Rsums Creating a highpowered rsum

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Résumés Creating a high-powered résumé

• Steve Piazzale, Ph.D.
• Career/Life Coach
• www.BayAreaCareerCoach.com
• Steve_at_BayAreaCareerCoach.com

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The Job Hunting Process

• Set goals
• Self Marketing Plan Contact Log
• Research target companies industries
• Résumés and Cover letters
• Info meetings/networking/apply
• Interviewing
• Negotiation

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Job Search Continuity

• PSRs -- Résumé with value-added results
• -- Self knowledge confidence
• -- Compelling summary profile
• -- Memorable elevator pitch
• -- Persuasive cover letters
• -- Effective interviewing
• -- Improved negotiation

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Résumés

• What is a Résumé?
• Is it more a report or a piece of marketing?
• Marketing collateral, sales brochure, doc
  designed to generate interest.
• Raffle/Humor

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Types of Résumés

• Chronological
• Functional
• Hybrid
• When to use each?

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Résumé Components

• Contact information
• Objective
• Career Summary/Profile (elevator pitch)
• Experience accomplishments
• Skills
• Education Training
• Awards Affiliations

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Accomplishments (PSRs)

• New kind of résumé.
• Problem, Solution, Result (PSR)
• Memorable Stories
• Emphasize value you add
• Radio Station WII-FM

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Writing a PSR

• Define the Problem. Qualifying suppliers was a
  very slow process because each new spec was
  different. Engineers needed to test the part each
  time the supplier changed.
• Explain the Solution (what you did about the
  problem). I combined each suppliers spec to
  make one uniform specification that would be
  applicable in all cases.

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Writing a PSR (continued)

• Describe the Result. Engineers can quickly
  qualify new suppliers by comparing the proposed
  spec to the uniform spec. Reduced qualifying time
  by 90 within two months.
• What goes in the Résumé Eliminated costly
  component testing and reduced supplier qualifying
  time by 90 by developing uniform component
  specifications.

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PSR Workshop

• Workshop You trycreate a few PSRs.
• Questions?

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Creating your Profile

• What are your common PSR themes?
• If only info you had were your PSRs, what value
  do you add? Thats your Profile.
• Align Profile and verbal pitch to match employer
  needs.

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Résumé Guidelines

• Work in progress, length, list interests?
• No personal pronouns, an, use past tense
• Dates/close gaps, avoid age bias
• Consistency-- résumé, pitch, interview
• Tailor résumé/cover letter to specific job

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International Résumés

• Emphasize cross-cultural skills
• Highlight international/global experience
• Emphasize an adaptable personality
• Multilingual, places traveled, international
  interests, volunteerism
• Willingness to relocate

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Cover Letters

• Express interest in specific job.
• Match skills experience to job req.
• Reference attached résumé.
• Include value statement.
• State next action youll take.

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Cover Letters-2

• Keep it short (2/3 of page).
• Convey enthusiasm.
• Emphasize what you can do for them.
• Tailor cover letter to specific job.
• Use name of person in company.
• Edit carefully 1st sample of work.

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Create more PSRs

• Create more PSRs.
• For more info on resumes PSRs go to Free
  Stuff then Newsletters on my site.
• Questions?

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Stuck? Questions? Contact me

• Steve_at_BayAreaCareerCoach.com
• 650-964-4366
• Individual coaching
• Website 12 keys to getting a great job and
  free newsletter and career resources.
• See Services page for these slides

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Remember

• Being able to do the job well will not
  necessarily get you hired the person who gets
  hired is often the one who knows the most about
  how to get hired.
• -- Dick
  Lathrop Who's Hiring Who

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