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2010's Résumé Rehab
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Sara Crow
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January 15, 2010
You’re not about to upload an old résumé, are you?
It’s a new year and a new chance to put
together a résumé that will land you in the call-this-person-now file. Maybe you need a job right this
second, or maybe you’re just looking. Either way, a stellar résumé should always be at your fingertips. It should be as easy as:attach, browse, upload and send. Unless, of course, you want to miss out on a great opportunity while you fumble around to put together a mediocre résumé that would bring shame to you and leave the career services folks unimpressed.
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Résumés are like Facebook statuses: they become stale fast. Update, update, update or risk submitting something that reflects where you were last year, not what you bring to the table today. Case in point: skills and experiences. Unless you literally do the exact same things day after day, your skills and experiences are probably ever-growing. Update your résumé with new projects, new activities . . . all the important stuff that’s changed since the last time you pressed save on this granddaddy of job search correspondence.
The groan-worthy truth of the matter is that the easiest way to keep your résumé current is to update it every time something significant changes in your professional life. That includes completing a major project, assuming a new responsibility, getting a promotion, and becoming more involved in a professional organization.
So, go knock the cobwebs off your résumé and vow to make it easier on yourself next time by making the updates as you go along. Consider it your new career-planning resolution.
Frank_Ball
over 2 years ago
19756 comments
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katiecramer90
over 3 years ago
4 comments
i always update my resume because it is a great thing to do and it helps you get a job with updated resources and ect. on your resume.
willmerrill
over 3 years ago
30 comments
I have been updating my resume education-wise, but my job duties and title has been the same for the past 2 years. However, I did add some additional training to my skills area
longs14
over 3 years ago
2 comments
I agree, always great to ipdate, but where does one find the time, haha!
DavidChou
over 3 years ago
362 comments
a good one. update and customize.
brandonsfishin
over 3 years ago
2 comments
Nice article, I am going to update my resume today!
Romario
over 3 years ago
6 comments
VERY GOOD
Romario
over 3 years ago
6 comments
VERY GOOD
Romario
over 3 years ago
6 comments
GOOD
Richard_III
over 3 years ago
6 comments
I understand what MADCELT is saying. I'm less than 2 weeks from being thrown out on the street. But I guess we have to keep trying and those updates can't hurt I guess. I'd say it's a good idea to do, but of course we still teeter with disaster, hoping that someone out there will notice.
MADCELT
over 3 years ago
2 comments
How do you expect ANY resume in this Economy to land anyone a Job? A RITE-AID across the Street is Shutting it's Doors at the End of the Month. 5 Stores in each of the nearest Malls went Under BEFORE Christmas and there is a Mass Exodus of stores since Christmas already. MY "OLD" Resume as you call it, got me hired without an interview, 3 different times for great Contract Positions. This economy is so horrible, thanks to the Bush Administration, that I cannot even get hired at the Local Produce Market. I have been a Technical Design Drafter for 16 years and My industry has just died away. There is no Growth at all and Engineers are taking Drafters Jobs. No Resume can Fix what is wrong.
Mr_College
over 3 years ago
282 comments
Good stuff Sara!
editor
over 3 years ago
396 comments
Thanks Sara~