Build your effective modern resume with these pieces!
Guest Post by Lyn Nelson
As a counterpart to last week's post on a Modern, Effective Resume, this week I'm giving you the rundown on the various sections you should include on your resume, and when and how to do so.
With the exception of your Heading (which is always at the top!), and unless otherwise noted, these sections should be listed in order of relevance to the position(s) to which you are applying.
Your resume is still your most important marketing tool.
Guest Post by Lyn Nelson
There is a lot of buzz these days about resumes becoming endangered or extinct. LinkedIn is a major resource for recruiters. Employers are checking you out on social media. Applicants are (sometimes successfully) using video resumes or guerilla job hunting tactics. You may opt to use some of all of these avenues (in an intelligent and informed way, of course) as part of your job search. However, most of your job applications will still require the traditional application method that includes - at minimum - a resume. And even if your video resume or LinkedIn profile gets attention, you will still need a strong resume for an interviewer to use. So, make sure your resume is updated and modern to market you most effectively.
"Strategy is not the consequence of planning,
but the opposite: its starting point." ~ Henry Mintzberg
Now that we’ve addressed the steps to a positive attitude and reducing stress, it’s time to plan the strategy for your job search. Sometimes change can be good, even exciting and rewarding! Whether you’re looking for an internship or your first permanent full-time position, seeking reemployment or interested in changing jobs, the process is the same: first, you must develop your overall job-search strategy.
"That the birds of worry and care fly above your head,
this you cannot change.
But that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent."
Chinese Proverb
It seems that we humans have an ongoing struggle to reduce stress in our lives. But whether we are coping with our work, social or private lives we can take steps to reduce stress, or as the Proverb says, keep those blasted worry birds out of our hair.
But, first we should differentiate between chronic stress, which is the kind we wish to lessen, and acute stress, which might not be so bad for us. Studies have shown that the latter in small periodic doses of stress might actually be good for us, boosting our brain cells, focus, memory and resistance to disease. Acute stress comes in handy when cramming for an exam or meeting another deadline, focusing in an emergency, coping with a difficult situation or job hunting.
THE KIND OF SHARING WE
DIDN’T LEARN IN KINDERGARTEN
The Intel Corporation, which manufactures the processors in today’s popular mobile devices, in association with The Emily Post Institute has conducted its first international survey on “Mobile Etiquette." Accordingly, it seems fitting to close (for now) this series on Your Internet Presence with an examination of how people are managing their mobile devices worldwide.
Are Employers Crossing An Ethical Line By Requesting Facebook Passwords?
To Americans, the right to privacy is a precious freedom. But, Constitutional issues aside, is your interviewer crossing an ethical line in asking you to provide your Facebook password?
This dismaying development in the job-seeking process was first reported in March by the Associated Press and has generated a flurry of media commentary in ABC News, The New York Times and Forbes, to name a few.
As if your job search wasn’t stressful enough! Now in addition to constructing the perfect resume, developing your marketing plan, networking and prepping for that hard-won interview, it’s possible that you’ll also be asked to share your Facebook password during the interview and hiring process. Alternatively, you might be asked to log on to your Facebook page right then and there so the interviewer can take a tour!
The Jewel in the Campus Crown
I was once again reminded of the value of the college career center last Wednesday evening when I presented the topic of business dining etiquette at the annual student and alumni Power Dinner, which was co-sponsored by the Manhattanville College Center for Career Development (CCD), the Junior Class and Residence Life. Although the Power Dinner is not new, it speaks volumes about how its importance has grown that it is now co-sponsored by other areas and fully supported by Manhattanville’s president, who attended along with students and alumni. My co-presenter for the evening, a wealth management portfolio officer for a major financial institution, guided the students through an engaging interactive hour of networking techniques to be used at various business occasions. The planning, creativity and sophistication that are the hallmarks of this and other CCD events attest to the top-notch career training that is provided.
Jeanne Nelson 