Promotion-Based Resume Writing
Now that you have learned how to make yourself promotable, you need to show a potential employer that you have the required talent.
It is a reality in today's business world that to move up into management, you often have to look outside of your current company. This is because most employers can't seem to see you for more than the position that you currently occupy. In other companies, you have to apply for a position just like someone who is coming from the outside. In both cases, you are required to have a resume that shows your talents. So let's get started.
Make A List The form of your resume is not as important as the content is, no matter what you may hear or think. You can't design a resume if you don't have any qualifications and experience to put into it. You need to find out who you are, and what experiences qualify you for management. Remember that if you have ever supervised people, you were managing them, title or not. To do this you start with your current position, and work back through your career. Include any duties that you performed in community service or volunteer service positions. Remember, you will be asked about the items on your resume, and they will be checked with your current and former employers, so you must be able to quantify the items listed.
- List your duties. Even if you only did a particular duty once, list it. Look at those things that would be managerial, not just functional. Make sure that you identify which company you performed each item for.
- List your contributions. Did you find a better way to do something that increased the quality of the product or the efficiency of the operation?
- List any rewards that you received.
- List any special training that you received while with the company that could even remotely be related to management training. Such training could be seminars on supervision, interviewing skills, or techniques on enhancing interpersonal skills.
Decide On A Resume Style This may sound like a no-brainer, but I assure you that your resume style has as much to do with you getting selected to come in for an interview as does the content of the resume. A management resume looks and "feels" different than a resume for an office or blue-collar position. It has different qualities about it, and the focus is different. A good manager takes the time to research every decision, and you will want to spend a great deal of time researching this. The best resumes that I have seen have come from internet job sites that have resumes posted that I could look at. Your resume must include the following information, including the sub-category information. If you leave any of these items out, someone else will be selected to fill the position.
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