Although we should work on the inside of ourselves when it comes to unlocking our full potential, it does not always mean that everyone on the outside will see the hard work that you have put into yourself, particularly when it comes to your professional career. Working on your resume is the best extension of your external self in order to show others what you are capable of doing. In this first of a series of episodes describing the offerings of Your Speaking Voice LLC, we cover some tips on how to make your resume stand out in front of others.

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Intro/Outro By: Michael Dugan, Podcast Host: Voice4Chefs

Welcome to the podcast where relationships, confidence, and

determination, all converge into an amazing, heartfelt experience.

This is Speaking From The Heart.

Welcome back to episode number 17 of Speaking From the Heart.

Today we're going to start part one of many episodes in a series of the services

that Your Speaking Voice provides, not only for the fact that we are trying to

provide you with some of the ways in which we can help you create some of the best

versions of yourself, but through this process, and through the process that I

have developed, we're essentially being able to create not just the best version

of yourself, but also the best way that you write yourself, which we're mostly

focusing on today the concept of a resume.

Now, I know that maybe for many of us, we have already kept up

with our resumes, and I give you a thumbs up; great job for doing that.

You already have the company name, your position where you worked,

the number of years you've been there, maybe months for that matter.

You also laid out the responsibilities, some of the skills that you've learned

as part of that position, what you actually did in order to contribute

to the overall success, especially if you have been in a volunteer

role, you might be putting that down.

If you're a recent graduate, you're also putting down your education.

Those are all aspects that you should be doing, but are you really telling the

full story about what you've been able to do to be successful, and I think that

for many of us, we often forget about the fact that, yes, we are hired for

doing those positions for a whole bunch of different reasons but we need to sell

ourselves as to what we were actually doing in order to contribute to that

overall success, and I really want to dig into this particular part throughout this

episode because it is something that we often forget about, especially when we

are looking at what we have accomplished.

It doesn't necessarily mean that you have to put all those accomplishments

that you've done down, but you want to highlight at least two or three

successes for each of those positions, even if you feel that they weren't

successes at all, because it isn't about what you think, it's about what they

your potential future employer, your potential future interview panel,

your potential future supervisor.

Those are the people that are looking and trying to read out all the

different types of things that you are potentially doing as part of not just

yourself, but also other people that are vying for the same sort of job.

Maybe you are lucky in which they're hiring more than just one person,

therefore, having as many people to interview might be advantageous, but

in this ever-changing job market that we're in, just trying to get yourself

to the top of the pile is a challenge in itself and I often talk to my clients

that are coming to me, and looking to get their resume done, to make sure

that they list out all the things that they have ever potentially did.

As minuscule as it could be, it could be the most important detail that might

help them get to the top of the pile, and I often say that because it is all

about not just who you know, but it's about what you have done, and yes, the

old joke or expression of, "I've only been on this earth for only 20 years, but

I'm looking for somebody with 40 years experience", certainly is something that

we have to overcome, and I think that even as a society, as we continue to have

that sort of conversation and engagement, especially in the United States and abroad

about who is really, truly qualified for a position we need to look at what those

quality of experiences are so that's why it's so important to list out all

the things that you have ever done, and that's my very first piece of advice.

If you haven't looked at your resume recently and have thought about what has

been done in, not only in that job, but what has contributed to the other jobs

that you've had, write everything down.

It might not be even listed in the position description, which for those not

familiar with that concept, a position description usually provides the details,

the knowledge, the skills and abilities of a position that needs to be performed.

Now, as someone that has been the public sector for over 13 years, I can't stress

enough the importance of putting that sort of information on your resume, because

all types of recruiters, especially for the state and federal government,

more specifically, are going to be looking for those criterion in order

to narrow down the types of people that are able to move on to the next level.

If you're able to list all those different things that you've been able to do as

a result of all your job experiences, chances are that you are going to get

towards the top of the pile so that you will be considered, and if you don't

list it, don't be surprised if you get a rejection notice in your email box,

or even your inbox at home, telling you that you have not met the minimum

requirements needed to move to the next stage of the interview process.

Resumes should definitely have as much detail as you possibly can, but at the

what are the details that are relevant to the

position being hired, which is going into my next point, so after you brainstorm all

those different ideas that you have about what you've done in that job, now it's

time to look at the position description that you are going to be hiring for and

be able to narrow it down even further.

Now, I must admit to you that for many people you might have been caught up

in the generation now of artificial intelligence, especially ChatGPT, to do

that wonderful work for you, but I must give you extreme caution using that tool.

Although it will save you a lot of time with trying to format something if you

give it the proper command, but you also have to keep in mind that there's not

only the information that everybody else is going to be trying to manipulate as

part of their ChatGPT command, but you have to go through it and make sure that

you personalize that information to your liking because you need to stand out.

Artificial intelligence doesn't need to stand out, but you do, and that's why it's

so important to consider the different types of things that a human being can

do as part of reviewing your resume and being able to sell that, especially the

best version of yourself on that resume, often requires spending a lot of time, not

just looking at the position description, but making sure that your resume is

formatted in such a way that accomplishes the task of the hiring manager being

able to consider you for the next round, because that is potentially the key:

being able to be hired or be considered at minimum for the qualifications that

you are setting forth, along with the independent judgment and knowledge that

you are going to bring to the table.

