The process of finding the right job on your career path begins with the resume. For many people, this seems a daunting task, requiring a combination of creative writing, chest-thumping and salesmanship skills that appears beyond our capabilities. However, armed with a few structural tips and a willingness to express ourselves, it can be a fairly simple process. This series of articles will show you how to write your own resume.

Open a document (or notepad) and write the following categories, one per page:

  • Objective
  • Qualifications
  • Accomplishments
  • Experience
  • Education
  • Other

Have a few copies of your old résumé handy, a few target job descriptions of positions you would like to target, and a hot cup of coffee or tea. Your journey begins now.

It’s a time-honored principle of success: If you know where you want to go, you have a much better chance of getting there. It’s true in you career, job search and resume-writing as well; a little pre-writing can make the ordeal much easier. (It’s also a great way to get beyond that fear of the blank page staring back at you.)

When my clients tell me they don’t care what they want to do, they just want a job, I typically pass on the work. The stress of unemployment or a bad work situation is extraordinary, I know, but being more anxious to get a job doesn’t make you more marketable. It makes you much less marketable. If you are in a heightened state of panic, then a better question might be, where are you most marketable or employable?

The point is if you don’t have a direction or focus to your job search or resume, then don’t write your resume. It’s usually a waste of time. Decide what you want to do and/or how you want to target your resume. You can always write a second version in an alternate direction if you need. For now, pick one primary direction and we’ll call this your “master” resume. That said, write down, under Objective, what you want to do. Include ideal job title and as well as the industries and areas of expertise you may want to target.

For example, if your target is Medical Sales, then write down “Medical Sales Executive.” Your target industry might be something like robotic surgical devises and non-invasive surgical devises. Also write that you will draw from your 12 years of successful sales experience in B2B sales. Don’t write your objective. Just write these key points. This is the time to get organized and define the focus and target of your resume.

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