Selling Your Value On Your Resume
Question: What is the difference on your resume between a scope of responsibility statement and an accomplishment?
Great question because this is a common mistake on many resumes.
Your scope of responsibility is a summary of your job duties for a particular job. It is usually two to three sentences, and it is listed with your title.
An accomplishment is a description of a contribution of value.
I consistently met my spending goals while reducing turnover and revenue exceeded budget. This sentence details three accomplishments.
I supervised a budget of $24 million covering 80 employees. That is a description of job responsibility.
You should never include a scope of responsibility statement with your bulleted accomplishments.
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Max Your Chances for Next Better Job
Here are five steps you should take to maximize your chances to land your next better job. This is not rocket science, but unless you put in the work you will not succeed.
- Build a network of contacts based on your career plan, including targeted prospective companies and executives. Use our networking 3.0 approach to maximize your effectiveness.
- Create a resume that sells your value and customize it for each position you pursue. Use the keywords, and phrases, and address the specific selection criteria.
- Prepare for the interviews. Anticipate the questions and rehearse your answers.
- Be video proficient – good lighting, camera framing, and audio.
- Alert your references. Brief them on the job and the issues.
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Avoid a Career Detour: Invest In Yourself
QUOTE: (Why should I spend so much time on managing my career? My family, church and friends are more important priorities. Besides, I have the experience and a good track record.)
Good. But you should consider this:
The job search paradigm has changed dramatically. Expansion of automation and technology are propelling more dramatic change. AI is taking over candidate sourcing and screening work now performed by human recruiters.
If you do nothing else, act on these two critical:
- Build a robust online profile and brand. Your online presence will be more important as employers use computers to scan profiles to identify applicants – thousands within minutes.
- Realign your career network using a Networking 3.0 strategy: Your strategic network will be critical for a “side-door” introduction and, hopefully, a reference.
You cannot afford status quo career management.
Bad Career Advice: Gift that Keeps On Giving
The thing about getting online career advice in a blog, a short video, or a podcast is that you have no way to hold the author’s feet to the fire for bad or misguided advice.
Let’s be clear, the employment picture and job search rules can change at the speed of light. So good advice today, may not be as relevant or helpful in six months.
Bad advice today rarely – hell, never – becomes good advice later.
Like someone telling you it is OK to be a job hopper. Nonsense.
In five years, when you are sitting in front of an interview panel for your dream job, and they start asking you about your job-hopping, you are probably toast. Job hopping can be justified only in a very narrow set of circumstances.
In 27 years of global recruiting, that rule has been a constant.