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Unlike financial investments, past performance is an indicator of future success, so include and quantify your past performance, and future employers will be inclined to believe you can do the same for them.
They will believe it, but you have to continue supporting that belief with your exceptional networking and interviewing skills (Step 4: Network Effectively and Step 4 (Continued): Master the Interview: Master the Interview"). Remember, however, that your résumé is introductory in nature. You want to get their attention and initiate their interest so your foot can inch ever closer to getting in their door.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- A résumé is a marketing document that represents you when you are not there.
- A résumé quantifies your accomplishments and proves your worth to your future employer by proving your worth to your previous employer.
EXERCISES
- Quantify two or three accomplishments for each of your past employers (this can include paid and nonpaid work experiences).
- Create two or three bullets for each of your past work experiences and use them to note quantified accomplishments.
- Share your bullet points with a peer and ask that person to critique your points while you critique your peer’s accomplishments.
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