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.
We had to focus on creating two different resumes and sorting out how to develop his career in the area where he was genuinely excited.
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 was generally in solid shape. Her career strategy was the issue. Introverted by nature, Judy had completely neglected networking and other forms of reaching out to others.
We created a job search plan that included instructions on how to articulate her career vision, something she had never done except in her discussions with me.
Do you need resume help – maybe.
Do you need career vision help – definitely.