2. Let’s get acquainted
Please turn to the person next to you and share the following information.
Person A ask Person B these questions for 3 minutes, then reverse.
1. First name
2. Are you employed? Yes/No
3. If you are unemployed, how long?
4. Do you have a resume? Yes/No
5. Is your resume getting you interviews? Yes/No
6. What is your job goal?
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3. What did you learn
from each other?
We are all in this together
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4. What is a resume?
A resume is a brief written account of
• work
• education
• professional affiliations
• qualifications
• experience
an applicant prepares for a job
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5. Types of resumes
& when to use them
Type When to use
Chronological List & describe your jobs, now to past
For basic job application
List & describe your skills
Skills
For changing careers, fields
Skills first, then jobs
Combo
To highlight your experience
Select skills and jobs linked to the job
Targeted
you are applying for (leave out others)
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7. Basic elements of the resume
• Name, address, phone, email
• Profile statement of expertise (3 lines)
• List each job from most recent first to oldest
• Info for each job will be:
a) Name of company & years on one line
b) Your title
c) Brief statement (2 lines)
d) Bulleted accomplishments – one per bullet
• Education
• Professional affiliations
• Other skills (languages, computer, etc)
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8. Sample resume – Page 1
Jane Doe
285 7th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11218 917-268-7226 - 718-250-7197 janedoe@jd-strategies.com
Mission-driven, strategic leader who strengthens nonprofit organizations with action-oriented solutions to today’s complex challenges.
Specialist in health and education program operations with affinity for diverse constituencies.
Work Experience
Management Consultant 2000- Present
Lead diverse board and staff projects that improve management and program operations and increase income during periods of intense
organizational change.
Clients include: (list).
Results:
• Strengthened operations with organizational assessments and work plans
• Guided staff reorganization for greater productivity and improved communications
• Established strategic alliances with corporate and nonprofit entities resulting in image benefits for the corporations and funding for the
nonprofits
• Designed effective outreach activities that increased quality and quantity of services
• Improved program performance by assessing and evaluating programs and personnel
• Coached executives to improve their leadership skills
The Smith Foundation for Breast Health Education 2000 - 2007
Executive Director
Led operating health foundation, driving budget and program growth ten-fold, from under $200,000 to over $1,400,000 and client base from
2,500 to over 24,000 annually.
Strategies to achieve these results:
• Established systems - fiscal, human resources, income generation, public relations, and administration
• Developed strategic branding, outreach, educational curricula and unique collaborations with partners among schools, community groups,
business, and nonprofits
• Hired, supervised, trained and evaluated 9 fulltime,10 educators and 30 volunteers
• Positioned the Foundation as a leader in the field of breast cancer and breast health education
• Created library, resource center, conference and lecture series and on-line health educator training program
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9. What stands out in our sample?
• Resume starts with a POWER statement
• Each job starts with a POWER statement
• Each sentence has no more than 10 words
• Each paragraph has no more than 2 lines (3 max)
• Every bullet point starts with an action verb – give
examples of action verbs
• We used numbers where possible to dramatize results
• Sub-headings like “results” = “arrows to toyland” ☺
• Reader can scan left margin and see all job titles – why?
• Reader can scan right margin and see the years – why?
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10. Red flags
Typos and spelling mistakes – use Spellcheck, triple check, ask a
friend to look it over
Staying at a job less than a year, or having several jobs in a short
time – try to combine them (discuss)
Including every job back to the Year One – if you are over 40 drop
the early jobs from your resume – age is an issue (discuss)
Putting in month as well as year in the job – looks like you just got
out of school or have only been in the job market a short time or
skipped around too much (take month info with you to fill out
forms in Personnel Office in case they need that much detail)
Over-explaining, over describing – the fewer words, the more
POWERFUL – communicate power with numbers and facts
Lying about your education or employment – they tend to find out
eventually and you will suffer for it – find another way to cover
deficiencies with accomplishments (discuss)
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12. Don’t put job goal at top
Why?
Telling the reader what you want has no
value for selling your expertise.
When you lead off with your power
statement, you give the reader a chance to
be impressed with what you have done.
