Are you looking for a job?

Have your new internet savvy resume all polished and ready to lauch into cyberspace?

If so, good for you!  This is one of the hardest steps to take in starting your job search.

You may have read everything out there about about including all the key words to get your resume noticed but how about the content? I see many resumes from a wide variety of careers and one common error I encounter is the “over the top” approach to your job descriptions.

If you tell an employer all there is to know about your prior jobs and every little task and responsibility you had on that job, what is left to talk about in the interview? In evaluating your own resume try removing every other sentence in the job descriptions. If it still tells enough about the job to give the employer most of what they need to know, then chances are you are “spilling the beans”.

Remember to tell the employer just enough to leave them thinking, ” I have got to interview this person and find out more about their skills, they sound good”. You want to include only the major job tasks/responsibilities and then hint at the minor ones. This will show the employer that you have the primary skills needed and likely have even more to offer. If you try this method out, please comment to let me know how it worked for you.

I am interested in your experiences with resumes and success in seeking employment. Happy Job Hunting!