Good Things
Jason Truesdell
Solution-Focused Resume
The easiest resumes to understand highlight how candidates have
contributed to projects, faced challenges, applied their knowledge, and
solved problems.
You don't have a lot of space to provide this information, so it's best
to show specific examples of your contributions. If you don't know who
will be reading your resume, avoid using jargon, but use the most precise
words possible to describe your accomplishments.
Write in terms that managers understand. If your contributions directly
resulted in widespread adoption of your solution, cost savings, revenue
increases, awards, or promotions, highlight the cause (your work) and the
effect.
If your accomplishments are technical, explain what problems you
solved. You can fit the keywords you dropped from your laundry lists by
highlighting the tools you used to solve the problem.
To target your resume more effectively, provide bulleted lists under
jobs and other experiences which are most relevant to your
targeted job, and brief descriptions in contexts which are less relevant.
A side effect to this approach is that hiring managers will see you as
someone focused on team objectives and business needs. They'll see you as
someone who values measurable results.
This gives you a huge advantage over the massive pool of candidates who
just sound desperate for any type of job. You'll be able to go into an
interview with things you can talk about, rather than forcing the
interviewer to run the show.
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