If you are a manager or senior manager writing your own resume, don’t concentrate exclusively on achievement of KPIs to the exclusion of the people side of the business. Of course your achievements in terms of reducing costs, driving revenue growth, and...
Creating Achievements
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Formal Performance Reviews
This week’s Question: What advice would you give an employee to prepare for a formal performance review? I would hope that the employee would have kept a career journal during the year. If that is the case, I would counsel the employee to review his or her...
Podcast-Information Gathering.
Extract: Today’s podcast is about getting your information together. You know information gathering is one of the most important aspects of creating a great resume. It’s like any project really. Whether you are painting the walls of your home, or creating a culinary...
Banish “Responsible For”: Supercharge Your Resume with Dynamic Language
It’s no secret that poorly crafted DIY resumes can be career-limiting. Inspired by Peter Finch’s impassioned outburst in the movie “Network,” I’m ready to scream: “Enough with ‘responsible for’! I’m not going to...