“I really need to edit my resume.”
Talia started on her initial call to Career Counseling Connecticut.
She explained that she was working in a dead-end job and had started applying to different jobs with no success. That she worked in a retail job and was wondering why she was not getting interviews for jobs that had nothing to do with retail… well… it was not the format of her resume.
Every week, someone calls with almost exclusive focus on the need for resume editing. Career Counseling Connecticut has a powerful resume editing team. We are happy to help with resume editing needs.
But more often than not, the client is focusing on a career tactic when he/she should be focusing on career strategy and career vision.
Some recent examples:
Pete, a fortysomething from East Lyme, Connecticut, with a series of jobs in different fields with different functions, was hopeful that a well-edited resume could mask the fact that his career path was entirely disjointed. Pete’s real issue, in my mind, was choosing between two potential areas of half-developed skill sets. Career vision was the issue, not the career tactic of making his resume prettier.
Judy, a twentysomething from Middletown, Connecticut, also thought her resume was the issue for her inability to switch jobs. She did have a career vision. While most resumes can be effectively tweaked by a resume editing professional, her resume generally in solid shape. Her career strategy was the issue. Introverted by nature, Judy had completely neglected networking and otherwise reaching out to others.