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Success
Story #1
“Ultimate Resumes really helped me focus on my strengths,
and to prioritize so that they would get the most attention."
Client: Tim, Chicago, IL
Profession: Economics Professor
Career Objective: A new teaching
job with a prestigious university
Resume Challenge: Tim’s old resume listed the tasks he was
responsible for in his job. He listed things like “creating
lesson plans” and “setting up meetings with other faculty
to discuss curriculum”. To improve Tim’s resume we started
by consolidating job duties that ALL professors must perform and
listing them as one bullet point. Our theory is that any interviewer
who would be interviewing Tim would know that all teachers perform
certain baseline duties. So, we focused on emphasizing Tim’s
strengths as a professor and on certain accomplishments that set
him apart from others in his profession.
Results: Tim’s new and
improved resume helped him to focus on his strengths and not just
his day to day duties.
Success Story #2
"Ms. Handlin's service was wonderful! She helped me identify
professional milestones that I didn't realize were important. Her
formatting and phrasing guidance were invaluable. As a result, the
confidence I have in my resume and the number of positive responses
I received increased dramatically. In fact, I just started my dream
job a few weeks ago!"
Client:
Jonathan, Chicago, IL
Profession: Systems
Engineer
Career Objective:
Technical Marketing Role
Resume Challege: Like many people who work in the technology field,
Jonathan’s resume listed several start-up companies, some
small, obscure companies as well as some larger well-known employers.
His old resume listed many types of software with which he is proficient
and some of his accomplishments. It was difficult to tell what sort
of experience and expertise that Jonathan really had because the
resume seemed to be a disjointed series of task lists. The first
thing that we did was to do internet research on every company at
which Jonathan had worked. We listed the size and expertise of each
company. This makes it easy for recruiters who may not be familiar
with every technology start-up to see what sort of background Jonathan
had acquired. After listing a bit of the company background as part
of each job description we were able to help Jonathan to think through
what special expertise he had acquired in each job.
Results: Jonathan’s new and improved resume now tells the
story of a professional with a rare combination of talents and expertise.
Jonathan’s resume helped him to land the job he wanted within
6 months of his resume revision.
Success Story #3
"Thank you so much for
the A+ service you provided. The personal, 1-on-1 phone coaching
was definitely a fantastic educational experience. I learned so
much about how to take my years of engineering experience and turn
it into a new career in sales and marketing."
Client: Lawrence,
San Diego, CA
Profession: Design
Engineer
Career Objective: Technical
Marketing Role
Resume Challenge: Lawrence’s resume listed his many significant
accomplishments but he used many acronyms that were unique to his
current employer. In addition, since his background as an engineer
is so technical it could be hard for a recruiter to see a connection
between his background and the requirements for most marketing jobs.
To help Lawrence to create a resume that could help him land a marketing
role, we spent a lot of time talking with him about specific projects
in which he had performed tasks that were related to the sort of
tasks that marketing professionals handle. Once we found the link
between what he has done in the past and the sorts of things he
will be doing in his career in marketing, we were able to emphasize
some projects that were focused on marketing.
Result: Lawrence’s
new resume makes it clear to recruiters that in addition to his
technical background he has acquired some marketing skills.
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