Comments on: Creating an Effective Resume: A conversation with the author http://blog.lynda.com/2011/04/22/creating-an-effective-resume-a-conversation-with-the-author/ the blog of lynda.com Wed, 22 May 2013 19:28:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Maggie "SEO Girl" Harrington http://blog.lynda.com/2011/04/22/creating-an-effective-resume-a-conversation-with-the-author/comment-page-1/#comment-293349 Maggie "SEO Girl" Harrington Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:50:01 +0000 http://blog.lynda.com/?p=6942#comment-293349 Awesome post!…

Love this site. Answered a lot of questions i had….

]]> By: Mariann Siegert http://blog.lynda.com/2011/04/22/creating-an-effective-resume-a-conversation-with-the-author/comment-page-1/#comment-152830 Mariann Siegert Thu, 05 May 2011 02:04:04 +0000 http://blog.lynda.com/?p=6942#comment-152830 Congratulations, Pat, on getting the job! Yes, you are absolutely right – great advice. It’s just as important to do research on yourself as it is to research the employer while writing your resume. Out of all of the people that I have written resumes for, I believe most fall into the category of not writing enough about their accomplishments and achievements and simply typing a boring laundry list of job duties and responsibilities.

For those of you still looking, another strategy is asking family, friends and past coworkers for their input. This can be very helpful and will often reveal “hidden” positive personality traits you may not even realize you have and skills you may be able to transfer to your new position. Also, looking at past evaluations from your employers can assist in pin-pointing your most exceptional and outstanding accomplishments and achievements.

Because of the problem most folks have of not knowing how or what to write about themselves, this course covers in detail how to make your resume your “Marketing Campaign,” how to best sell yourself by using PAR statements (Problem-Action-Result), how to find and use action verbs and keywords, and of course, much more throughout the course. There is also worksheet that comes free with the course that will help you to uncover this important information about yourself that will help you to “get the job!” I hope this course will be beneficial and instrumental in assisting folks in finding the job of their dreams and again, congratulations, Pat, on “getting the job!”

Mariann Siegert

]]> By: Bonnie Bills, content manager, business segment http://blog.lynda.com/2011/04/22/creating-an-effective-resume-a-conversation-with-the-author/comment-page-1/#comment-152530 Bonnie Bills, content manager, business segment Wed, 04 May 2011 19:40:02 +0000 http://blog.lynda.com/?p=6942#comment-152530 @Pat, that is great tip! Thanks for sharing it. I have struggled mightily with figuring out how to write about myself for a resume or a self-review. This is one of the things I think is so useful about Mariann’s course: In working through her techniques for identifying your passions and strengths, you come to see yourself from a more objective perspective, and then it becomes easier to write about yourself.

]]> By: Pat http://blog.lynda.com/2011/04/22/creating-an-effective-resume-a-conversation-with-the-author/comment-page-1/#comment-152483 Pat Wed, 04 May 2011 18:16:57 +0000 http://blog.lynda.com/?p=6942#comment-152483 I’ve always struggled trying to write my resume or CV because 1. I’m not a writer and 2. it’s difficult to describe yourself without under-selling or overselling. It has been about 8 years since I had to submit a resume and as usual came to grips with my lack of articulation in my writing. While at my last job our management team took a series of Myers-Briggs testing and we were sent an analysis of each of our 4 components (I’m a INTJ). What I found in the analysis led me to write a screaming resume by pulling quotes, terms or descriptions about me, how I worked, how I perceived the world, what environment do I excel at, what are my down sides. When I finished and submitted it to a SVP PR exec he was impressed with ‘who ever wrote this really knows you’….so as a tip I say spend the money and take a Myers-Briggs (for what it’s worth to the skeptics as well) and read between the lines….and BTW. I got the job!

]]> By: Bonnie Bills, content manager, business segment http://blog.lynda.com/2011/04/22/creating-an-effective-resume-a-conversation-with-the-author/comment-page-1/#comment-147555 Bonnie Bills, content manager, business segment Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:08:35 +0000 http://blog.lynda.com/?p=6942#comment-147555 @Jack. Yes, there is, and it’s there now. Thanks!

]]> By: Jack Levinson http://blog.lynda.com/2011/04/22/creating-an-effective-resume-a-conversation-with-the-author/comment-page-1/#comment-146999 Jack Levinson Mon, 25 Apr 2011 05:15:18 +0000 http://blog.lynda.com/?p=6942#comment-146999 Is there supposed to be a video in this blogpost?

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