Some cases it might not. Even be a human. That does the first evaluation of your resume so the words. You chose to put in are so important. Steve has some additional advice. When I'm looking at the actual resume I'm going to go down through and see. What responsibilities. You had And has. That responsibility increased over the years? Have. You Have you advanced in your career through. That process? Responsibilities and growth are big points. That employers look at so really think about what you’ve done at your jobs If at all possible find the job description of the jobs you’ve held in the past and currently hold. That will give.
You a great starting point for listing the roles and responsibilities. You had at the job. If you’re not sure. How to describe them What about the order of your sections? Should education come before or after your work experience? Let’s hear. What Cindy has to say. What about moving specific things to the top. That is that would be. More relevant to that specific job. That kind of thing like. I mean yes. I think that's I think that's useful people look at resumes very very quickly. I think the most important piece is that it's easy to read and easy to find I think the further. You are in professional career typically. You move education to the bottom. You are applying for roles. It requires phd perhaps maybe. That on the top.
I do think it's worth like making sure. That the things. That you have in your resume are relevant to what the job is looking but ultimately. You just want. It clean Again clean Easy to read – the most important thing about your resume. So you’re starting to write your resume. What should. You keep in mind? So Cindy. What advice would. You give to somebody who's just starting writing their first resume? So. I would I actually think it's useful to get a template. Because it's helpful to figure out. Even want to get started.
So templates are helpful The second is to just write out. All the jobs you've had and what your key responsibilities If. You have your job descriptions those are really helpful to help pull bullets from a job description. That you can pull onto a resume. And then is to review. All of your bullets for actionability. They are all you know starting with an action word and they are including as much as possible. Something specific and measurable. So for example fundraised 1 million dollars in you know fiscal year or year or whatever. That is like. Wherever you can add very clear metrics. That they are actionable and if they are not. If it's not a meaningful bullet then take. Be clear be specific. Than saying ‘responsible for fundraising’ say ‘Raised over $1000000 a year’. You have no work experience or none in the field.
You want to move into? What would. You say the job requires a resume so. What do you what do. You do with that? You want to put your all of your work experience on there anyway Majority of it And. You want to try to figure out. What are the transferrable skills from those jobs to what you're trying to move to So again. I would look at the job description of the role. That you're looking for and figure out. What are the things on there. That you've done in some way. That connect in some way and do your best to put those bullets underneath the jobs. That you've held. If you've done a customer service job and you want to move into. Any job Right? Customer service is really important So being able to do. If it's a job.
That requires. That you are detail-oriented I'm sure. You know but in a totally different capacity like that's something that you could know. So it's figuring out. What those transferable skills are and then use your cover letter to explain why you are moving from wanting to get into a new profession or career. That is different from. What you were doing it before Be savvy about connecting experience. You have with the job. You want you don’t have direct experience in that actual kind of job. Now Cindy mentioned cover letters. Another really important part to landing a job interview and we’ll go over cover letters in the next video.
I asked both Cindy and Steve about ‘bad’ resumes What not to do We’ve talked about resume ‘do’s’. What about some resume ‘don’t’s’ Have. You done any of these? What are the worst resumes. That you've seen and why?. I think just recently. One of the worst resumes. I saw was no dates associated with their times. If they were at an organization So. They completely left those out And was just surprised to even see. That somebody wouldn't put in how long they've been at an organization. That one immediately went to the 'no' pile. I've seen ones. That that aren't consistent they'll have.
You a great starting point for listing the roles and responsibilities. You had at the job. If you’re not sure. How to describe them What about the order of your sections? Should education come before or after your work experience? Let’s hear. What Cindy has to say. What about moving specific things to the top. That is that would be. More relevant to that specific job. That kind of thing like. I mean yes. I think that's I think that's useful people look at resumes very very quickly. I think the most important piece is that it's easy to read and easy to find I think the further. You are in professional career typically. You move education to the bottom. You are applying for roles. It requires phd perhaps maybe. That on the top.
I do think it's worth like making sure. That the things. That you have in your resume are relevant to what the job is looking but ultimately. You just want. It clean Again clean Easy to read – the most important thing about your resume. So you’re starting to write your resume. What should. You keep in mind? So Cindy. What advice would. You give to somebody who's just starting writing their first resume? So. I would I actually think it's useful to get a template. Because it's helpful to figure out. Even want to get started.
So templates are helpful The second is to just write out. All the jobs you've had and what your key responsibilities If. You have your job descriptions those are really helpful to help pull bullets from a job description. That you can pull onto a resume. And then is to review. All of your bullets for actionability. They are all you know starting with an action word and they are including as much as possible. Something specific and measurable. So for example fundraised 1 million dollars in you know fiscal year or year or whatever. That is like. Wherever you can add very clear metrics. That they are actionable and if they are not. If it's not a meaningful bullet then take. Be clear be specific. Than saying ‘responsible for fundraising’ say ‘Raised over $1000000 a year’. You have no work experience or none in the field.
You want to move into? What would. You say the job requires a resume so. What do you what do. You do with that? You want to put your all of your work experience on there anyway Majority of it And. You want to try to figure out. What are the transferrable skills from those jobs to what you're trying to move to So again. I would look at the job description of the role. That you're looking for and figure out. What are the things on there. That you've done in some way. That connect in some way and do your best to put those bullets underneath the jobs. That you've held. If you've done a customer service job and you want to move into. Any job Right? Customer service is really important So being able to do. If it's a job.
That requires. That you are detail-oriented I'm sure. You know but in a totally different capacity like that's something that you could know. So it's figuring out. What those transferable skills are and then use your cover letter to explain why you are moving from wanting to get into a new profession or career. That is different from. What you were doing it before Be savvy about connecting experience. You have with the job. You want you don’t have direct experience in that actual kind of job. Now Cindy mentioned cover letters. Another really important part to landing a job interview and we’ll go over cover letters in the next video.
I asked both Cindy and Steve about ‘bad’ resumes What not to do We’ve talked about resume ‘do’s’. What about some resume ‘don’t’s’ Have. You done any of these? What are the worst resumes. That you've seen and why?. I think just recently. One of the worst resumes. I saw was no dates associated with their times. If they were at an organization So. They completely left those out And was just surprised to even see. That somebody wouldn't put in how long they've been at an organization. That one immediately went to the 'no' pile. I've seen ones. That that aren't consistent they'll have.
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