Bella Vista
Business
Association
Job applicants of all
ages need to customize
their resumes to re ect
the preferences of today's
recruiters.
Adapting a résumé
as one ages and has
gained experience can
be advantageous. A well-
cra ed resume is one way
for professionals to demonstrate how
their skill set is current and adaptable to
today's business climate. e following
tips can help improve a résumé when
the time comes to move on to a new
job.
Changing jobs can be a di cult
decision to make, especially later in
one's career. In many ways, landing
a new job is more challenging than
ever thanks to the technology-driven society in
which people live. Information is shared faster
than ever, and applying for jobs isn't the same as
it might have been as recently as a decade ago.
One thing that has evolved is the resume.
Although creating a powerful resume has
always been a challenge, writing - or modifying
one - for today's digital world requires some
insider tips.
1. Focus on your accomplishments
Rather than focusing on job responsibilities
at each job you held, gear the résumé around
what you achieved in each position. is
will help identify how you performed in the
position, instead of just a general retelling of
what you did. It can be challenging to achieve
this for jobs that don't naturally lend themselves
to numerically quantitative results (i.e.,
increased department sales by 15 percent), but
On the way to a perfect resume
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On the way to a perfect resume
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