Ask The Headhunter® - Resume Blasphemy

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You could use this resume only once, for one employer. You would need all sorts of information before you could write it — it would take a lot of research, investigation and careful thought. You would have to really want that job and know you can do it. Or, why invest the effort to produce The Working Resume? If the job is worth wanting, it’s worth... See more

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Now, there’s a customized resume! I call it The Working Resume because it requires you to do the job, not just apply for it.

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An estimate of what/how much you think you could add to the bottom line.

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A plan describing how you would do the work the employer needs done.

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Proof of your understanding of the problems and challenges the employer faces.

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A clear picture of the business of the employer you want to work for.

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So, what do you put on it?

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So, I’ve invented The Working Resume™. It doesn’t list your academic credentials or any of your prior employers. It doesn’t show any of your past experience and it doesn’t list any jobs you ever did.

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More important, they don’t offer an employer any solutions, because resumes are purely historical. Who cares what you did two years ago, if you can’t convince me you can do this job now?