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Your
résumé functions as an advertisement of yourself. It is an effective
way of marketing and packaging yourself for the job market. It is a
promotional tool that presents you at your best. The content of your
résumé must arouse the curiosity of the reader. It must make the reader
want to meet you. A good résumé will enable you reaffirm in writing, on
paper, your positive qualities, skills and characteristics. A good
résumé presents supportive information that justifies your job
objective. By stating your work-related accomplishments,
responsibilities and qualifications, you document your capabilities.
A well produced resume
introduces the candidate to the prospective employer. It grabs
attention, it sparks interest, and promotes the positive attributes of
the candidate. Your resume is a marketing tool that effectively serves
as your personal advertisement in the job market.
"A
résumé is the best way and largely the only way to disseminate important
information about yourself. It is a personal advertisement. A portrait
of you in writing. Just as a picture is worth a thousand words, so a
résumé speaks eloquently in your behalf."
-BURDETTE BOSTWICK
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RESUME IMPACT
Effective résumé writing utilizes good marketing strategy. Taking a
strategic approach to writing your resume will ensure there is a good
reason and sound logic behind every choice you make in developing this
important document. Your résumé is a thirty-second commercial about
you. You are the product. Your résumé is the advertisement. Your
résumé is a sales brochure. You are the product it is trying to sell.
Your résumé is one of your key sales tools. It emphasizes the
advantages and benefits of using your services. Your résumé presents,
promotes and publicizes you... by grabbing attention... by sparking
interest.
"A
résumé is what nearly everyone you approach in your job search is going
to ask you to send them before they take any action on your behalf. You
can think of it as the driver's license of job hunting: You can't go
anywhere without it. What it is, in short, is a one or two page summary
of your work history, educational background, and work-related personal
qualifications. Its fundamental purpose is to give prospective employers
a convenient and reasonably efficient way to determine, at a glance, if
you warrant a closer look."
-MAX
MESSMER
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