We often forget about those aspects, especially when we're trying to

format a resume in such a way that allows us to be able to be considered

and which leads into my next point.

If you are only putting the bare minimum of what you are doing in a job and what

you are able to learn from a job, you are missing the entire point of a resume.

This is your time to shine.

I often think about the times in which I have personally worked with resume

reviewers, and they often ask me about what I have been able to accomplish,

and I have to sit back and think about all the times in which I've been

able to do, such as things that I've been able to work with on teams, in

order to fully understand what that means and what that translates into,

especially when I'm creating that resume.

Those people are not wasting your time when they're asking you those questions.

Not only are they getting to know you and your methodology and style, but you are

also listing the different types of things that you've been able to accomplish.

Not only does this include the successes or the challenges that you have faced,

but also might be working through some of the most basic of difficulties as it

team management, project management, IT expertise, or information

technology for that matter, but most importantly, you're demonstrating how

your critical thinking has allowed you to move from one stage to the next, and

that's why it's so important for you to consider not only the vast opportunities

that it has when you list those successes, but how it paints an accurate picture and

also represents you to the fullest extent.

Having those three things alone is not enough on a resume.

Depending on who you are working with, who you're recruiting with, it does

matter what you put on that resume, especially when it comes to keywords.

Now, you might have heard over the years about putting it in white text,

the keywords onto a resume, so that that filter bot, essentially the bot

in which is going through and scanning your resume, picks up the buzz words

that are needed for you to move on so that you can be further considered,

but I want you to think about not necessarily doing that, but actually

artificially putting it in yourself by naturally writing and encouraging

yourself to create some of those things in your life onto a sheet of paper that

would allow you to express who you are.

Now, you might be thinking to yourself, "Joshua, are you asking

me to actually lie about myself?

Are you actually asking me to fabricate what I actually been able to do?

You know that I could get in trouble.", and I would a hundred percent agree with

you that you could get in trouble for fabricating something that you have never

done or even considered on doing, but you need to be honest with yourself if

you are writing things of that nature.

Have you actually been able to accomplish some of those tasks

that you have written down?

Have they worked into your favor?

Remember that even with a resume and even after you get through the whole

entire interview process, you might be asked later on by your references, or

even in a second or third interview, to demonstrate those technical skills or even

be able to be considered for a further background check to determine whether you

are really capable of performing what is necessary, especially if those are the

exact skills that they're looking for.

In other words, if you are using these flamboyant words that are essentially

creating some of these "best versions of yourself", which are not necessarily who

you are, you might be putting yourself into some legal jeopardy as well.

Particularly in the state of Pennsylvania in which I work, it is a crime to falsify

a record, and you can be punishable up to a fine or even jail time for that matter,

especially when you're applying for a public sector job with the government.

Keep in mind that those sort of things should not be the basis

of how you do resume writing.

Now, you might be overwhelmed and confused by all the different tips that I have

given you so far, which is why I encourage anybody to work with somebody that not

only helps you to understand where you can make those adjustments or even make

those enhancements to your resume, but it gives you another perspective other

than your own to be able to understand where are ways in which you can do

better with recruitment and being able to be considered on the top of the pile.

It's not necessarily a quote unquote waste of money if you are putting an investment

in yourself and in turn getting an increase of potential salary, or potential

hours of work, or even the quality of the work that you're doing, which will further

lead into more advancement opportunities.

Resumes are not necessarily transactional processes, which oftentimes my clients

that come to me get confused as to what a coach actually provides.

The coach will necessarily give you suggestions as to what that wording should

be or how that work is done, and there are many people that are resume writers,

which is something that I do personally myself, in order to create some of those

best resumes that we often see displayed on news and even career advice articles

amongst all kinds of other types of social media promotion, but the most important

thing to consider, when you are working with someone, is to make sure that they're

knowledgeable in the field in which they are doing, which they should fully

disclose what kind of background that they have themselves, the success rate

in which they've been able to work with people on those sort of jobs and writing

those resumes, but more importantly, and the third most important thing,

is to make sure that you are getting what the value is out of that coach.

It is not necessarily demanding every single little thing because

it requires you to have a little bit of participation in that process.

By not participating in that and not giving the full breadth of the different

types of things that you are able to do, or even create for that matter, it can

create confusion and disparity throughout your resume, but having all those facts

and working with a coach to be able to do that will allow you to sell yourself on

paper, which is no longer that one page document in some cases, but allows you to

deal with how you can unlock that maximum potential within yourself, especially

when you get ready for your next job.

all of us want to be the best versions of ourselves and it

means also working towards creating some of those things that are not only

inside of us, but also on paper too.

If we're able to do that, we're able to not only have the best resume,

but we will be able to move forward in ways in which we never thought

possible, and by doing that with a coach or even doing that with somebody

that is a resume writer, trust me.

You will no longer have to cross your fingers to get that call.

You are guaranteed that call every time.

Thanks for listening to episode number 17 of Speaking from the

Heart, and I look forward to hearing from your heart very soon.

Thanks for listening.

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