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13. Include volunteer work as a job
SAMPLE from Jane’s resume, Page 2
Council of Presidents of Parents Associations, District 22 1985 – 1988
President
During a time of intense immigration and cultural change, created nationally
publicized cultural outreach center for new immigrant public school parents
and students that diminished cultural isolation.
We created an open forum for parents to address school-related issues, many
for the first time.
Results:
• Led 26 district schools to address issues of student equity
• For many parents, introduced the concept of volunteerism for the first time
• Increased attendance by 50% at parent-teacher conferences and
educational workshops
• Established Library Revitalization Project which resulted in funding and
expansion
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14. Education sample (Jane)
Education
New York University, Robert F. Wagner Graduate
School of Public Service, NY, NY Master of Public
Administration. Specialization: Health Policy and
Management 1999
State University of New York, Empire State
College, NY, NY Bachelor of Science in Education.
Concentration: Multi-cultural approaches to arts education 1985
The New School for Social Research, NY, NY
Program Certificate in Children's Book Illustration and Writing 1981
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15. Professional affiliations sample (Jane)
Professional Affiliations
Board Member, Fearless Educational Foundation
Member, NYU Wagner Founders Committee
Founding Member, Long Island Women’s Leadership
Council
Advisory Board Member, Lymphatic Research Foundation
Member, New York State Cancer Consortium
Member, Non Profit Coordinating Committee
Member, American Public Health Association
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16. Highlight the Power
Before & After Versions
Before
The Smith Museum, Learning Through Art 1990-1997
Program Director
Led this national model arts-in-education program, expanding program growth and quality significantly,
as follows.
• Replicated the program model across the United States and in Mexico City
• Re-engineered operations, programs and training tools
• Launched culturally diverse outreach initiative to involve 4,500 disadvantaged youth
• Managed $1M program budget
• Supervised consultants to raise funds from government and private sources
• Established 40+ museum-school partnerships, involving children, parents and teachers in 12
school districts
• Directed and developed team of 20 teaching artists and 7 in-house staff members
• Produced yearly museum exhibition
• Produced educational programs, curriculum guides and collateral materials that are still in use a
decade later
• Created evaluation techniques that improved programs and were used as prototypes for other
similar organizations. These included qualitative and quantitative methods to measure student
learning outcomes and parent involvement.
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17. After
The Smith Museum, Learning Through Art 1990-1997
Program Director
Replicated this national program model across the United States and in Mexico City.
a) Impact
• Established 40+ museum-school partnerships, involving children, parents and teachers in 12 school districts
• Launched culturally diverse outreach initiative to involve 4,500 disadvantaged youth
b) Management and finance
• Managed $1M program budget
• Directed 7 staff members 20 teaching artists
• Supervised successful fund raising team
• Re-engineered operations, programs and training tools
c) Program
• Produced annual museum exhibit, dozens of educational programs, curriculum guides and collateral materials that
are in continuous use
• Created qualitative and quantitative evaluation techniques used as prototypes for other similar organizations.
• Significantly improved student learning outcomes and parent involvement
Sha-zam!!!
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18. How are the samples different?
• Put the most amazing result in opening statement
• Cut out lots of words so others stand out
• Created sub-headings to highlight areas of
achievement
Highlighted the most employable skills:
•
Supervising and managing people
Managing money
Raising funds
Getting results
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19. What’s the difference
between a regular resume
and a power resume?
Show how you have solved lots of problems before
Use facts and figures, not blah blah blah
Use bullets and active verbs = fast action
They get your message in ONE MINUTE
What else?
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20. What do employers want?
They want you to solve a problem for them
YOU
YOUR EMPLOYER
Examples:
• Bring in more customers/participants/clients
• Earn more money for the company (sales or raise
funds)
• Save them money (work hard, be practical)
• What else????
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21. How you add value
• Be a contributor
• How can you make the world, the company, the
job a better place?
• What is your special gift to give?
• What gives meaning to your life?
These issues are your power source
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22. When you do the right kind of this .
You will end up with a lot of this
Contact me at: powerresumes@mindspring.com
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