president and
CEO. View Mary Lee’s free career tips, worksheets and Blog on her
website at www.startingovernow.com. Contact Mary Lee at
info@startingovernow.com.
Dust off your resume and make sure it reflects what employers
today are seeking. You have a lot to offer.
Has your resume grown to three or four pages over time? Is your
first job after high school graduation still listed? Are you still
displaying the date you graduated from college?
Include only the most recent 15 to 20 years of work history. The
emphasis today is on capabilities, qualifications, and
achievements. Don’t tell prospective employers that you can just
use various software programs. Give examples of how you helped
the bottom line of a company in doing so.
If your relevant accomplishments are three jobs back – don’t list a
chronology of your work history on your resume. Employers may not
get that far. Lead the professional section of your resume with your
list of accomplishments.
If you have been at home raising children for several years, call
attention to your lifetime of experience – at home, in the community,
and at work. Think of accomplishments in terms of transferable
skills: those in the areas of communications, organizing
information, and fixing things. You haven’t simply been a stay-at-
home mother. You have managed a budget that saved for family
vacations, college tuition funds and retirement. You organized a
fundraiser at your children’s school that raised $11,000 for new
computers. You wired all the electronics in your home including
computers, printers, and scanners, as well as set up all the
software programs for such.
Focus on what your attitude is. Employers want to know that you
have a deep openness to learning new things. They want people
who are willing to learn, adapt, and be stable, who aren't looking for
the next job before they start this one.
This describes you! Just be sure to communicate these strengths
in your resume. You can do it. Get started now!
Get Mary Lee’s new FREE e-book “Make Your Wheel of Fortune
Spin on Balance" by clicking here.
Follow Mary Lee's career tips on Twitter.com at StartingOverNow.
For the FREE Worksheets: “Recession Proof Careers” and “How to
Make a Career Change in a Failing Economy” go to: http://www.
startingovernow.com/Articles-and-Tip-Sheets.html
Mary Lee Gannon is a career advice expert who went from being a
stay-at-home mother with four children to divorce, poverty and then
on to become a newspaper reporter, trade association executive
director, public relations consultant, and foundation president and
CEO. View Mary Lee’s free career tips, worksheets and Blog on her
website at www.startingovernow.com. Contact Mary Lee at
info@startingovernow.com.
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Whether you are an executive who is "stuck," your company needs
better productivity, or you are in a life transition you represent the
people and organizations Executive Leadership Coach Mary Lee has
helped. Learn how to clarify direction, create strategy, upgrade skills,
optimize your environment and wipe out fear and doubt. Make it fun =
get more done!
Mary Lee’s strategies from her book “Starting Over” helped her in her
own transformation from stay-at-home mother with four children living
a country club life to the reality of a difficult marriage, divorce, poverty,
welfare and then on to president and CEO. Eliminate self doubt, under-
performance, money fears, relationships woes, and negative influence
so that you may soar. Then lead others to improve their lives and your
business. Start now! For a FREE introductory coaching session via
phone contact info@startingovernow.com.
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FREE Resources
to help you:
1. United States of America's
primary source on career
information:
www.onetcenter.org
2. Wage Estimates
www.salary.com and Bureau of
Labor and Statistics
3. Organize Your Job Search -
Post a Question etc.:
www.cvtips.com
4. Starting Over After Divorce:
www.womansdivorce.com
5. Starting Over for Women:
www.makingbreadmagazine.co
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6. Self Improvement:
www.selfgrowth.com.
7. Job Postings, Resume
Advice and Resources:
www.careerbuiler.com
8. Templates for: business
plans, competitive analysis,
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www.score.org/business_toolbox
.html
9. Federal/Sate/Local
Government jobs:
www.USAJOBS.com
10. U.S. Government's Free
online courses, webinars and
podcasts for workforce
development:
www.onetacademy.com.
11. Occupational Outlook
Handbok 2008-09 by Bureau of
Labor and Statistics:
http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.ht
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to help you:
1. United States of America's
primary source on career
information:
www.onetcenter.org
2. Wage Estimates
www.salary.com and Bureau of
Labor and Statistics
3. Organize Your Job Search -
Post a Question etc.:
www.cvtips.com
4. Starting Over After Divorce:
www.womansdivorce.com
5. Starting Over for Women:
www.makingbreadmagazine.co
m
6. Self Improvement:
www.selfgrowth.com.
7. Job Postings, Resume
Advice and Resources:
www.careerbuiler.com
8. Templates for: business
plans, competitive analysis,
start up costs and more:
www.score.org/business_toolbox
.html
9. Federal/Sate/Local
Government jobs:
www.USAJOBS.com
10. U.S. Government's Free
online courses, webinars and
podcasts for workforce
development:
www.onetacademy.com.
11. Occupational Outlook
Handbok 2008-09 by Bureau of
Labor and Statistics:
http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.ht
m
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